Anand (2790) - Kempinski (2616) Bundesliga 2010

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Comments are under the windows moves(there is a mistake after 17..d5 read:white has a positional advantage(not black)Thx to MrBh6 who found the typo)
Having said before that I thought Topalov may will be the next word champion,I find this game of Anand very impressive,black mistakes are hard to pinpoint!

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ANCL pairing round 4

Botvinnik's School-U Mate My Day
Slingers-Knights of the Realm
The Pawns-Kangarooks
 Chess Nuts-The Elite Brotherhood
 Pyrus of Epirus-Guns and Roses
Deep Fritz Eleven-Dracula's Kiss
CheckSpeak-Fiddle Faddle Force

World Championship in April

THe next World Championship will be a match between Anand and the challenger Topalov .The dates are 23 April (1st round)to 12 May 2010.The prizes money is 2 million euros.
The chess world  championship are always very complicated matters and I hope no changes will be made .

Who will win ?well my heart is following Anand but given the games we saw lately my mind is voting Topalov.
You are invited to vote on the pool on the left.

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Chess Rhapsody #2

The Improving Chess Player by Dan Heisman(article written by Charl)
Javell mentioned this book some time ago so I thought I'd give it a go.
It is the end result of research done to answer the question “How do different scales of chess player think” ?
It takes 6 different chess positions 1 for each student depending on his rating :
F: Below 1150 E: 1150-1350 D: 1350-1550 C: 1550-1750 B: 1750-1950 A: 1950-2150
Expert: Above 2150 these are Internet Chess Club ratings.(ICC)
Each student had to think out aloud and come up with the best move.
It’s very interesting to see the different thought patterns from the bottom of the scale to the top.

                                                                      Here is one of the positions, what would you play for white??

Many of the lower scale players moved too quickly and would discard a move if it looked threatened without investigating further. They also tended to make a move without asking themselves “What is my opponent going to do after my move ?” which the author calls “Hope Chess”.
I could see myself in some of these players and by reading the thoughts of the better players you can then start to improve your thought process.
Here is one of the positions, what would you play for white??

thxa lot Charl

Linares,and the winner is .....

Topalov!!!
Topalov winned his  last game against Guelfand ,while Grischuk could only get a draw!



V. Topalov - B. Gelfand
 Linares/Spain (10), 24.02.2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Re8 10.h4 c6 11.h5 h6 12.Kb1 Nf6 13.Bd3 Bf8 14.Rdg1 Ng4 15.Bf4 Qf6 16.Nh2 Nxh2 17.Rxh2 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.g4 Qe4 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Qe2 22.Qxe2 Rxe2 23.Be3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Re8 25.Rh3 Re6 26.c4 Be7 27.Rf3 Re5 28.Rgf1 Rxh5 29.Rxf7 Re5 30.R7f3 Bf6 31.c3 Re4 32.Rxf6 gxf6 33.Rxf6 Rxe3 34.Rxd6 Kf7 35.Kc2 Re2+ 36.Kb3 Ke7 37.Rd4 c5 38.Rd3 b6 39.Ka3 Rc2 40.Rd5 a5 41.Rd3 Rh2 42.b3 Rc2 43.Ka4 Rxa2+ 44.Kb5 Rb2 45.Kxb6 a4 46.Kxc5 Rxb3 47.Kc6 a3 48.c5 Ke8 49.Rh3 a2 50.Rh8+ Ke7 51.Ra8 Rb2 52.Kc7 Rc2 53.c6 Rb2 54.c4 Rc2 55.Ra6 Rb2 56.c5 Ke6 57.Ra5 Rc2 58.Kb7 Rb2+ 59.Kc8 Ke7 60.c7 Ke8 61.Rxa2 Rxa2 62.Kb7 1-0

A well deserved victory by the challenger to the word championship.

