[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 (4. c4 d4 $5 (4... c6) 5. d3 e5 6. b4 a5 $6
7. b5 c5 8. bxc6 Nxc6 9. Na3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Nb5 Nec6 13. Ne4
Qe7 14. e3 Rd8 15. a3 Na6 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Re1 $16 {Jobava,B 
(2678)-Stevic,H (2612) Porto Carras 2011 1-0 (35)}) 4... c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 {
A slightly passive move.} (6. c4 dxc4 $5 {Probably Carlsen didn't want to play
this line} (6... O-O {leads to the main line}) 7. a4 Na6 $5 $146 (7... O-O 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 hxg5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxg5 Qxd4 14. Bxc6
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 bxc6 {1/2 (15) Adianto,U (2605)-Tkachiev,V (2620) Jakarta 1996})
8. Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qc3 $8 (12. Qxc4 $2 Qxc4
13. Nxc4 Nc2 14. Rb1 Nxd4 $17) 12... a5 13. e3 Ne4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd6
16. Nd2 $2 (16. b3 O-O $6 17. Nxa5 Nc2 18. Ra2 Nxd4 19. Nxb7 $16) 16... e5 17.
Nb3 exd4 18. exd4 O-O $11 {Kunin,V (2537)-Volokitin,A (2695) ChT-AUS 2012 0-1 
(53)}) 6... O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 ({A more cautious move is} 9. Nbd2
Ne4 10. Nh4 (10. e3 {This move has very good statistics} Rc8 (10... Ndc5 $5 {
might be a reasonable novelty}) 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nh4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Ne5 $14 {Nikolic,P (2657)-Votava,J (2546)
Germany 2007 1-0 (72)}) 10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb4
Bf6 (13... a5 14. Qxb7 a4 15. Qb5 {1/2 (15) Kortschnoj, V (2595)-Nunn,J (2625)
Amsterdam 1988} axb3 16. axb3 Rb8 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Ra3 Rfc8 $44) 14. Nf3 Qb6 15.
Qxb6 axb6 {1/2 (15) Bogner,S (2569)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2680) Belfort 2012})
12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18.
Bc3 Qc8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Kg2 Qc8 22. h3 $14 {Nakamura,H (2783)
-Leko,P (2737) London 2012 1/2 (73). The rook endgame was very instructive.})
9... dxc4 $1 {This underestimated move isn't a novelty, but it hadn't been
played before by titled players. 9...Ne4 was considered as the main line. I
think that White will stop playing 9.Nc3 because of 9...dxc4!} (9... Ne4 10. e3
(10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nf3 Nb6 15. Bxd4 Bxd4
16. Qxd4 Qxd5 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. Qxe7 Rfe8 19. Qf6 Qe4 20. e3 (20. Rfe1 $1 Nd5
21. Qb2 g5 22. Kg1 $16) 20... Nd5 $44 {Tazbir,M (2444)-Jasnikowski,Z (2403)
ChT-POL Karpacz 2008 1-0 (59)}) 10... a5 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Nd2 (14. Qb5 Qb6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qb1 Rfc8 18. Rc1 axb3 19.
axb3 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qxb3 $11) 14... Nf6 15. bxa4 Rxa4 16. a3 Qd7
$11 {1/2 (40) Fedoseev,V (2546)-Levin,E (2499) St Petersburg 2012}) 10. bxc4
Nb6 11. c5 (11. Qb3 {I think that this move is more reliable than 11.c5} Be6
12. d5 $1 (12. Ne5 $6 Nxc4 $1 (12... Qxd4 $6 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nc7 Rad8 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Rac1 $44) 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Bxc6 Bxc4 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bf3 Qxd4 $17)
12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Nbxd5 (13... Nfxd5) 14. Ng5 Qb6 (14... Nxc3 $5 15. Nxe6
Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxg3+ 17. fxg3 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rab1 $44) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Qxb3 18. axb3 Kxg7 19. Rfc1 $44 {White has enough
compensation for the sacrificed pawn to get an equal game.}) 11... Nc4 12. Bc1
{In order to avoid trouble White should play carefully.} ({One might recommend
} 12. Qb3 Nxb2 13. Qxb2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Ne4 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11)
12... Nd5 $146 ({It seems to me that the world champion could have tried to
get some advantage following G. Aring:} 12... Ne4 $1 13. Qb3 Na5 (13... b5 $5 {
Gleizerov,E} 14. cxb6 (14. Rd1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be4 16. a4 a6 (16... Qd5 $1 17.
axb5 cxb5 18. Qb3 (18. Ne1 $2 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qxc5) 18... Qb7 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20.
Nxg2 Rfd8 $15) 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3
Rfd8 22. Be3 Rab8 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxd4 25. Rb4 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 $11 {
Gleizerov,E}) 14... Na5 15. Qb2 axb6 $15) 14. Qb4 b6 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rd1 Qd5
17. cxb6 $2 (17. Bf4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 $11) 17... axb6 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qxb6 cxd4
20. Rac1 Rfc8 $15 {1-0 (56) Wagner,F (2249)-Aring,G (2205) Gerlingen 2011}) 13.
Qb3 (13. Nxd5 $6 {leads to an inferior position:} Qxd5 $5 (13... cxd5 14. Bf4
Qd7 15. Qb3 b6 $15) 14. Qb3 Be4 15. Bf4 b5 $15) 13... Na5 14. Qa3 (14. Qb2 Nc4
$11 (14... b6 $5)) 14... Nc4 {Vishy Anand agreed to a draw.} (14... b6 $5 15.
