146

Queen’s Gambit Accepted

Classical Variation 7.a4

QG 13.2 (D27)

The Anand Move Order

by Artur Yusupov (special contribution by Vladimir Kramnik)

1. d4

d5

2. c4

dc4

3. Àf3

Àf6

4. e3

e6

5. Ãc4

c5

6. 0-0

a6

7. a4

cd4

8. ed4

Àc6

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While looking at the games of

Anand, recently, I found out that

against Kramnik’s 7.Ãb3 or

Botvinnik’s 7.a4 he usually sim-

ply takes on d4 on his 7th move.

That was a slight surprise. Aren’t

you supposed to play 7...Àc6

first, to provoke 8.©e2 and only

then take on d4? This forces your

opponent to put his king’s rook

on d1. And this white set-up

looks less aggressive than, for ex-

ample, the one with ©e2 and

Õad1.

And why does Anand allow his

opponent to develop his dark-

squared bishop so early? Is he try-

ing to avoid the innocent-looking

possibility 8.dc5? Or was he

afraid of Zviagintsev’s 8.Àe5 (af-

ter 7...Àc6)? Not likely...

Turn it Around

I was puzzled until I suddenly

understood that we could simply

turn this train of thoughts

around. Black immediately takes

on d4 and then plays Àc6, be-

cause he wants to prevent ©e2

and Õfd1! After all, this set-up

allows White to protect his iso-

lated pawn and often to prepare

d4-d5. And the great master him-

self, Botvinnik, often arranged

his major pieces like this, putting

his queen’s rook on c1 and creat-

ing nice pressure on all the open

or half-open lines!

This means that on his 7th move

Black can choose between dif-

ferent white set-ups, either forc-

ing ©e2 and Õfd1 or preventing

it! Of course, there is the option

of not taking on d4 at all, but this

often leads to a different type of

position. This logic should actu-

ally promote the move order

with 7...cd4 from a footnote to a

main line in the Botvinnik and

Kramnik Variations!

An Interesting Option

After an early exchange on d4,

White has the interesting option

of developing his bishop to g5,

followed by ©d2. 9.Àc3 Ãe7

10.Ãg5 0-0 11.©d2.

This plan is the main subject of

this Survey.

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I chose this option in the decisive

game of this year’s German

Championship against Yakov

Meister, when he surprised me

with a Queen’s Gambit Ac-

cepted. Actually, I was under the

impression that I followed a

game between Kramnik and

Anand, only to discover that in

that game White had played

7.Ãb3 instead of 7.a4. To make

things worse, my opponent told

me after the game that he had

tried this plan with the white

pieces before! Nevertheless,

NEW

IN

C

HES

S

Artur Yusupov

Hidden Ideas

11.©d2

Yusupov,Artur

Meister,Yakov

Altenkirchen ch-GER 2005 (9)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.e3 Àf6 4.Ãc4
e6 5.Àf3 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 [7.Ãb3 cd4
8.ed4 Àc6 9.Àc3 Ãe7 10.Ãg5 0-0
11.©d2 Kramnik-Anand, Mainz rapid m-4
2001] 7...cd4!? [7...Àc6 8.©e2 cd4
9.Õd1 Ãe7 10.ed4] 8.ed4 Ãe7
[8...Àc6!?] 9.Àc3 [9.©e2 Àc6 10.Õd1]
9...Àc6 10.Ãg5 [10.Ãf4; 10.Ãe3]
10...0-0 11.©d2 [11.Õe1!? Ãd7
12.©e2 Õe8 13.Õad1Ç Kramnik-Anand,
Mainz rapid m-1 2001; 11.Õc1!? Àb4
12.©b3 ©a5?! (12...Àc6!? £ 13...Àa5)
13.Õfe1 Ãd7 14.Õe5 ©d8 15.Ãf6 gf6
16.Õh5 (16.Õe3!?) 16...®h8 17.Àe4
(17.d5!?) 17...Õg8 18.Àc5? (18.Àf6!? Ãf6
19.©b4 Ãc6 20.Ãe2 Õg7¤) 18...Ãc6
19.Õd1 (19.Õh3!?) 19...Àd5 (19...b6!ç)
20.Ãd5 Ãd5 21.©e3 Õg7ÿ Bastys-
Sulskis, Vilnius ch-LTU 1996] 11...Àb4?!
[11...b6!? Zviagintsev-Benjamin, Groningen
m-2 1997; 11...Àd5!? Novik-Karjakin,
Internet 2002; 11...Ãd7!? £ 12...Õc8
Ujtelky-Fichtl, Bratislava ch-CSR 1959;
11...©a5!?