Linares round 9

Last news:Gritschuk wins against Topalov so now the 2 players are in first with 5,5/9 .last round tomorrow:

Veselin Topalov		Boris Gelfand
Levon Aronian		Vugar Gashimov
Francisco Vallejo		Alexander Grischuk

A. Grischuk - V. Topalov [E15]
XXVII Torneo Int'l de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares/Spain (9), 23.02.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Rc1 Ba3 9.Rc2 Nc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Bg2 d5 13.0-0 dxc4 14.bxc4 Rad8 15.Rd2 Bb4 16.Qb3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Na5 18.c5 Nc4 19.Rc2 bxc5 20.Qb3 cxd4 21.Rxc4 Rb8 22.Qc2 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 e5 24.Qxc7 Rfe8 25.Qxa7 Rb2 26.Re1 g6 27.a4 Rd8 28.Qa5 e4 29.Nd2 e3 30.fxe3 d3 31.Ne4 Qe7 32.exd3 Rxd3 33.Qa8+ Kg7 34.Qc6 f5 35.Nf2 Rdd2 36.Qc3+ Kh7 37.Rf1 Rbc2 38.Qb3 Rb2 39.Qc3 Rbc2 40.Qb3 Rb2 41.Qc4 h5 42.Qf4 Re2 43.Bf3 Rec2 44.Nd3 Ra2 45.Nb4 Rxa4 46.Nxc2 Rxf4 47.gxf4 Kh6 48.Rb1 Qe6 49.Re1 Qa2 50.Nd4 h4 51.Be2 g5 52.fxg5+ Kxg5 53.Rf1 Kg6 54.Rxf5 Qb1+ 55.Rf1 Qe4 56.Kf2 1-0

Ecelal-Scooby_doo ANCL 2010 Comments by Ecelal

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Ecelal (1589) - Scooby_doo (1722)
Rated game, 90m + 5s Room 1, 13.02.2010
Comments by Ecelal


1.d4 e5 I hate this move :-) 2.dxe5 d6 [I was waiting 2...Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Bf4 Qb4+ 5.Bd2 Qxb2 6.Nc3 Nb4 7.Rc1 Nxa2 One of my tournament game which I've lost very badly with white] 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bg4 5.Bb5 Nge7 violation 1: He restricted dark square Bishop and this Bishop never saw the light of the day till at the and of the game 6.exd6 cxd6 7.0-0 Qb6 Violation2:acording to me what's the aim of this move?Only for long castling? 8.Nc3 0-0-0 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Be2 f5? Only weakening e6 and f7and result of this move I have gained rook for a knight 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qd7 13.Nf7 Ng6 14.Nxh8 Nxh8 15.Rad1 Rooks belongs to open line.I put my rook on the line with his Quin but he didnt care. 15...Re8 16.Qc4 Quin must be on center and I put my Q on the line with his King but he diidnt care. 16...h6 17.Bxa7 I take this pawn not gaining material but weakening his King position.Look at his pawn structur.I thought that is enough to gain the game. 17...Nf7 18.Bb6 Nfe5 19.Qa4 g5? 20.Nb5 f4 21.Na7+?! I did this move that I wanted to exchang Queens.That was one I violated chess rules which when you are attacking dont exchang your atacking piece with defending piece. [I really didnt see this simple 2 move mate 21.Qa8+ Nb8 22.Na7#] 21...Kb8 22.Nxc6+ Nxc6 23.Rd5 f3? He didnt care my plan . 24.Ra5 Scooby_doo resigns (Lag: Av=0.61s, max=2.9s) 1-0


Thanks a lot to Ecelal to have written this game for the blog

Linares before the rest day

 

Topalov missed a winning move against Aronian on his 34 th moves Can you find it?(solution under under)

Solution:34.Rxe4!! Qxe4 35 Qc3 Kxg6(or 35..Kg8 36Qc7 win.) 36.Bc2 winning

Linares round 8

Today the pairing could be very important for the final result:
Topalov-Aronian
Vallejo-Gelfand
Grischuk-Gashimov

I guess that the winner of Topalov-Aronian could be the champ of Linares this year.

ANCL pairing round 3

	(Week3) Deep Fritz Eleven-Botvinnik's School
	(Week3) Knights of the Realm-U Mate My Day
	(Week3) Kangarooks-Slingers
	(Week3) The Elite Brotherhood-The Pawns
	(Week3) Guns and Roses-Chess Nuts
	(Week3) Fiddle Faddle Force-Pyrus of Epirus
	(Week3) Dracula's Kiss-CheckSpeak

Linares after 6 rounds

After 6 rounds in Linares Topalov leads with 4,5/6 followed by  Aronian (6 draws)and gritschuk 3/6.In his last 2 games,Topalov had 2 losing positions but win them both!
Topalov -Gritshuk round 5

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. h3 Nc6 9. g4 Qb6 10. Nde2

10... e6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. b3 h6 13. Qd2 g5 14. Ba3 Ne5 15. O-O-O Qxf2 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Nfd7 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Qa3 Qe7 20. Qb2 O-O 21. Nf5!? exf5 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. exf5 a5! 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rxh4 Ra6 26. Kb1?