Re1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Be4 17. Be3 Qd5) 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 (7...
Nd7 {is the main line}) 8. Ne5 ({Another line is} 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 {Black must not hurry with ...Nd7. In some lines he can play ...c5 and ...
Nc6.} Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. c4 $6 b5 14. cxb5 Qd5 15. Kb1 cxb5 $15
{0-1 (45) Zapata,A (2496)-Macieja,B (2595) Greensboro USA 2013}) 8... Bh7 9.
Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O (14. Qe2 $5
{For this line see the recent game Anand,V-Ding Liren Paris/Saint Petersburg
2013. It would be interesting to see what Magnus had prepared after 14.Qe2.})
14... O-O (14... c5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Rfd8 20. h5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Kc2 Qd7 24. b3 $14 {Inarkiev,
E (2693) -Eljanov,P (2702) Poikovsky RUS 2013 0-1 (48)}) 15. Ne4 {This line
isn't considered as a dangerous one for Black.} (15. c4 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17.
Qf3 a5 18. Kb1 Bb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 $11 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8
23. Qe2 Nd7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Ne4 b6 (25... Qxe5 $1 26. Rd1 Qa5 27. Rd6 (27.
Qd3 $2 Ra8 $17) 27... Nf8 $15) 26. g4 Nxe5 27. g5 $13 {Svetushkin,D (2570)
-Lauber,A (2517) Berlin GER 2010 1-0 (33)}) (15. Qf3 $5 Qc7 16. c4 (16. Rde1 $6
c5 17. d5 $6 Nxd5 18. c4 Nb4 $1 (18... N5b6 19. Ng4 Nxc4 20. Bc3 Qc6 21. Nxh6+
Kh7 22. Qd3+ Kxh6 23. Qe2 g6 $5 (23... Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg4+
$11) 24. h5 g5 25. Qxc4 Nb6 $13) 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Ne4
(22. f5 Bf6 23. fxe6 Ne5 $17) 22... Nf6 23. Bc3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 $15 {Kroeze,
F (2446)-Lauber,A (2417) Germany 2008 0-1 (45)}) 16... Rac8 (16... a5 17. Kb1
Rad8 18. Bc1 Rfe8 19. Ne2 c5 (19... h5 $5 {! Lucacs,P} 20. c5 g6 21. Nc3 Bf8
$13) 20. g4 cxd4 21. g5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Nh7 23. gxh6 $40 {Topalov,V (2707)-Dreev,
A (2676) FIDE Wch k. o. New Delhi/Teheran 2000 1-0 (43)}) ({Black can't play} 
16... c5 $6 {due to} 17. d5 $1 Rae8 (17... Nxe5 $4 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $18)
18. Rhe1 exd5 19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Bc3 $16 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf5
Rd8 $2 (23... c4 24. d6 Qc5 25. Kb1 $16) 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 {1-0 (24)
Movsesian,S (2666) -Iordachescu,V (2594) FIDE-Wch k.o. New Delhi/Teheran 2000})
17. Rhe1 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nh5 N7f6 20. Ng3 (20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. g4 $40 {
Erenburg}) 20... Nd7 21. Nh5 N7f6 22. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5 $44 {
Roiz,M (2512)-Erenburg, S (2494) Tel Aviv 2002 0-1 (32)}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4
Nxe5 (16... Nf6 {seems to be a risky decision.} 17. Qe2 Qd5 18. g4 h5 (18...
Qxa2 $2 19. g5 Ne8 20. gxh6 Bf6 21. Rdg1 $18) (18... Qe4 19. Rde1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2
Nd5 21. g5 $14) 19. gxh5 (19. g5 $5 Qe4 (19... Ne4 $4 20. c4 Qxd4 21. Be1 $18)
20. Rhe1 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd5 22. c4 Nb6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Ba5 $14) 19... Qe4 20.
Qf2 $6 (20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. h6 $1 gxh6 $8 (21... Nf2 22. Rhg1 Nxd1 23. Rxg7+ Kh8
24. Kxd1 $18) 22. f5 Kh7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rde1 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Rf2+ 26. Kc1 Rg8
27. Nd3 Rf6 28. Re2 $14) 20... Qf5 21. Rdg1 Nxh5 $11 {Fercec,N (2477)-Zelcic,R
(2531) Zadar 2004 1/2 (36). White has no attack anymore.}) 17. fxe5 Qd5 18.
Qxd5 $146 {According to Carlsen, after the exchange of queens there is nothing
to discuss.} (18. Qg4 $5 {The only way to continue the game} f5 $5 {It seems
to me that Black has good counterplay.} (18... Kh7 19. b3 $6 (19. Kb1 $1 c5 20.