£

12...Õd8

M.Horvath-

S.Sommer,

Gmünden

ch-AUT

2005]

12.Àe5! [12.Õac1 b6 13.Õfd1 Ãb7
14.©e2 Àfd5 15.Àe4 Ãg5 16.Àeg5 h6
17.Àe4 Õc8= Schulz-Raetsky, Berlin 1993]
12...Ãd7 [12...b6 13.f4!? Ãb7 14.f5Ê
(c6Ø) 14...Ãd5 15.b3Ç]

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14.f5 Ãd5=] 13...Ãf6 [13...gf6?! 14.Àd7
©d7 15.d5å] 14.Àe4 Ãe5 [14...Ãe7
15.Àc5! Ãc5 16.dc5 Àd5 (16...Àc6?
17.Àd7 Àe5 18.Õad1 Àc4 19.©c3ê)
17.b4!å; 17.Ãd5?! Ãc6!=] 15.de5
Ãc6?! [15...Àc6!? 16.©d6 (16.f4 Àa5!=;
16.©c3 ©a5 17.©a5 Àa5 18.Ãd3Ç)
16...Àe7

17.Õfd1

Ãc6

18.©c5Ç]

16.Àd6å a5 [16...Àd5 17.b4!å]

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17.Õa3?! [17.f4! Àd5! 18.f5 ©b6 19.Õf2
(19.®h1? Àe3) 19...Àe3 (19...©e3?

20.©e3 Àe3 21.fe6ê) 20.f6! (20.fe6? Àc4
21.Àc4 ©c5º) 20...Àg4 21.Õf1 gf6 22.ef6
©c5 23.©f4! (23.Ãe2 Àf6 24.©f4 Àd5
(24...Õad8 25.Õc1!ê) 25.©g3 ®h8
26.Ãh5Å) 23...Àf2 24.Õf2 ©h5 25.Ãe6!Å
©d1 26.Õf1 ©c2 27.©g3 ©g6 28.Ãf7 Õf7
29.Àf7 ®f7 30.©c7 ®g8 31.f7 ®f8 32.g3
©e6 33.©f4 Õd8 34.©g5ê] 17...©e7!
18.Õg3 ®h8! [18...Ãa4?? 19.©h6 g6
20.Àf5 ef5 21.Õh3ê] 19.f4 f5!Ç
[19...Ãa4? 20.f5Å] 20.b3 [20.ef6? Õf6,
Àd6Ø] 20...Õg8 21.©f2 g6 22.Õg5?!
[£ ©h4-h6; 22.h4!? £ Õh3, ®h2, Õg1, g4]
22...Õg7 23.©h4?! [23.Õg3!] 23...Ãd5
24.©h6?! Ãc4 25.bc4 Àd3 [25...©c7!?
26.h4 ©c5 27.®h2 Àc2ÿ 28.h5 Àe3
29.Õf3 Àg4 30.Õg4 fg4 31.Õg3 gh5
32.©h5¤] 26.Õg3 Àc5 [£ 27...Àe4;£
27...Àa4] 27.Õb1 Õd8= 28.h4!

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28...Àe4? [28...Õd6! 29.ed6 ©d6 30.h5
©d4! 31.®h2 (31.®h1 Àe4 32.Õg6?
Õg6 33.hg6 Àf2î) 31...g5! 32.fg5 ©h4
33.Õh3 ©f4 34.®g1 (34.®h1 Àe4

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Survey QG 13.2

White managed to get an advan-

tage after the opening. This

game also illustrates some hid-

den ideas behind ©d2.

Adding Forces

Another important game is

Zviagintsev-Benjamin, Gronin-

gen 1997. It shows another ad-

vantage of leaving the rook on

f1: the possibility to add forces to

the attack with f2-f4, another im-

portant idea of Botvinnik’s. Al-

though Black defended success-

fully in this game, White did get

an initiative. I also suggest some

improvements for White in the

annotations.

Black can try a number of plans

against White’s set-up:

1) 11...Àb4 is Yusupov-Meister

2) For 11...b6, have a look at

the game Zviagintsev-Benjamin

3) Interesting, but not really

tested is 11...Ãd7 with the inten-

tion Õc8 (Ujtelky-Fichtl)

4) 11...©a5, with the idea of

Õd8

and

a

later

Ãd7

(M.Horvath-S.Sommer)

5) Perhaps

the

modest

11...Àd5 (Novik-Karjakin) is

the safest choice, but it gives

Black only little chance to play

for more than equality.

Conclusion

Anand’s move order 7...cd4 and

8...Àc6 deserves more attention

and needs more testing in practi-

cal games. When studying this

type of position, it is useful to

look at the ‘sister’ variation

7.Ãb3 as well and to compare it

with the standard lines after 7.a4

Àc6.

35.Õhb3 ©h4Å) 34...©d4 35.®h1
(35.®h2 ©f4=) 35...Àe4 36.©e6 Àf2
37.®h2 Àg4=] 29.Õb7! ©b7 [29...Àg3
30.Õe7 Õe7 31.©g5ê; 29...Õd7 30.Õd7
©d7

31.Õg6!