26... Qf2 27. Ne7+ Kg7?

(27... Kh7 seem winning)

28. Rh2 Qg3 29. Qc1 Nxg4 30. Nxc8 Nc5 31. Rf1 Qe3 32. Qxe3 Nxe3 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Re1! Nxg2 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Rxg2+ Kh8 37. Rc7! +- 29... fxg5 30. Nxc8 Raf6 31. Ne7 Qe3 32. Nd5 Nf3 33. Bxf3 Qxh2 34. Nxf6 Nxf6   35. a4 Qf4 36. Bd5 Rd7 37. Re1 Qxf5 38. Bc4 Qf2 39. Qe5 Qd4 40. Qf5 Qg4 41. Qxa5 Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 43. Kb2 Qd644. Qa7 Qe5+ 45. Ka2   Qe4 46. Bd3 Qc6 47. a5 Nd5 48. Qd4+ Nf6 49. Qe5! Kf8 50. c4 g4 51. Bf5 Kf7 52. Qb8 Ne8 53. Qf4 Qc5 54. Bxg4+ Nf6 55. Qf5  Qd4 56. Bf3 Qf2+ 57. Ka3 Kg7 58. Ka4 b6 59. axb6 Qxb6 60. c5 Qa7+ 61. Kb5 Qb8+ 62. Kc4 Qg8+ 63. Kc3 Qe8 64. b4 Qe1+ 65. Kc4 Qf1+ 66. Kb3 Qb5 67. Bd1 Qc6 68. Bc2 Kf7 69. Bd3 1-0

Even worse was the game against Paco in the next round in a great Zeinot Vallejo blundered a full rook,but as somebody writes on playchess,time management is a must in chess!

Topalov-Vallejo Pons

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 g5!? 8. d3 g4 9. Nd2 h5 10. b4 h4 11. Bb2 Rh6 12. Nb3 Nd4 13. Nc5 c6 14. e3 Ne6 15. O-O hxg3 16. fxg3 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe2 Be7 19. Rad1 f5 20. Qf2 Be6 21. e4 Rh5 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Qe3 Na4 25. Qh6 Kd7 26. Rxf5 Nxb2 27. Rdf1 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxd3 29. h4 Qd6 30. Qg7 Qxa3 31. Kh2 a5 32. Rf7 a4 here Paco was in great time pressure ,only a handfull of seconds left.33. h5  Ne1 34. Qxg4+ 34... Kc7 35. Qe6 Re8 36. Qxe5+ Kb6 37. Rf5 Qb4 38. Qe3+ Bc5?? oooups 39. Qxe8 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 a3 1-0

What is strange is that he is considered by a great theoretician but got bad positions in the opening;maybe he doesn't want to show any preparation and keep secrets for his future match against Anand for the word championship.

Of course the live rating change and Now Topi is again on top:

Live ratings - updated February 19, 2010

Rank	Name	Rating	Change	Games
01	Topalov	2814,7	+9,7	6
02	Carlsen	2812,9	+2,9	13
03	Kramnik	2789,9	+1,9	13
04	Anand	2788,7	-1,3	14
05	Aronian	2779,8	-1,2	15
06	Mamedyarov	2759,5	+18,5	9
07	Grischuk	2758,4	+22,4	22
08	Wang Yue	2751,1	+2,1	1
09	Ivanchuk	2749,8	+0,8	15
10	Svidler	2745,3	+1,3	12

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Smirin-Feller Aeroflot 2010

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Smirin,Ilia - Feller,Sebastien
Aeroflot Open 2010 (4), 12.02.2010