Bg5 $1 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Bc1 Rae8 (23... Qf5+ 24. Qxf5+ exf5
25. Rd5 $16) 24. Rhf1 Qc6 25. Rf3 $14) 19... c5 (19... a5 $5 20. Bg5 f5 21.
exf6 Bxf6 22. Rde1 a4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Re5 Rg6 $1 $11) 20. Bg5 f5 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. c4 Qc6 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe4+ Kh8 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rhf1 Rxf1 27. Rxf1
Rd8 $11 {Mrdja,M (2360)-Zelcic,R (2591) Zagreb 2008 1-0 (56)}) 19. Qg6 (19.
exf6 $6 Rxf6 20. Kb1 Rf2 21. Rhg1 (21. Bxh6 $4 Rxg2) 21... h5 $15) 19... Qxa2
20. Bxh6 Rf7 {The position is complicated and both sides have their good and
bad points.} 21. h5 (21. g4 f4 22. Rhf1 Raf8 23. Rxf4 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kd2
Qa2 26. Kc1 Qa1+ $11) (21. Bg5 a5 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxe6 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25.
Kb1 Qe4+ 26. Ka2 Qa4+ $11) 21... a5 22. Bf4 a4 23. h6 a3 24. Kc2 Qxb2+ (24...
c5 $5) 25. Kd3 Qb5+ 26. Ke3 Qd5 27. g3 $1 Raf8 28. Rh2 Qb3 29. Rdh1 Qxc3+ 30.
Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 $11) 18... cxd5 $11 19. h5 b5 20. Rh3 a5 21. Rf1
(21. Kc2 b4 22. Kd3 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Bb4 $11) 21... Rac8 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Rgf3 Kg8
24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qxc4 {
A harmless line of the Reti opening. I would even say it is favourable for
Black, who gains tempi for development by attacking White's prematurely
advanced queen.} Nge7 8. O-O (8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qa4 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. O-O a6 14. Rfc1 Rad8 15. Qd1 f5 16. Na4 Bd5 $15 {1-0 (59) Vukic,
M (2491)-Jakovljevic,V (2375) Jahorina 2003}) 8... O-O ({Or} 8... h6 9. d3 Be6
10. Qa4 O-O 11. Be3 (11. Rd1 Nd4 12. Rb1 c6 13. b4 a5 14. Rd2 b5 15. Qa3 c5 16.
Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxb5 cxb4 18. Qb2 Rb8 19. a4 Bd5 $17 {0-1 (37) Managadze,N (2459)
-Vorobiov,E (2598) Paleochora 2009}) 11... Nd4 12. Rac1 c6 (12... c5 $143 13.
Nd2 Nd5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. Ne4 f5 19.
Qc4+ Rf7 20. Nd2 $16 {1-0 (48) Bezold,M (2495)-Raetsky,A (2455) Werfen 1996})
13. Rfe1 a5 14. Nd2 f5 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Na4 Bf7 17. Nc5 Qc7 $15 {1/2 (20)
Kokarev,D (2495)-Kruppa,Y (2547) St Petersburg 2004}) 9. d3 h6 (9... Nd4 10.
Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne4 Be6 12. Qc2 (12. Qb5 b6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 a6 15. Qa4 c5 16.
Nd2 Ra7 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Bd2 Nd5 $15 {0-1 (36) Seul,G (2415)-Heyken,E (2375)
Germany 1993}) 12... Bd5 (12... b6 $5) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf6 Bxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Bxe4 {1/2 (16) Schmidt,W (2500)-Boey,J (2435) Nice 1974}) (9... Be6 10. Qh4
f6 (10... Nf5 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 $1 (11... Rfxd8 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Nge4 Nfe7 14. Bg5
h6 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 {1-0 (40) Stein,L-Averbakh,Y Riga 1970 URS-ch 
[ChessBase]} 17. Bxe7 $16 {L.Stein}) 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Ng5 {L.Stein} Nfd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 fxe6 17. Bxb7 $11) 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Bh6 Qd7 13.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. b5 Ne7 18. Qb4 a5 $15 {
0-1 (73) Klimm,W (2212)-Slobodjan,R (2550) Arco 1999}) 10. Bd2 (10. Qh4 Nf5 (
10... g5 $2 11. Bxg5 {1-0 (57) Cheng,B (2406)-Kaidanov,G (2577) Arlington USA
2013} hxg5 $140 12. Nxg5 Bf5 13. Be4) (10... Nd4 $5 {[%cal Yc7c6]}) 11. Qxd8
Rxd8 12. Nb5 Rb8 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nc3 Nfd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. f4 Bg4 17. Rf2 exf4
18. Bxf4 Rd7 19. h3 {1/2 (19) Huzman,A (2390)-Khmelnitsky,S Soviet Union 1986})
10... Nd4 $6 {[%mdl 32] Black wants to reach the classic setup: Nd4, pawn on
c6; in the event of N(B)xd4 exd4 he will be able to pressurise White's
backward e2-pawn along the e-file. However, this move is rather ill-timed:
White now solves the problem of his queen and consolidates his position.} (
10... Nf5 11. Rac1 (11. Na4 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rfe1 c6 14. e3 b5 15. Qc1
bxa4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Re4 Qxd3 18. Bxh6 $14 {1/2 (38) Obukhov,A (2487)
-Yevseev,D (2589) Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 11... Re8 12. Ne4 Ncd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Rfe1 c6 15. e3 Ne6 16. Bb4 Bf8 17. Bc3 Bg7 18. f4 $36 {1-0 (33) Martinovic,S 
(2427)-Rubil,M (2060) Sv Filip i Jakov 2009}) (10... Be6 {is probably the
accurate move order:} 11. Qa4 Nd4 (11... f5 12. Rac1 Nd4 13. Qa3 c6 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Na4 Bd5 16. Bb4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Re8 18. Bxe7 {1/2 (18) Shilov,S (2330)
-Vanek,P (2210) Czechia 1999}) 12. Rfc1 a5 (12... c6 13. Ne1 Nd5 14. Kf1 Nb6
15. Qd1 a5 16. e3 Nf5 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Re8 20. a4 Bd5 $11 {
1/2 (41) Loginov,V (2532)-Lukin,A (2440) St Petersburg 1999}) 13. Qd1 Re8 14.