Õg6

32.©f8

Õg8

33.Àf7ê] 30.Àb7 Õd1 31.®h2 Àf2
32.Õg5!ê Õh1 33.®g3 Àe4
34.®f3

®g8

[34...Õb7

35.©f8X]

35.Àd6 Õf1 36.®e2 Õf4 37.Àe4
Õe4 38.®f2 Õc4 39.Õg3 Õa4
40.Õc3 Õa2 41.®g1 ®h8 [42.Õc8
Õg8 43.Õc7ê]

1-0

Zviagintsev,Vadim

Benjamin,Joel

Groningen m-2 1997 (1)

1.Àf3 d5 2.d4 Àf6 3.c4 dc4 4.e3
e6 5.Ãc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 Àc6
8.Àc3 cd4 9.ed4 Ãe7 10.Ãg5 0-0
11.©d2!? b6 12.Õad1 [12.d5 Àa5
13.Ãa2 Àd5 (13...ed5 14.Àd5 Àd5
15.©d5 – 13...Àd5; 15.Ãd5 Ãb7=)
14.Àd5 (14.Ãe7 Àe7ç) 14...Ãg5!?
(14...ed5 15.©d5 Ãe6 (15...Ãb7 16.©f5
Ãf3 17.Ãe7 ©e7 18.©f3Ç) 16.©d8 Ãd8
17.Ãe6 fe6 18.Ãd8 Õfd8 19.Õfe1Ç Sher-
Shneider, Novi Sad 1988) 15.©g5 ©g5
16.Àg5 ed5 17.Ãd5 Ãb7=] 12...Ãb7
13.Àe5 [13.©e2!?; 13.d5 Àa5 14.Ãa2
Àd5 15.Àd5 (15.Ãe7 Àe7ç) 15...Ãg5
16.Àg5 Ãd5=; 13.©f4!?]

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13...Àb4 [13...Àe5 14.de5 Àd5 15.Ãe7
(15.Àe4 ©c7 16.Ãe7 (16.Ãd5 Ãd5
17.Àf6 (17.Ãe7 ©e7 18.Àf6 gf6 19.©h6
fe5 20.Õd3 f6) 17...gf6 18.ef6 Ãd8î
Benjamin) 16...Àe7 17.Àd6 Àf5 18.b3
Õad8 (18...©c6 19.Àb7) 19.©f4 Àd6
20.ed6 ©c5=; 15.Ãd5?! Ãg5 16.f4 Ãd5
17.Àd5

©d5â)

15...Àe7

16.©d7!?

Benjamin (16.©g5 ©c7 17.Õd4? Àf5ç)
16...Ãc6 17.©d8 Õfd8 18.Ãa6 (18.Õd8
Õd8 19.Ãa6 Õd2= (Benjamin) 20.b4

Àg6º) 18...Õd1 19.Õd1 Àg6 20.Õd6!
Ãa4 (20...Àe5 21.b4 ®f8 22.b5 ®e7
23.Õc6 Àc6 24.Ãb7ê) 21.Ãb7 Õb8
22.Ãe4 (22.Àa4 Õb7 23.Õd8 Àf8 24.f4
(24.h4!?) 24...g5Ç) 22...Ãe8 23.Ãg6 hg6
24.f4Ç; Yusupov 13...Õc8!? 14.Ãa2 (14.©e2
Àd4 15.©e3 Àd5 (15...Ãc5 16.b4 Àf3
17.©f3 Ãf3 18.Õd8 Õfd8 19.bc5 Õc5=)
16.Àd5 Ãg5 17.©d4 ed5 18.Ãd5 Ãd5
19.©d5=; 14.b3 Àa5; 14.Àc6 Õc6 15.©e2
©c8 16.b3 Õe8 Khuzman) 14...Àe5 15.de5
Àd5 16.Ãe7 Àe7 17.©e2 ©c7 18.Ãb1
Õfd8=] 14.f4 Àe4 [14...Àfd5!? 15.Ãe7
(15.Àd5 Àd5 (15...ed5 16.Ãe7 ©e7
17.Ãb3Ç; 15...Ãd5 16.Ãd5 Àd5 17.Àc6
©d7 18.Ãe7 Àe7 19.Àe7 ©e7 20.f5 ef5
21.d5Ê) 16.Ãe7 Àe7â) 15...Àe7 (15...©e7
16.f5Ê) 16.©e2!?= Khuzman; 16.f5?! ef5!º;
16...Àf5? 17.Àf7!Å] 15.Àe4 Ãe4
16.Õde1 [16.©e2!?] 16...Ãd5! [16...Ãb7
17.Àf7! (17.Ãe7 ©e7 18.f5Å Benjamin)
17...Õf7 18.Ãe6 Àd5 19.Ãf7 ®f7 20.Õe7
Àe7 21.Õe1å; 16...Ãf5? 17.g4 Ãc2
18.Àf7!