Sicilian Scheveningen: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.f4 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Qf2 
 14.Nb3 is very popular, here is one of the most famous game with it; b6 15.g4 Bc8 16.g5 Nd7 17.Bg2 Na5 18.Qf2 Bf8 19.Rad1 Nc4 20.Bc1 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rd3 g6 23.Rh3 Bg7 24.f5 Nce5 25.Qh4 Nf8 26.f6 Bh8 27.Nd4 b4 28.Nd1 Ba6 29.Re1 Rec8 30.Ne3 h5 31.Nf3 Nfd7 32.Nd2 Kf8 33.Ndf1 b3 34.Ng3 Ke8 35.Nxh5 gxh5 36.Qxh5 Ng6 37.Nf5 Bxf6 38.gxf6 exf5 39.exf5+ Nge5 40.Qh8+ Nf8 41.Qxf8+ 1-0 Sokolov,A (2555)-Ribli,Z (2605)/Montpellier 1985/Candidates
14...Nb4
A theorical noveltie and probably one we will not meet very often ,more solid is:14...Nxd4 15.Bxd4 e5 16.Bb6 Qc4 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Nd5 Rbc8 19.Rad1 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qxc2 21.Rd2 Qxa4 22.d6 Bh4 23.g3 Bf6 ½-½ Movsesian,S (2716)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2703)/Donostia ESP 2009
15.g4 Rec8?
15...e5 maybe but already black position doesnt smells good 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.gxf5 Nd7±
16.g5± Ne8 17.a5
17.f5!? e5 18.Ndb5 Bxb5 (18...axb5? 19.Bb6 Qc4 20.Be2) 19.axb5 axb5+-
17...g6 18.f5 e5
sad but forced 18...gxf5 is not enough: 19.exf5 (19.Qh4 Ng7 20.exf5 exf5gagne) 19...e5 20.Ne6 fxe6 (20...Qc4 21.Nc5 Rxc5 22.Be2 win ; 20...Bxe6 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Be4) 21.f6 Bc6 (21...Bf8 22.f7+) 22.Qh4 Ng7 23.Qxb4
19.Bg2 
 19.fxg6 seems even better 19...fxg6 (19...exd4?? 20.gxf7+ Kf8 21.Qh4+- (21.fxe8Q+) ) 20.Be2 seems winning for example: 20...Qd8 21.Bc4+!? Rxc4 22.Qf7+ Kh8 23.Qxc4
19...f6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Nf3
21.Qg3!? fxg5 (21...exd4?? 22.gxf6 Bxf6 23.Rxf6+-) 22.Bxg5 Qd8 (22...exd4 loses again 23.Bxe7 Ng7 24.Bxd6+-) 23.Bxe7 Qxe7+-
21...Qc4 22.Rad1 Bg4
  22...Qe6 23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.Rg1+-
23.Rd2+- Qe6
23...Rc7 24.Qg3 Bh5 25.gxf6 Nxf6 26.Nh4+-
24.Nh4 Kh7 25.Nf5! gxf5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Qh4+ Kg7 28.Qxb4 fxg5 29.Nd5 Bxc2 30.Nxe7 Qxe7 31.Qg4+- Nf6
31...Bg6 32.Rdf2 Nf6 33.Rxf6 Rf8 34.Rxg6+ Kxg6 35.Be4+ Kg7+-
32.Qxg5+
32.Qxg5+ Kh8 33.Qh4+ Bh7 34.Bg5+-  1-0

a great attacking game by Smirin

WEEK 2 pairing in ANCL

	(Week2) CheckSpeak-Deep Fritz Eleven
	(Week2) Pyrus of Epirus-Dracula's Kiss
	(Week2) Chess Nuts-Fiddle Faddle Force
	(Week2) The Pawns-Guns and Roses
	(Week2) Slingers-The Elite Brotherhood
	(Week2) U Mate My Day-Kangarooks
	(Week2) Botvinnik's School-Knights of the Realm

LINARES BEGIN TODAY

The first round of Linares begin today at 16h ,to answer what I ask you some days ago here is the name of the players:
Topalov, Aronian, Gelfand, Gashimov, Grischuk and Vallejo ,it is a double round robin and will go until 25th February.
You can follow the event on Playchess.
DONT FORGET TO VOTE ON THIS BLOG ABOUT THE WINNER OF LINARES ,(on top  on the left.)

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Chess between friends

What is better than a chess game between friend during the week end?

LINARES soon to begin!

The great tournament of Linares(Spain) will begin the 13th february ,it will be a XXI categories!
The official site:http://www.ajedrez.ciudaddelinares.es/index.htm shows a portrait of the players ,now a little game,can you name all the players ?(answer in comments please)

first ANCL game season 14

season starting !
here is the first game playes

Lame Duck (1678) - James-joyce (1512) [D04]
90m + 5s, rated Room 1, 07.02.2010

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Bd3 e6 5.0-0 James-joyce reconnected. 5...c5 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 Bd6 8.Nbd2 a6 9.Qe1 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 b5 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.c4 bxc4 13.bxc4 cxd4 14.exd4 0-0 15.Rc1 Qb6 16.Qe2 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Ne8 18.cxd5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 exd5 20.Bxa6 Nc7 21.Bd3 Ne6 22.Qc2 h6 23.Ba3 Ra8 24.Bd6 Qd4 25.Bf5 Nxe5 26.Qc8+ Nf8 27.Qxa8 Nf3+ 28.gxf3   1-0