Ne1 c6 15. e3 Ndf5 16. a3 Nd6 17. Na4 f5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bd5 $15 {1/2 (59)
Kavalek,L (2565)-Bisguier,A (2420) El Paso 1973}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 c6 (
12... Be6 $2 13. Qc1 {[%cal Rd2h6,Re4c5]}) 13. Bb4 (13. Qc1 $1 Kh7 14. Bb4 {
was more to the point. It looked difficult for Black to develop his pieces but
perhaps he could simply play} Be6 (14... Bg4 15. h3 $1 Bxe2 $140 $2 16. Re1
Bxd3 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc5) 15. Nc5 Bc8 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6]} 16. Nb3 Re8 $11)
13... Be6 14. Qc1 (14. Qc5 Nd5) 14... Bd5 {The initiative again belongs to
Black.} 15. a4 (15. Qc5 Nc8 {[%cal Yf8e8,Yb7b6,Yc6c5]}) 15... b6 (15... a5 16.
Ba3 b6 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Re2] was more solid}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a5 {White's only
chance is counterplay on the a-file.} Rab8 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qf4
Rd8 21. h4 Kh7 22. Nd2 Be5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qh3 Be6 25. Qh1 {[%csl Rh1]} c5 $15
26. Ne4 $6 (26. b3 {, stopping Black's queenside pawns, was probably more
appropriate.}) 26... Kg7 27. Ng5 b5 {[%cal Yc5c4] Black doesn't fear the
exchange of his light-squared bishop: his queenside play is more important.}
28. e3 $5 {[%mdl 512] An attempt to complicate matters. Otherwise White's
position is just bad, e.g.} (28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bh3 Qf6 {[%cal Yc5c4]} 30. b3 (
30. Rec1 c4 31. dxc4 d3) (30. Rac1 c4 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. Rxc4 d3 33. exd3 Rxb2
34. Qg2 Rxd3 $17) 30... c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. dxc4 d3 33. Ra2 Bc3 34. Rf1 d2 $17
) 28... dxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]} (29... Bxb2 30. Rae1 Rb6 {was quite
possible but White kept drawing chances, e.g.} 31. Bd5 $1 Bd4 (31... Bxd5 32.
Rxe7 Bxh1 33. Nxf7 $1) 32. Rxe6 $1 (32. R3e2 Qf6) 32... fxe6 33. Rxe6 Qf8 $1
34. Qg2 Rdd6 35. Kh2 $1 (35. Re2 Rf6) {, and the endgame after} 35... Rxe6 36.
Nxe6+ Rxe6 37. Bxe6 Bxf2 {is rather drawish.}) 30. Re2 c4 $1 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32.
Be4 (32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Rc1 Qc5 {[%csl Rb2]}) 32... cxd3 33. Rd2 Qb4 $6 {
The critical moment of the whole match.} ({Black could have kept good winning
chances by means of} 33... Rf8 $1 34. Bxd3 (34. Qg2 Qb4 35. Rad1 Rxf2 $1 36.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 $2 Qd4+) 34... Qd6 35. Qg2 Rxf2 $1 36. Rxf2 Rf8 37. Raf1
Bxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Rxf2 39. Qxf2 Qxd3 {(indicated by GM K.Landa and other
commentators)}) 34. Rad1 Bxb2 $6 (34... Rf8 {was possible here, too, but White
had a reply} 35. Kh2 $1 (35. Bxd3 Qd6 $1 36. Qg2 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rf8 38. Rdf1 {
led to the above-mentioned line}) 35... Bxf2 36. Rxd3 {since complications
after} Qxb2 $6 37. R1d2 Qe5 38. Qg2 Bb6 39. Rd7+ {are dangerous for Black.})
35. Qf3 {White recaptures the pawn on d3 and keeps the balance due to the
opposite-coloured bishops and Black's unsafe king.} Bf6 (35... Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Ye6e5] was a relatively better chance.}) 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rd8 (
37... Bd4 38. Qe2 Rf8 39. Rf3 {- after the exchange of rooks Black has no
winning prospects.}) 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Bd3 Qd4 40. Bxb5 Qf6 41. Qb7+ Be7 42.
Kg2 g5 43. hxg5 Qxg5 44. Bc4 h4 45. Qc7 hxg3 46. Qxg3 e5 47. Kf3 Qxg3+ 48. fxg3
Bc5 49. Ke4 Bd4 50. Kf5 Bf2 51. Kxe5 Bxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {Carlsen decided not to repeat the Caro-Kann as in game 2. This time
he goes for the Berlin Defence - the opening that will serve him well until
the end of the match as his main weapon against 1.e4.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {Not the main
line, but quite fashionable. In previous years 9.Nc3 or 9.Rd1 was played
nearly automatically.} Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 {This move was employed several times
by grandmaster Hammer, one of Carlsen's seconds.} ({A really complicated and
double-edged position arises after} 10... Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5
14. Kf2 b6 15. f5 Kb7 16. c4 c5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Nc3 $13 {1/2-1/2 (39) Giri,A 
(2737)-Nakamura,H (2772) Paris 2013}) 11. Nc3 ({The following game from the
European team championship was played just one day prior to the World
championship encounter:} 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15.