Õf7

19.Ãe6ê]

17.Ãd5

[17.Ãe7!? ©e7 18.f5! Ãc4 19.Àc4 Àd5Ç
(Benjamin) 20.©e2Ê Khuzman] 17...Àd5
18.Àc6 ©d6 19.Àe7 Àe7 20.Ãe7
©e7 21.f5Å ©d6 22.f6 [22.fe6 fe6=
Khuzman] 22...Õfd8 23.Õe4 [23.©g5 g6=
Benjamin] 23...g6 24.Õf3 ©f8! 25.Õh3
Õd5! [25...Õac8 26.Õeh4 h5 27.Õh5ê
Khuzman]

26.Õeh4

[26.Õh6

©d8!

(26...Õad8 27.Õeh4 Õd4 28.Õd4 Õd4
29.©d4 ©h6 30.©d8 ©f8 31.©b6 ©c8=
Benjamin) 27.Õeh4 ©f6 28.Õh7 Õad8!
(28...g5 29.Õ4h6 ©d4 30.©d4 Õd4 31.Õh8
®g7= Benjamin) 29.©h6 Õh5! 30.Õh5 ©d4
31.®f1 ©d1 32.®f2 ©c2î] 26...h5
27.g4

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27...©d8! 28.gh5 g5 [28...©f6 29.hg6
(29.Õg4 Õad8 30.hg6 Õd4 31.gf7 ®f7ÿ)
29...Õg5 30.Õg3 Õg3 31.hg3 ©g6=
(Khuzman) 32.©f4 ©b1 33.®h2 ©c2

34.®h3 ©f5 35.©f5 ef5 36.Õh6å]
29.Õg3 [29...©f6 30.Õf4 ©h6 31.Õfg4
®h7 32.Õg5 Õg5 33.Õg5 (33.©g5 ©g5
34.Õg5

®h6â)

33...Õg8

34.©d3=

Benjamin; 29.Õg4 ©f6 30.Õhg3 ®h8
31.h4 Õad8! (31...gh4 32.Õg6! fg6
33.©h6ê) 32.hg5 Õd4 33.©d4 ©d4
34.Õd4 Õd4= Khuzman]

½-½

Ujtelky,Maximilian

Fichtl,Jiri

Bratislava ch-CSR 1959 (1)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.Àf3 Àf6 4.e3 e6
5.Ãc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 Àc6 8.Àc3
[8.©e2!?] 8...cd4 [8...Ãe7!?] 9.ed4 Ãe7
10.Ãg5 0-0 11.©d2 Ãd7 12.Õad1
Õc8 13.©e2 ©c7? [13...Àd5!? 14.Ãd2
Àcb4 15.Àe5; 13...Àb4!? 14.Àe5 Àbd5]
14.d5! Àd8 [14...ed5 15.Ãf6 Ãf6
16.Àd5å] 15.Ãa2å Ãb4 16.Ãf6 gf6
17.Àe4 ®g7 18.Õd4 [18.©e3!?ê]
18...a5 19.©e3ê ed5 20.Àf6 Ãf5
[20...®f6 21.©g5 ®e6 22.Õe4 ®d6
23.©d5X] 21.Àh5 ®g8 22.Õg4 Ãg6
23.©h6 Àe6 24.Àf6 ®h8 25.Àh7
f5 26.Àf8

1-0

Novik,Maxim

Karjakin,Sergey

Internet 2002 (1)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.e3 Àf6 4.Ãc4
e6 5.Àf3 a6 6.0-0 c5 7.a4 cd4
8.ed4 Àc6 9.Àc3 Ãe7 10.Ãg5 0-0
11.©d2 Àd5

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12.Àd5 [12.Ãe7 Àce7 13.Õfc1 (13.Àe5
b6 14.Àd5 (14.Ãd5 Àd5 15.Àc6 ©d6
16.Àd5 ed5 17.Õfc1 Ãb7=) 14...Àd5=;
13.Õac1 b6 14.Àd5 Àd5 15.Ãd5 ©d5
16.Õc7 Ãb7= 17.©b4!? (17.©f4 Õac8
18.Õfc1 Õc7 19.Õc7 ©b3!; 17.Õfc1 Õac8
18.©b4 Õc7 19.Õc7 ©e4ÿ) 17...Õac8

148

18.Õc8 Õc8 19.©b6 h6¤) 13...Ãd7
14.Àe5 (14.Ãd5 ed5=; 14...Àd5 15.Àd5
ed5 16.©b4 b6 17.Àe5 Õe8 18.Àd7
©d7 19.©b6Ç; 14.Àd5 ed5=) 14...Õc8
15.Ãf1 (15.Àd5 ed5=) 15...Àc3 16.Õc3
Õc3 17.bc3 ½-½ Ujtelky-Kozma, Stary
Smokovec 1969; 12.Õad1!? Ãg5 13.Àg5;
12.Õfd1!?; 12.Àe4!?] 12...ed5 13.Ãe7
Àe7 14.Ãd3 Ãf5Ç 15.Õfe1 Ãd3
16.©d3 Àc6 17.©b3 [17.Õe2!? £
18.Õae1] 17...Õb8 18.Õac1 ©d6
19.©b6 f6 20.Õe3 ©d7 21.g3
[21.Õce1Ç] 21...Õfe8 22.Õce1 Õe3
23.Õe3 ©d8 24.©b3=