Body language

On chessvibes I found a very interesting article on body language:http://www.chessvibes.com/columns/what-your-bodys-thinking-about/.There are a lot of psychological books on this field but in a scientific way can we find correlation between body and mind? This is a philosophical subject but I remember the late Tony Miles, who was always thinking with his hands around his head, looking in deep thinking, once in an interview he said that more than once he was only sleeping!
Playing on line can we get also some insight of our opponent thinking? What a long break between 2 moves means? A surprise? or simply a little rest to the kitchen, drinking a beer?
Have a look on Tal, a very expressive face!

Michail Tal

Week 1 pairing

 week 1 is beginning !Here are the pairings:

	(Week1) CheckSpeak-Botvinnik's School
	(Week1) Kangarooks-Knights of the Realm
	(Week1) The Elite Brotherhood-U Mate My Day
	(Week1) Guns and Roses-Slingers
	(Week1) Fiddle Faddle Force-The Pawns
	(Week1) Dracula's Kiss-Chess Nuts
	(Week1) Deep Fritz Eleven-Pyrus of Epirus Good luck to all

Don't memorize lines !

Silman who is a great coach, wrote a very interresting article (http://www.chesscafe.com/yaz/yaz102.htm)about the life of a theorical noveltie.I want also to underline one of his sentence:

"When masters sit down to study openings, they do much more than simply memorize moves. They strive to understand the ideas behind them. They plow through typical endings the openings give  rise to them.

This is the key to good opening :Don't memorize lines ,Understand ideas!

Commander-Christochess Ancl 2009 comments by Christochess

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Live ratings

Rank	Name	Rating	Change	Games
01	Carlsen	2812,9	+2,9	13
02	Topalov	2805,0	0	0
03	Kramnik	2789,9	+1,9	13
04	Anand	2788,7	-1,3	14
05	Aronian	2782,3	+1,3	9
06	Mamedyarov	2759,5	+18,5	9
07	Grischuk	2756,0	+20	16
08	Wang Yue	2751,1	+2,1	1
09	Gelfand	2750,4	-10,6	7
10	Ivanchuk	2748,2	-0,8	13

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ANCL new season soon to start!

The new ANCL season will start next week with pairing the 6th of Fehruary
the team will be :
Guns and Roses
Slingers
Pyrus of Epirus
The Elite Brotherhood
FiddleFaddleForce
Kangarooks
The Pawns
Chessnuts
Umatemyday
Botvinniks school
Drakula Kiss
Checkspeak
Deep Fritz11
Knights Of The Realm

If you want to join us it is not too late just contact us.You are welcome whatever is your level.

Arthur bach (1877) - Christochess (1931) ANCL 2009 (comments Christochess)

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Arthur bach (1877) - Christochess (1931)
ANCL 2009