Rd3 h6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. c4 a6 20. Ne3 b5 21. b3 g5 22.
Bg3 Be6 23. Rad1 Kb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42) Caruana,F (2782)-Grischuk,A (2785)
Warsaw 2013}) (11. Bg5 Kc8 12. g4 $6 {Too early.} (12. Nc3 {would transpose to
our game Anand-Carlsen.}) 12... h6 13. Bxe7 (13. Bd2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Bc3
h5 $15 {1-0 (67) Ganguly,S (2651)-Hammer,J (2647) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 13...
Nxe7 14. Kh2 Re8 15. Nbd2 b6 16. Re1 c5 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. h4 Kb7 $15 {0-1 (44)
Sutovsky,E (2692)-Hammer,J (2606) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 11... Kc8 12. Bg5 {
After witnessing many games in this line, it seems that both sides are
satisfied with the exchange of dark-squared bishops.} h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2
(14. a4 a5 15. Rd2 c5 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20.
axb5 Nd5 21. c4 Nb6 22. h4 $14 {[%cal Gd2d3,Gd3g3,Gd3f3] 1/2-1/2 (33) Berg,E 
(2587)-Hammer,J (2630) Achaea 2012}) 14... c5 15. Rad1 $146 (15. Ne4 b6 16. Ng3
Bc6 17. Nh2 Ng6 18. Re1 Nf4 19. f3 Kb7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nhf1 g6
$11 {1-0 (102) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Almasi,Z (2691) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) 15...
Be6 16. Ne1 $6 {Clearly, a step in the wrong direction.} ({In a very recent
game an attempt to improve White's play was made:} 16. Ne2 Ng6 (16... Bxa2 $2
17. b3 c4 18. Nfd4 c5 19. Nb5 cxb3 20. cxb3 Bxb3 21. Rb1 c4 22. Ned4 {with a
strong initiative.}) 17. Ng3 b6 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. a3 a5 20. Re1 Kb7 21. Nh2 Ne7
22. f4 g6 23. Nf6 Rgd8 24. Red1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Kc6 $11 {1-0 (49) Gorbatov,A 
(2360)-Pranizin,G (2187) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 16... Ng6 17. Nd3 (17. Re2 {
was possible, but then the whole idea of doubling the rooks along the d-file
makes little sense.}) 17... b6 18. Ne2 $6 {Inviting the opponent to take the
risky decision. Objectively, it was bettter not to allow Carlsen to grab the
pawn. Perhaps, Anand just didn't believe that the move that now follows would
work so well for Black.} (18. b3 {was, objectively, the safest.} c4 19. bxc4
Bxc4 20. f4 Kb7 (20... Bxd3 $6 21. Rxd3 Nxf4 22. Rf3 g5 23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 g4
25. Rxf7 Ng5 26. Re7 $44) 21. a4 {White is slightly worse, but the material
balance is not broken.}) ({The aggressive attempt} 18. f4 $6 {will leave White
a pawn down, fighting for a draw.} c4 19. Rf1 (19. Nb4 Nxf4 20. Nc6 Re8 $15)
19... cxd3 20. f5 Nxe5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Re1 (22. cxd3 Rd8 23. Re2 Nxd3 24. Rf7
e5 25. Rxg7 Kb7 $15) 22... Nc6 23. Rxd3 Re8 24. Rg3 Re7 $15) 18... Bxa2 $1 {
Accepting the challenge.} (18... c4 $6 19. Ndf4 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 c3 21. Nxe6 $1 (
21. bxc3 Bxa2 $15) 21... cxd2 22. Nxg7 Rd8 23. f4 Kb7 24. Kf2 {with good
compensation for the exchange. The Pd2 will, most likely, fall.}) 19. b3 c4 20.
Ndc1 cxb3 21. cxb3 Bb1 {The bishop is coming out, so White should desperately
look for some compensation.} 22. f4 (22. Rd7 Rg8 $3 {A great prophylactic move,
shown immediately by the engine.} ({After} 22... Nxe5 $6 23. Re7 {White will
get back one of the pawns, and keep the activity.}) 23. Nc3 Nxe5 $1 {This also
requires precise calculation.} 24. R7d5 Bc2 25. R1d2 Nc6 26. Rxc2 Nb4 27. Re2
Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rd8 $17 {Rook + two pawns should overcome White's knights.}) (22.