½-½

Horvath,Maria

Sommer,Sonja

Gmünden ch-AUT W 2005 (3)

1.d4 d5 2.Àf3 Àf6 3.c4 dc4 4.Àc3
e6 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Ãc4 Àc6 8.0-0
cd4 9.ed4 Ãe7 10.Ãg5 0-0 11.©d2
©a5 12.©e2? [12.Õad1 Õd8 13.Õfe1
h6!? (13...b6 14.d5; 13...Ãd7 14.d5! Àd5
15.Àd5 Ãg5 16.Àg5 ©d2 17.Õd2 ed5
18.Ãd5 Ãe8 19.Õe8 Õe8 20.Ãf7å;
13...©b4!?) 14.Ãf6 (14.Ãh4) 14...Ãf6
15.d5 Ãc3] 12...Àd4 13.Àd4 ©g5
14.Õfe1 Ãc5 15.Àf3 ©h5 [15...©f4!?]
16.Õad1 Ãd7 17.Àe5 ©e2 18.Õe2
Ãc6 19.Àc6 bc6 20.Àe4 Àe4
21.Õe4 a5 22.Õe2â

½-½

Anand’s Move Order

no 11.©d2

Kramnik,Vladimir

Anand,Viswanathan

Mainz rapid m 2001 (1)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.Àf3 e6 4.e3 Àf6
5.Ãc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 cd4 8.ed4
Àc6 9.Àc3 Ãe7 10.Ãg5 0-0 11.Õe1
Ãd7 [11...b6 12.d5Ê Àd5 13.Ãd5!? ed5
14.©d5 (14.Àd4 Ãg5 15.Àc6 ©d6
16.©d5 ©d5 17.Àd5 Ãb7 18.Àce7 Ãe7
19.Àe7

®h8

20.Õac1=)

14...©d5

15.Àd5Ç] 12.©e2 Õe8 [12...Àb4!?]
13.Õad1

Àd5

[13...h6

14.Ãc1!?;

13...Àb4

14.Àe5

©c7

(14...Ãc6?

15.Àf7ê) 15.©f3Ê] 14.Ãd2! [14.Ãd5
ed5 15.Ãe7 Õe7 16.©d2 Ãg4 ½-½
Bertok-Keres, Leipzig ol 1960] 14...Ãf6
[14...Àcb4 15.Àe5Ç; 14...Àc3 15.Ãc3

Àa5 16.d5! Àc4 17.©c4Ê Khuzman]
15.Àe4 [15.©e4 Àc3 16.Ãc3 ©c7
17.Àe5 Àe5 18.de5 Ãe7 19.Õd3 Ãa4
20.Õh3 g6 21.Ãe6 fe6 22.©a4 Ãc5ÿ
Speelman-Schlosser, Lippstadt 2000]

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18.Àd6

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19.Àd4

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20.©g4!ê Khuzman] 16.Àd4 Ãd4
17.Ãg5 [17.Àd6 Õf8! 18.Àb7 ©c7ç;
17.©d3!? ©b6 18.a5 ©a7 19.Ãc1¤
Khuzman] 17...©b6 18.a5 ©a7
19.Àd6 Õf8 [19...Ãc6? 20.Àe8 Õe8
21.Ãd5! Ãd5 22.©d2ê; 19...Õeb8?
20.©f3 Àf6 21.Ãf6 Ãf6 22.Àf7ê
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22.©d2 Ãc5 23.b4 (23.Àf7 Ãf2 24.©f2
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22...Ãe6 23.Õe6 fe6 24.©f7 ®h8
25.©e6Å] 22.©f3 [22.Ãf8 Õf8 23.©f3
Ãb2¤] 22...Ãb2 [22...Õfb8 23.Õe6 fe6
24.©f7 ®h8 25.©e6Ê] 23.Õb1 [23.Ãf8
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23.Õe6? fe6 24.©e2 Ãe5!î Khuzman]
23...©d4 [23...Ãd4 24.Õb7 (24.Ãf8 Õf8
25.Àb7Ç) 24...©c5ÿ Khuzman] 24.Ãf8
[24.Õe6!? fe6 25.©e2 ©e5 26.Õb2 ©e2
27.Õe2 Õf4 28.g3 Õa4ÿ Khuzman]

24...Õf8 25.Àb7 Ãc3 26.Õe3?
[26.Õec1!