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 according to IM Nikitin, the best move for black here. It prevents Bf4 6.Bg5 [6.Nf3 Bg4 ×e5] 6...Nf6 7.Nf3 [7.Bxf6 gxf6 This position I have not feared, I can long castle and I get the g-file to atack the white king.;
7.Nd2 Bg4 8.Qb1 a) 8.Qa4 e6 9.Ngf3 Nd7 10.0-0 Bd6 11.Bh4 Bh5 12.Bg3 Bg6 13.Bb5 Bxg3 14.hxg3 0-0 15.Rfe1 Rfc8 16.Re3 a6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Qb3 h6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 b5; b) 8.Qb3 e6 9.Ngf3 Bd6 10.0-0 Nd7 (10...0-0 11.Bxf6 gxf6) 11.Bh4 Bh5 12.Bg3 Bg6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Be2 0-0; c) 8.Ngf3 e6 9.Bh4; 8...e6 9.Ne2 Bxe2 10.Bxe2 0-0-0 11.0-0 Bd6 12.g3 (12.h3) 12...h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bh5 Rdg8 15.Qd3 Rg5 16.Be2 h5 17.Nf3 Rg7 18.Kh1 f5 19.Rg1 Rhg8 20.Nh4 f4 21.Bxh5 fxg3 22.fxg3 Rh8 23.Qf3 Rgh7 24.Bg4 f5 25.Bh3 Be7] 7...Bg4 8.0-0 [8.Nbd2 Blatny,P: '--> main line' 8...e6 9.Bh4 (9.h3 Bh5 10.0-0 Bd6 11.Re1=) 9...Nh5 10.h3 (10.0-0 Bd6; 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 0-0-0 12.Qa4 Kb8 13.Bb5 f6 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.Qxc6 bxc6 16.b4 Bd6 17.0-0-0 h6 18.Rde1 Rde8 19.Re3 e5 20.Rhe1 e4 21.Nh2 Bc8 22.Rh1 f5 23.Ree1 g5) 10...Nf4 11.0-0 Nxd3 12.hxg4 Bd6 13.g3 h6] 8...e6 9.Bh4 Bd6 10.Bg3 Bh5 If it is necessary, I play Bg6. It is important to know, that in generall Bg6 is only good if Black castles queenside or wiht a pawn on h3, so that White cant come with a rook on the h-file. [10...Bxg3 is because of this an idea, now Black can play Bh5-g6 without a rook atack on the h file. 11.hxg3 Bh5 (11...0-0 12.Nbd2 e5 (12...Rfe8 13.Qb3 Bf5 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Rae1 Qd7 16.Qb5 Ne4 17.Nb3 Ne5 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Nc1 g5 20.Nd3 Kg7 21.Rd1 Nb6 22.Rfe1 f6 23.Nh2 Rad8 24.Nf1 Kg6 25.f3 Nd6 26.Nc5) 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Be2 Rfe8 15.Re1 h6 16.Nb3 Nc4 17.Qc2 a6 18.Bd3 Qb6 19.Nfd4 Rad8 20.f3 Bd7) 12.Nbd2 Bg6 13.Qe2 (13.Qc2 Nb4 'µ' Blatny,P. ; 13.Bxg6 hxg6 Blatny,P: '…0-0-0,‘h') 13...Bxd3 14.Qxd3 0-0 15.Rfe1 Rfc8=] 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Nbd2 0-0 13.Re1 Rab8 14.a4 Qc7 prevents a5 and after a later Ne5 there  is after an exchange no fork on e5. [14...Rfc8 15.a5 …a4] 15.Rc1 [15.Qb1 a6 in this game Anand had black and has won later. (15...Bg6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Ne5) 16.Ne5 Rfe8 (16...Bg6 ’b1-h7) 17.h3 Bg6 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Qd3 Nxe5 20.dxe5 (20.Rxe5=) 20...Nd7 21.Qd4 (21.Qg3 …‚») 21...Rec8 22.Re3 Qb6! …¬ 23.Qxb6 Nxb6 ק« 24.h4?! …g3,f4 (24.Kf1 Nc4 25.Nxc4 Rxc4³) 24...Kf8 25.g3 Ke7µ 26.b3 Rc7 27.a5 Nd7 28.c4 Rbc8 29.Kg2 (29.cxd5 exd5 30.Rd3 Ke6 31.f4 Rc3 32.Rxc3 Rxc3 33.Kf2 Nc5-+ ¬) 29...Nb8 30.Ra4 Rd8 31.f4 (¹31.cxd5 Rxd5 (31...exd5!?) 32.Nc4) 31...Nc6 32.Rd3 Rcd7 33.c5 (33.cxd5 Rxd5 34.Rxd5 Rxd5µ ¬) 33...f6 34.Nf3 d4 35.exf6+ gxf6 36.Nd2 e5 37.Ne4 Rd5 38.fxe5 Rxe5 39.Nd6?! (39.Kf3 f5 40.Nd6 Rxc5 41.Nc4 Kf6-+ ¬) 39...Rxc5-+ 40.Nxb7? (40.Nc4 Ne5) 40...Rc2+ 0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M (2590)-Anand,V (2715)/Linares 1994/CBM 040/[Blatny,P](40...Rc2+ 41.Kh3 Rd7-+) ;