e6 fxe6 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. Rd7 (24. g4 Ne5 25. gxf5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd2 27. fxe6 $1
Rd8 28. e7 Re8 29. Rxd2 Rxe7 $17) 24... Nf4 25. Rxg7 Rh7 26. Rdd7 Rxg7 27. Rxg7
Kb7 $17) 22... Kb7 23. Nc3 ({After} 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rhe8 25. Rg3 Re7 {
White's compensation is not sufficient.}) 23... Bf5 24. g4 Bc8 $17 25. Nd3 h5 {
Opening the h-file is one of the basic ideas for Black in the Berlin endgame.}
26. f5 Ne7 ({An attempt to break White's kingside pawn chain straight away is
not recommended:} 26... Nh4 $6 27. Kf2 g6 28. Rc1 $1 hxg4 29. hxg4 gxf5 30. Nb5
c5 31. Nd6+ Kb8 32. b4 fxg4 33. bxc5 {In such a mess anything can happen,
White is really active.}) 27. Nb5 hxg4 $6 {This is an important moment. At
first sight it looks that Black can open the h-file first and then figure out
the right move. In fact, Magnus should have played 27...a6 without delay, it's
important to kick away White's active knight.} (27... a6 28. Nd4 hxg4 29. hxg4
a5 $1 30. Rc1 (30. e6 fxe6 31. fxe6 Re8 $1 $17 {[%csl Re6]}) 30... a4 31. Nb5 (
31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Nf2 Ra5 $17) 31... Nc6 32. Nb4 Nxb4 33. Rxc7+ Kb8 34. Rd6 Nd5
$1 35. Rxd5 a3 36. Rd6 (36. Rc1 a2 37. Rdd1 Bb7 38. Kf2 Ra5 39. Nd6 Rxe5 $19)
36... Bb7 37. Rxb6 Ra7 38. Rbxb7+ Rxb7 39. Rxb7+ Kxb7 40. Nxa3 Kc6 $19) 28.
hxg4 $6 {Anand automatically recaptures, missing an interesting tactical
opportunity.} (28. Rc1 $1 Nd5 $1 {is the best reply. Now White has two options.
In both cases he is objectively fighting for a draw, but, with correct play
should eventually make it.} (28... Nc6 $2 29. Rdc2 Bxf5 (29... Bd7 30. Nb4 $1
Nxb4 $140 $2 31. Rxc7+ Ka6 32. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc1a1]}) 30. Rxc6 Bxd3
31. Rxc7+ Ka6 32. Nd6 Ka5 33. hxg4 $36 {[%csl Ra5]}) 29. Nc5+ (29. e6 fxe6 30.
Ne5 a5 $1 (30... a6 $4 {runs into a spectacular mate:} {[%tqu "En","Can you
spot the combination?","","","c1c7","",3]} 31. Rxc7+ $1 Nxc7 32. Nd6+ Ka7 33.
Nc6#) 31. hxg4 c5 32. Nf7 Rf8 33. Re1 $1 exf5 34. Nbd6+ Kc6 35. gxf5 Ra7 $1 36.
Nxc8 Raxf7 37. Re6+ Kc7 38. Nd6 Rxf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Rg6 $15) 29... bxc5 30.
Rxd5 gxh3 (30... Bxf5 $6 31. Rdxc5 Rac8 32. Nxc7 $132) 31. Rdxc5 h2+ 32. Kh1
Kb8 $1 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 33. Nd4 Bb7+ 34. Nc6+ Kc8 35. Rd5 Bxc6 36. Rxc6 Rb8 37.
Rdc5 Rb7 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 $15) 28... Rh4 $6 {Again Black should have
kicked away the knight.} (28... a6 29. Nd4 a5 30. Rc1 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 $17 {
is the position Black should strive for. Both of his rooks are in the action.})
29. Nf2 Nc6 (29... a6 $2 {is now runs into} 30. Nd6+ $1 cxd6 31. exd6 Nc6 32.
d7 {winning back the piece and White is not worse anymore.}) 30. Rc2 a5 $1 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} (30... g6 31. Kf1 $3 {is extremely difficult to figure out for a
human player.} (31. Rdc1 $2 Bd7 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rxc7+ Kb8 34. Rxd7 Ne2+ {
is the problem for White.}) 31... gxf5 32. Rdc1 Bd7 (32... Rh6 33. g5 Rg6 34.
Nd6+ $1 cxd6 35. Rxc6 Be6 36. Rc7+ Ka6 37. exd6 $44) 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. Rxc7+ Ka6
({No more fork on e2 after} 34... Kb8 $2 35. Rxd7 $16) 35. Ra1+ Kb5 36. Rxd7
$132) (30... a6 31. Rdc1 Bd7 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6 axb5 (33... Be8 $2 34. Nd4 {
would lose a piece as White's knight is taboo.}) 34. exd7 Rh6 35. Nd3 Rah8 (
35... Rd8 $2 36. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 $2 37. Rxc7+ Ka6 38. Ra1#) 36. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 37.
Rxc6 Kxc6 38. Ne5+ Kc5 39. Nf7 Rf8 40. d8=Q Rxd8 41. Nxd8 Kb4 42. Ne6 Kxb3 43.