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(26...Ãb4

27.©e2

(27.h3å; 27.Õc6å) 27...Õa8 28.Õc6å
Khuzman) 27.Õd1å] 26...Ãg4! 27.©g3
Ãf5 28.Õf1 Ãd2¤ 29.Àd6 Ãg6â
30.Õf3 [30.Õe8!? Khuzman] 30...Ãa5
31.h4?! [31.Àf5 ©e4 32.Àh4!=; 32.Àd6
©e6â] 31...Ãc7 32.Àf5 [32.Õc1
Ãb8!? (32...©b6 33.Õb3=) 33.Õc6 a5
34.Õfc3â Khuzman] 32...Ãg3 33.Àd4
Ãh4 34.Õa3 Ãf6 [35.Õd1 Õa8
36.Àc6â; 34...Ãe7!? 35.Õa4 (35.Õa6
Ãd3 36.Õa5 Ãf1 37.®f1ç) 35...Ãd3ç
Khuzman]

½-½

Same Plan

7.Ãb3

Kramnik,Vladimir

Anand,Viswanathan

Mainz rapid m 2001 (4)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.Àf3 a6 4.e3
Àf6 5.Ãc4 e6 6.0-0 c5 7.Ãb3 Àc6
8.Àc3 cd4 9.ed4 Ãe7 10.Ãg5 0-0
11.©d2

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Àa5 14.Ãc2 b5 15.b3 Ãb7 16.Àe4 Õc8
17.Ãb1 Ãe4 18.Ãe4 Àc6 19.Õfe1 Àe7
20.Ãb1 Àd5 21.©d3 g6ç Gelfand-Shirov,
New Delhi rapid 2000; 12.Ãh6 gh6 13.©h6
Õe8 14.©g5 ®h8 15.©h6 ®g8=
Khuzman; 15...Àh7 16.d5 ed5 17.Ãd5¤]
12...Õe8 13.Õad1 Ãf8 [13...Àa5
14.Ãc2 Àc4 15.©c1 b5 16.Àe5 Ãb7
17.Õd3!? £ 18.Ãh6] 14.Àe5 [14.Õfe1
Àa5! 15.Ãc2 Àc4 16.©c1 b5 17.d5 ed5
18.Õe8 ©e8 19.Àd5 Àd5 20.Õd5 Ãb7Ê]
14...Àe7 15.©d3!? Àed5 16.Ãc1
[16.Àd5 Àd5 17.Ãc2 f5 18.©g3 Àf4
19.©f4Ç £ 20.Ãb3] 16...b5 17.©g3

149

Survey QG 13.2

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18.Ãh6 [18.Àd5 Ãd5 19.Ãh6 Àe4
20.©g4 Àf6=] 18...Àc3 19.bc3 Àe4
20.©g4 Àf6 [20...Àc3 21.Õd3Å]
21.©g5

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22.Õd3 Àe4 23.©g4 Àf6 24.©g5
[24.©h4!? gh6 25.Õg3 ®h8 26.Ãc2 Ãg7
27.Ãg6! Õf8 28.Ãf7! Ãe4! 29.Õe1
(29.Ãg6

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29...Ãh7

30.Ãe6¤

Khuzman] 24...Àe4 25.©g4 Àf6 ½-½

Kramnik,Vladimir

Anand,Viswanathan

Dortmund 2001 (9)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.Àf3 e6 4.e3
Àf6 5.Ãc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Ãb3 cd4
8.ed4 Àc6 9.Àc3 Ãe7 10.Ãg5 0-0
11.©d2 Àa5 12.Ãc2 b5 [12...Àc4?!
(Khuzman) 13.©e2 b5? 14.Ãf6 Ãf6
15.©e4ê] 13.©f4 [13.Õad1] 13...Õa7
[13...Ãb7 14.Õad1 g6 (14...Õc8 15.©h4
g6 16.d5!Å) 15.Ãh6 Àh5 16.©g4 f5
17.©h3 Õc8 18.d5!å Tkachiev-Lesiège,
New Delhi 2000] 14.Õad1 Ãb7?!
[14...Àc4; 14...Õc7 (Anand) 15.d5!? ed5
(15...Àd5 16.Ãe7 ©e7 (16...Õe7 17.Ãh7!
®h7 18.©h4 ®g8 19.Àg5ê) 17.Õd5
Õc3 18.Ãh7ê) 16.Ãf6 Ãf6 17.Õd5 Õd7
(17...Ãd7 18.Õfd1å) 18.Õfd1Ê Khuzman]

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17.Õd5! ed5 18.Ãh7 ®h7 19.©h4 ®g8
20.Ãe7 ©e7 21.Àg5 ©g5 22.©g5
Õd7å; 15...ed5 16.©h4 h6 (16...g6
17.Àe4!ê

Ftacnik)

