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Kramnik-Aronian 36th move tactics (Annotations)

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Aronian-Grischuk round 5 Berlin 2018 1/2 1/2 annotated

Critical positions from Anand-Kramnik match 2008

Anand-Kramnik (11), after 24..Be3 1/2 1/2

Kramnik-Anand(10) after 29 Qd6 1-0

Kramnik-Anand (8) after 32 e5

Anand-Kramnik (6) after 34..Nc4

Kramnik-Anand (5) after 35 Bf1




Kramnik-Anand (3) after 32..Bf5+

Move by Move: Anand-Morozevich Mainz 2008

Here is the tactical phase in Anand-Morozevich, Mainz 2008 where the world champion Anand outpowered his opponent:

Position 1: White just played 21 Ng4

Here, Black could have played 21..h6 22Bd2 Rad8 with chances for both sides.
Instead, Morozevich went for the more forcing 21..Nf4.

21..Nf4?

22 Bf4 ef4

Position 2 after 22..ef4. White to play

Here, it is possible that Morozevich was initially expecting 23 Nf5 or 23 Nh5.Instead, Anand found a neat combination starting with 23 Nh6+!.

23Nh6+!

Position after 23Nh6+ :Black to play

Black cannot take the knight: 23..gh6 24 Qg4+ Kh8 25 Qf5. In this variation, 24..Bg7 is met by 25Nf5. Morozevich played the only move 23..Kh8.

23..Kh8

24 Nf7+ Kg8

Position 3: White to play

Here White missed an immediate finish. 25Bh7+! Kf7 26 Ng5+ Kg8 27Qb3+ Kh8 28 Qf7! and mate follows. Instead Anand played 25 Ne4.
25 Ne4

Position 4 after 25Ne4. Can Black take the knight on f7?

Here, 25..Kf7 26 Bb3+! Ke7 27 Nd6+ wins for White. on 26..Re6, 27 Ng5+ wins. The game continued as follows:
25..Ne5
26 Nfd6! Rd8 ?! ( trying to pin the knight)
27 Qh5!

The last tactical move by Anand.

Position 5 after 27Qh5!

Does Black win a piece by 27..Bd6 in Position 5 ?
The answer is no. 27..Bd6 28 Nd6 Qd6 29 Bh7+ Kf8 30 Re5 and White regains the knight on e5 with a winning attack.

Morozevich played 27..Be4 28 Ne4 h6 and after 29 Qf5, White converted his advantage and won the game in 47 moves. This game played in rapid time controls shows Anand's strength in calculating complex variations.

Inventive attack explained step by step

Sandipan-Tiviakov 2007 , Ottawa

White to play and win

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24 Rbd1!. The idea is to exploit the vis-a-vis against the Queen and bring the rook into the game. This quiet move works because Black is tied up ( Ne6 is stuck to protect against mate on g7). The game continued then 24 Rbd1 Qb7 to reach the next position

White to play

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25 Rd4 is how Sandipan continued. The idea is to follow up with rook giving check and then Qf6+ quickly leads to mate. Tiviakov defended with 25 ..Ne4. Logically, Sandipan increased the pressure by the sacrifice 26 Ree4! de4 27 Qf6! and then reach the following:

Exercise Position after 27 Qf6!

Black played ..Qc7 in the position above.
Why did this move (as any other for that matter) lose immediately ?

Here, Black is to play but all his pieces are uncoordinated and unable to cope with the threats. Black played 27..Qc7 above. Can you find how White finished up this magnificent attack ? The answer is as follows:

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28 Nh6 + Kf8

29 Qh8+ Ke7

30 Nf5#

Final position

Impressive, isn't it ?

Quiz Kasparov : Answers

The previous post showed 5 positions where Kasparov find a winning continuation.

Click on the following links to replay the answers on a chessboard.

Position 1:
http://www.geocities.com/thechesscorner/kassho93.htm

Position 2:
http://www.geocities.com/thechesscorner/kasnik92.htm

Position 3:
http://www.geocities.com/thechesscorner/gelkas97.htm

Position 4:
http://www.geocities.com/thechesscorner/timkas04.htm

Position 5:
http://www.geocities.com/thechesscorner/shikasp97.htm