Nxg7 b4 44. Nf5 Kc3 45. g5 b3 46. Ne3 Kd3 47. Nd1 Kc2 48. Ne3+ $11) 31. Rc4 $1
{An immediate doubling of the rooks would give White no benefit, so Anand
finds a useful move, preventing the advance a5-a4.} (31. e6 $6 fxe6 32. fxe6
Bxe6 33. Rxc6 Kxc6 34. Nd4+ Kd7 $1 35. Nf3+ Kc8 36. Nxh4 Bxb3 {It's difficult
to give a clear estimation of this position, but three connected passers are
really dangerous.}) (31. Rdc1 $6 Bd7 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6 Be8 $17) 31... g6 (
31... Bxf5 $6 32. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 33. Nd4+ Kb7 34. Nxf5 $132) 32. Rdc1 {Now White
must pay great attention to specifics as his kingside chain of pawns is about
to collapse.} Bd7 33. e6 (33. Nd4 $2 Nxd4 34. Rxc7+ Ka6 35. Rxd7 Ne2+ $19)
33... fxe6 34. fxe6 Be8 35. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] An excellent resource, not
obvious at all, as White allows his opponent to capture a pawn with check!}
Rxg4+ 36. Kf2 Rf4+ $6 (36... Rd8 $1 {would make White's task more difficult.}
37. Ke3 Rd5 (37... Rg2 38. Rh1 $1 Rd5 39. Rh7 $1 Rxb5 40. Nd6+ Ka6 41. Nxb5
Kxb5 42. Rh8 {The bishop is trapped.} Rg3+ 43. Kd2 Rxb3 44. Rg4 {With the next
move White will capture the bishop and the Pe6 will not allow Black to advance
his queenside pawns comfortably. With correct play this mess should end in a
draw.}) 38. Nbc3 Re5 39. Kf3 Rgxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe6 $1 41. Rxe6 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Nxe6
{In this endgame White's chances for a draw are higher than Black's for a win,
but against Magnus this won't be easy to prove.}) 37. Ke3 Rf8 (37... g5 38. Nd4
Nb4 39. Ne2 $1 (39. Rxc7+ $6 Ka6 {[%cal Gb4d5]} 40. Rg7 Nd5+ 41. Kd3 Rd8 42.
Rxg5 Rh4 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4,Re4] and all White's centralised pieces, including the
king, are under serious pressure.}) 39... Bc6 40. Nxf4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Nd3+ 42.
Kf5 Nxc1 43. Rxc1 {[%csl Ge6] The strong passed pawn guarantees White
sufficient counterplay.}) 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Rxc7+ Ka6 40. Kxd4 Rd8+ {The time
trouble has passed and White can be definitely happy with the latest
developments. He is still a pawn down, but not worse anymore thanks to his
active pieces and the strong e6-passer.} 41. Kc3 $5 {Anand goes for the safest
move, protecting the Pb3 and already having in mind the forthcoming exchange
of the minor pieces. The alternative 41.Ke3 was more ambitious, from a human
point of view more risky for both sides! Objectively, the position would
remain equal as well.} (41. Ke5 $4 Rf5#) (41. Ke3 {Here Black's general idea
is to sacrifice the bishop for the e-pawn, to grab the Pb3 and roll forward
two connected passed pawns. Here is a sample line:} Rd5 42. Rh7 (42. e7 $2 Rf7
$17) 42... Bb5 43. Rf7 Rh8 44. Rcc7 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 (45. Kf4 Be8 46. Rfe7 Rh4+ 47.
Ke5 Re3 48. Rxe8 Rhxe4+ 49. Kf6 Rxb3 50. e7 Rf3+ 51. Kxg6 Rfe3 52. Ra8+ Kb5 53.
Kf7 Rf3+ 54. Kg6 Rfe3 $11) 45... Be8 46. Rf3 Rh2+ 47. Kg3 Rh3+ 48. Kxh3 Rxf3+
49. Kg4 Rxb3 50. Rc8 Ba4 51. Kf4 Rb1 52. Nd6 Ka7 53. Rc7+ Ka6 54. Rc8 $11)
41... Rf3+ 42. Kb2 Re3 43. Rc8 {This is the way minor pieces will be exchanged.
The forthcoming double rook endgame is drawish, since Black's extra pawn has
no significance.} Rdd3 $1 {Magnus is trying the last practical chance. Keeping
all the rooks on the board, Black is hoping to target the Pb3.} (43... Rxc8 44.
Rxc8 Rxe4 45. Rxe8 {The e- and g-pawns will be swapped and the position is
completely drawish.}) 44. Ra8+ Kb7 45. Rxe8 Rxe4 46. e7 Rg3 47. Rc3 Re2+ 48.
Rc2 Ree3 {[%csl Rb3]} 49. Ka2 $1 {Now Black can't capture the Pb3, as he
always has to keep an eye on the e-pawn.} g5 50. Rd2 Re5 51. Rd7+ Kc6 52. Red8
Rge3 53. Rd6+ Kb7 54. R8d7+ Ka6 55. Rd5 Re2+ (55... g4 56. Rxe5 Rxe5 57. Rd4 g3
58. Rg4 $11) 56. Ka3 Re6 57. Rd8 g4 58. Rg5 Rxe7 59. Ra8+ $1 ({It's never too
late to go astray:} 59. Rxg4 $2 Rf2 60. Ra8+ Kb7 61. Rag8 Re1 {could give
Black winning chances.}) 59... Kb7 60. Rag8 {Now the rook is trapped for an
exchange, the draw is inevitable.} a4 (60... Rf2 61. R8g7 $11) 61. Rxg4 axb3
62. R8g7 Ka6 63. Rxe7 Rxe7 64. Kxb3 {A very rich in content, hard-fought
battle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow/Mueller,Ka"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 {A harmless
continuation, examined, beside the main line, in the opening survey in CBM 152.