15.Qc2 Rfc8 …¤b4] 15...Rfc8 16.Qc2 a6 17.Ng5 Bg6 [17...Qf4 18.Bxh7+ (18.Ngf3 Nb4) 18...Kh8 19.Ndf3 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Qxg5 21.Bd3 Nd7 22.Re3 Nc5 23.Rce1 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Bg6 25.Qd1 according to Rybka nearly equal, I think it is unclear.] 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Ndf3 Qf4 A defence move, I wanted to make it more difficult for White to create counterplay on the h-file. 20.Qd3 Qf5 21.Qxf5? [21.Qe3 Ne8 (21...Na5 22.Qe2 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra1 is better for white because of the a-file.) 22.Nh4 (22.Ne5 is a very dangerous move. My queen has not many squares after that, but it seems to be difficult to exploit that. From The practical point of view White has surely good chances in after Ne5 22...Nxe5 23.dxe5 Rc4 24.g3 b5 25.a5 (25.f3 bxa4 26.g4 Qf4) 25...b4 26.Qa7 Rbc8 27.f4 Nc7 28.Qb7 Nb5 29.Qxa6 Nd4 30.Kh1 R4c6 31.Qa7 Nb3 32.Rb1 Nd2 33.Rbd1 bxc3 34.bxc3 R6c7 35.Qb6 Nc4 36.Qb4 Qc2 37.Rb1 Qa2 38.Ra1 Qd2 39.a6 Ne3 40.Rg1 Rxc3 41.a7 Ng4 42.Nf3 Qe2 43.Qxc3 Nf2+ 44.Kg2 Ne4+ 45.Kh3 Rxc3 46.a8Q+ Kh7 47.Rgf1 Rxf3 48.Rae1 Qd3 49.Kg2 Rxf1 50.Rxf1 Qe2+ 51.Kg1 Qe3+ 52.Kg2 d4) 22...Qf6 23.Qg3 Nd6 24.Nhf3 Nf5 25.Qg4 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qh3 Nh6 28.Qh4 Ra8 29.Ra1 Because of my kingside weakness this seems to be equal.] 21...gxf5 22.b3? [22.Nd2 b5 (22...Ne4 23.Ngxe4 (23.Ndxe4 fxe4 24.f3 exf3 25.Nxf3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.b4 Ne7 28.g4 Ra8 29.Kg2) 23...fxe4) 23.axb5 axb5 24.b4 Ne4 25.Ngxe4 fxe4 26.Nb3 Ra8 27.Nc5 Ra3 28.Rf1 Ne7 29.f3 exf3 30.Rxf3 Nf5 31.Rcf1 Rc7 32.g4 Nd6 33.Re1 Ra2 34.h4 Rc2 35.h5 Ra7 36.g5 Raa2] 22...Ne4 23.Nxe4 [23.h4 Na5] 23...fxe4 24.Nd2 Rc7 25.Red1 [25.b4 Rbc8 26.Nb3 Ne7 27.Nc5 b6 28.Nxa6 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Rxc3 The pawns are too weak] 25...Rbc8 26.Nb1 Na5 27.b4 Nc4 28.Kf1 [28.Rc2 f5 29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Ke2 g5 31.h3 Rg8 32.Rdc1 Rcc8 33.Nd2 f4 34.b5 a5 35.Nb3 b6 36.Nd2 g4 37.Nxc4 Rxc4 38.hxg4 Rxg4 39.g3 fxg3;
28.a5 Nb2 29.Rd2 Nd3 30.Rf1 f5] 28...Nb2 29.Rd2 Nxa4 Arthur bach resigns   0-1

Live rating

 LIVE rating list after Corus 2010

Rank	Name		Rating
01	Carlsen		2812,9
02	Topalov		2805,0
03	Kramnik		2789,9
04	Anand		2788,7
05	Aronian		2782,3
06	Mamedyarov		2759,5
07	Grischuk		2756,0
08	Wang Yue		2751,1
09	Gelfand		2750,4
10	Ivanchuk		2748,2
11	Svidler		2745,3
12	Gashimov		2740,2
12	Radjabov		2740,2
14	Ponomariov		2737,0
15	Eljanov		2735,4
16	Leko		2735,2
17	Nakamura		2734,8
18	Shirov		2733,9
19	Vachier-Lagrave		2730,5
20	Jakovenko		2725,1
21	Karjakin		2724,8
22	Navara		2724,2
23	Malakhov		2720,1
24	Almasi		2719,5
25	Wang Hao		2717,7
26	Morozevich		2714,6
27	Dominguez		2713,3
28	Bacrot		2711,5
28	Vitiugov		2711,5
30	Adams		2708,6
31	Vallejo		2703,8
32	Movsesian		2703,6
33	Kamsky		2703,0
34	Kasimdzhanov		2702,0
35	Tomashevsky		2701,0

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