17.Ãh6

gh6

18.©h6ê McShane] 16.Àd5 ed5 [¿
16...Àd5 17.Õd5 ed5 18.Ãh7 ®h7
19.©h4 ®g8 20.Ãe7 ©e7 21.Àg5 ©g5
22.©g5 Õd7 23.Õd1 Õc8 24.®f1å
McShane] 17.©h4 h5! [17...h6 18.Ãh6
gh6 19.©h6ê; 17...g6 18.Õfe1ê]
18.Õfe1! [18.Ãf6? (Ftacnik) 18...Ãf6
19.©h5 g6 20.©d5 ©d5 21.Õd5 Ãb2=]
18...Àc6 [18...©c8 19.Àd4 ©g4
20.©g4 hg4 21.Ãd2! Ãd8 22.Ãb4 Õe8
23.Õe8 Àe8 24.Ãf5å Khuzman; 18...Õc7
19.Àd4 Àc4 20.Àf5 Àb2 21.Õe7! Õe7
22.Ãf6ê] 19.g4!Å ©d6 [19...Õd7
20.gh5 Àe4 21.Ãe4 de4 22.Õd7 ©d7
23.©e4å McShane; 19...Àg4? (McShane)
20.©h5ê f5 21.Õd5! ©d5 22.Ãb3]
20.gh5 ©b4 21.h6! ©h4 22.Àh4å
Àe4 23.hg7 Õc8 24.Ãe7 Àe7
25.Ãe4 de4 26.Õe4 ®g7 27.Õd6!
[£

28.Õe7]

27...Õc5

[27...Õc2!?]

28.Õg4 ®h7 29.Àf3! Àg6 30.Àg5
®g7 31.Àf7 Õf7 [31...®f7 32.Õdg6ê]
32.Õdg6 [32.Õgg6! ®f8 33.Õc6!ê
Khuzman] 32...®h7 [32...®f8 33.Õa6
Õc2 34.Õa8 ®e7 35.Õa7 ®f8 36.Õf7
®f7 37.Õb4ê Khuzman] 33.Õ6g5
Õg5 34.Õg5 Õc7 35.a3 b4 [35...Õc2
36.b4 Õc3 37.Õg3ê] 36.ab4 Õc1
37.®g2 Õb1 38.Õa5 Õb2 39.Õa4!

1-0

Kramnik,Vladimir

Anand,Viswanathan

Dortmund 2001 (9)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.Àf3 e6 4.e3
Àf6 5.Ãc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Ãb3 cd4
8.ed4 Àc6 9.Àc3 Ãe7 10.Ãg5 0-0
11.©d2 Àa5 [11...h6 Kramnik-Anand,
Mainz 2001] 12.Ãc2 b5 13.©f4 Õa7
14.Õad1 Ãb7 [14...Õc7 £ 15...b4]
15.d5 [15.Õfe1] 15...Ãd5 [15...Àd5?
16.Ãh7 ®h7 17.©h4 ®g8 18.Õd5 Ãd5
19.Ãe7

©e7

20.Àg5

©g5

21.©g5å/ê] 16.Àd5 ed5?! [16...Àd5
17.Õd5 (17.©e4 g6 18.Ãh6 Ãf6 19.Ãf8
©f8 20.Àd4 ©b4º) 17...ed5 (17...©d5
18.Ãe7 Õe7 19.©h4ê) 18.Ãh7 ®h7
19.©h4 ®g8 (19...®g6 20.Àe5 ®f5
21.©g4 ®e5 22.Ãf4 ®e4 23.Ãc7 ®d3
24.Õd1 ®c2 25.©e2X) 20.Ãe7 ©e7

21.Àg5 ©g5 22.©g5 Õd7 23.h4 d4 24.h5
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19.Õe7ê; 17...h6 18.Ãh6 gh6 19.©h6
Õc7 (19...Õe8 20.Õd4 Ãf8 21.Õg4 Àg4
22.©h7X) 20.Àd4 Õc2 21.Õd3 Àg4
22.Õg3ê] 18.Õfe1 [18.Àd4! Àe4
19.Ãe7 ©e7 20.©h5ê] 18...Àc6
[18...©c8!? 19.Àd4 ©g4 20.©g4 hg4
21.Ãd2 Ãd8 (21...b4 22.Õe7 Õe7
23.Ãb4) 22.Ãb4 Õe8 23.Õe8 Àe8
24.Ãf5å/ê]

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21.Ãh7 ®h7 22.h6 g6 23.Õe7 Àe7
24.Ãf6 £ 25.Àg5ê; 19...Õe8! 20.Ãf6
Ãf6 21.©h5 Õe6å; 21...g6 22.Ãg6]
20.gh5 ©b4 [20...Àh7 21.Ãf4 ©c5
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21.h6 ©h4 22.Àh4 Àe4 [22...gh6
23.Ãh6 Õc8 24.®h1 ®h8 (24...Ãf8
25.Õg1 ®h8 26.Ãg5 Ãe7 27.Àf5)
25.Àf5 Àg4 26.Ãg7 ®g8 27.Õe2 Ãf6
28.Õg1 Ãg7 29.Õg4 f6 30.Ãb3 Õd8
31.f4ê] 23.hg7 Õc8 24.Ãe7 Àe7
25.Ãe4 de4 26.Õe4 ®g7 27.Õd6!
[27.Õe7 Õe7 28.Àf5 ®f6 29.Àe7 ®e7
30.Õd3 Õc2 31.Õb3å] 27...Õc5í
28.Õg4ê

