Anand wins against Nepomiatchi in 17 moves

played on chess.com nations cup ( FIDE event)

Anand prepared Bd2!? against Gruenfeld and Nepomiatchi fell into the trap.

Anand wins a miniature in 17 moves. Replay below

Slow replay here
https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=YTLKSyhiOBijWYDdMuH8bRuZ8XxVOCD2mMAdcEYBWhrg/Ae3eili/HrmmWmJyJJW

the losing move is 14...d4??. The winning move takes time to be found by engines. Black had to play 14..Rd8 and fell for the trap.

Anand-Kramnik Amber Tactics 2009 - Round 8

White to play and win

Anand-Kramnik , Amber Blindfold (8)

Anand won the blindfold game and drew the rapid , to win the mini-match 1.5-0.5

Play like World Champion Vishy Anand !

Quiz special Anand

Anand became World Champion in 2007 at the world championship tournament in Mexico.
We will present some of the finest games by Anand, with emphasis to the middlegame aspects, combinations and tactical moves.
Try to emulate him in the following five positions :

1.Black to play and win (Ivancuk-Anand 1988)

Puzzle 1 : Solution here

2.White to play and win (Anand-Illescas 1992)

Puzzle 2 : Solution here

3. White to play and win (Anand-Gelfand 1996)

Puzzle 3 : Solution here

4.Black to play and win ( Karjakin-Anand 2006)

Puzzle 4 : Solution here

5. White to play and win (Anand-Morozevich 2007)

Replay the entire game here, or jump to the 52nd move 52..h2 to see the tactical solution found by Anand :http://www.chessdom.com/wcc-mexico-chess-2007/live/anand-morozevich

Puzzle 5 : Solution here



Solutions uner each diagram. Calculate well !
Happy New Year to everyone !

Please note that you can find more brilliancies from Vishy Anand on http://www.chesscafe.com/text/informant61.pdf

Game from diagram 4 is annotated by Vishy Anand himself (Informator 96/183) on http://www.chesscafe.com/text/informant56.pdf