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29.Àf3

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[29...Õc2 30.Àg5 ®g7 31.Àe6! ®f6
32.Àd8 ®f5 33.Õg7] 30.Àg5 ®g7
31.Àf7 [31.h4] 31...Õf7 [31...®f7
32.Õdg6] 32.Õdg6 [32.Õgg6 ®f8
33.Õc6!; 33.Õa6? Õc2 34.Õa8 ®e7
35.Õa7 ®f8 36.Õf7 ®f7] 32...®h7
[32...®f8 33.Õa6 Õc2 34.Õa8 ®e7
35.Õa7 ®f8 36.Õf7 ®f7 37.Õb4]
33.Õ6g5 Õg5 [33...Õc1!? 34.®g2 ®h6
35.f3 Õc2 36.®g3ê Õb2 37.f4 £
38.Õh4X] 34.Õg5 Õc7 35.a3 [£ 36.b4,
37.Õg3; 35.Õg3 Õc2 36.Õb3] 35...b4
36.ab4 Õc1 37.®g2 Õb1 38.Õa5
Õb2 39.Õa4

1-0

Kramnik

M/01-6-26

150

Kramnik,Vladimir

Anand,Viswanathan

Leon m 2002 (3)

1.Àf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dc4 4.e3 c5
5.Ãc4 Àf6 6.0-0 a6 7.Ãb3 cd4
8.ed4 Àc6 9.Àc3 Ãe7 10.Ãg5 0-0
11.©d2 Àa5 12.Ãc2 b5 13.Õad1
Àc4 [13...Ãb7 14.©f4 b4 15.d5 (15.Ãf6
Ãf6 16.Àe4 Õc8=) 15...bc3 16.©h4 h5
17.de6 ©c7 18.Ãf6 Ãf6 19.©h5 g6 20.ef7
Õf7

21.©g6

®f8º

Epishin-Hort,

Hoogeveen

2001]

14.©f4

Õa7

[14...Àb2?? 15.Ãf6 Ãf6 16.©e4ê]
15.Àe5

Õc7

[15...Àb2!?

16.©h4

(16.Àc6 Àd1! 17.Àd8 Àc3 18.©f3 Õd8
19.©c3 Õad7¤) 16...h6 17.Ãh6 gh6
18.©h6 Õc7 (18...Àd1? 19.Õd1 Õe8
20.Õd3ê) 19.Àg4 Õe8 20.©g5 ®f8
21.©h6=] 16.Àc4 bc4 [16...Õc4?
17.©h4 g6 (17...h6 18.Ãh6 gh6 19.Õd3!
Àh7 20.Õg3 Àg5 21.©h6 f5 22.h4å)

18.Àe4 Àd5 19.Ãb3 f6 20.Ãh6 f5 21.Àg5
Õc7 22.Õfe1å Khuzman] 17.Ãf6! [17.d5
Àd5 18.Ãe7 Õe7 19.©c4 Ãb7 20.Ãe4
Õd7= Khuzman] 17...Ãf6

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18...ed5

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19.Àd5

Õb7

20.Õfe1!å] 19.©f3!å Õb7 [19...g6 20.d6

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Khuzman] 20.©e4 g6 21.©c4 Õb2
22.Ãb3 [£ 23.Àa4] 22...Ãg5 23.d6
Ãe6 [23...Õd2 24.Àe4 Õd1 25.Õd1å]
24.©a4 [24.©a6 Ãb3 25.ab3 Õb3
26.Àe4å] 24...Ãb3 25.ab3 ©b6
26.©g4! Ãf4 [26...©b3 27.©g5 ©c3
28.d7 f6 29.©g4! Õd2 30.Õd2 ©d2
31.Õd1ê;

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27.Àd5! [27.Àa4 ©b4! 28.Àb2??
Ãh2î] 27...©d8 [27...©d6 28.Àf4
©b4 29.Àd5!ê] 28.Àf4 ef4 29.d7
Õb3 30.©f4 Õb8 31.Õfe1 ©b6
32.h4!ê [£ 33.h5] 32...h5 33.Õd6
[g6Ø]

33...©c5

34.©f6

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[34...Õbd8

35.Õe7

©c7

(35...a5

36.Õf7ê) 36.®h2 a5 37.f4 ( £ 38.f5)
37...©c4 38.©g5 (£ 39.Õg6) 38...©c2
39.Õf6 a4 40.f5ê] 35.©f5 gf5
36.Õa6 Õfd8 37.Õd6 [It won’t take
Kramnik long to mop up the kingside] 1-0

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