} (6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ {is the start of major theoretical research here.}
) 6... c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Be3 (9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4 11. Ndb5 Qxd1+
12. Bxd1 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. a4 Bc6 16. O-O Nd7 17. a5 a6 18.
Ba3 {1/2 (18) Babula,V (2590)-Khenkin,I (2603) Germany 2003 CBM 093 [Krasenkow]
}) 9... Nc6 (9... Ne4 {is simpler, e.g.} 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. Bxd4
O-O 13. Bd3 h6 (13... g6 $142) 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rab1 Bc7 16. Be4 Qe7 17. Rfe1
Bd6 18. Qa4 {1-0 (36) Yermolinsky,A (2530)-Shulman,Y (2623) Philadelphia 2008}
Rb8 $1 $11) 10. Qd3 (10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qc2 (12. Qc1 e5) 12... Ng4
13. Qc1 O-O 14. Be2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Ne7 16. O-O Nf5 17. Qe4 Qxc5 $11 {1/2 (41)
Polgar,Z (2560)-Portisch,L (2580) Budapest 1993}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 $1
$11 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bc7 {A bit too passive.} (13... Qe7 $5 {A.Korotylev
}) 14. Nxc6 (14. Ndb5 O-O 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nb5 Qe5 18. Qf2 {
A.Korotylev} f6 {[%cal Ye5c5,Yc6e5,Yc8d7]}) 14... bxc6 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8 16. Be2 (
16. g3 $5 Bg5 17. Bg2 Bxe3+ 18. Kc2 Bd7 19. Rhe1 Bc5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. c5 $44)
16... Ke7 ({Here, too,} 16... Bg5 {was more to the point.}) 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Ne4
Bb6 (18... Bc7 19. Nc5 Be8 20. Na6 Be5 21. Rd3 {(A.Korotylev) is dangerous for
Black, e.g.} f5 22. Rb3 Rf8 23. Rb7+ Kf6 24. Nb4 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]}) 19. c5 f5
20. cxb6 fxe4 21. b7 $1 Rab8 22. Bxe4 Rxb7 $14 {A consequence of Vishy Anand's
minor inaccuracies. Still, this simplified position should be drawn but it
requires accurate defence from Black - something in Magnus Carlsen's style!}
23. Rhf1 Rb5 24. Rf4 (24. Rd4 $5 {was recommended by GM A.Korotylev but it is
still nothing special after} a5) 24... g5 25. Rf3 h5 26. Rdf1 Be8 27. Bc2 Rc5 (
27... Re5 $5 28. Kd2 Rd5+ 29. Ke2 $6 h4) 28. Rf6 {[%csl Gf6] The activation of
this rook is a progress for White but Black's position is still defensible.} h4
29. e4 a5 30. Kd2 Rb5 31. b3 Bh5 32. Kc3 Rc5+ 33. Kb2 Rd8 (33... g4 {[%cal
Yg4g3] was simpler:} 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Be8 {[%cal Gh8h2] A.Korotylev}) 34.
R1f2 Rd4 {This active continuation is possible but more complex.} 35. Rh6 (35.
Bb1 Kd6 {[%cal Yh5d1]} (35... Bd1 $143 36. Rf8) (35... g4 $5 36. g3 hxg3 37.
hxg3 Rd2+ 38. Rxd2 Kxf6) 36. Rf8 Kc7 37. Rh8 Bd1 $132) 35... Bd1 36. Bb1 Rb5
37. Kc3 c5 38. Rb2 e5 39. Rg6 a4 $6 (39... g4 $142 40. Bd3 (40. Rh6 a4 41. bxa4
Rxb2 42. Kxb2 Rd2+ 43. Kc1 Rxg2 44. Kxd1 Rxh2 {, and White must give the
bishop back by means of} 45. Bd3 g3 46. Bf1 $11) 40... Rxb3+ 41. Rxb3 Bxb3 42.
Rxg4 c4 43. Be2 Kd6 44. Rxh4 Kc5 {with sufficient counterplay}) 40. Rxg5 Rxb3+
41. Rxb3 Bxb3 {[%mdl 4096]} 42. Rxe5+ Kd6 43. Rh5 Rd1 44. e5+ Kd5 45. Bh7 Rc1+
$6 {The resulting rook ending is still drawn, but matters are very close now.}
(45... Ra1 $5 {is much easier, e.g.} 46. Bg8+ (46. Rxh4 Kxe5 $11) 46... Kc6 47.
Bxb3 Rxa3 48. Kc4 axb3 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Kxc5 Ra2 51. Rb6 Rxg2 $11) 46. Kb2 Rg1
(46... Re1 {is playable as well, e.g.} 47. Bg8+ (47. e6+ Kd6 $11) 47... Kd4 48.
Rxh4+ Kd3 49. Rh3+ (49. Bh7+ Kd2 50. Re4 Rxe4 51. Bxe4 c4 52. h4 c3+ 53. Kb1 (
53. Ka1 Bc4 54. Kb1 Bd5 $11) 53... Bd5 54. Bc2 Bb3 $11 {and Black draws by
eternal hunt - continually offering the exchange of bishops..}) 49... Kd4 50.
Bxb3 axb3 51. Rh4+ $1 (51. Kxb3 c4+ 52. Kc2 Re2+ 53. Kd1 Rxg2 54. e6 Rg1+ 55.
Ke2 Rg2+ 56. Kf3 Rg6 $11) 51... Kd3 52. Kxb3 {but even here after} Rb1+ 53. Ka2
(53. Ka4 c4) 53... Re1 {Black's passed c-pawn should save him, e.g.} 54. Rh3+
Kd4 55. g4 c4 56. g5 c3 57. Kb3 Rb1+ 58. Kc2 Rb2+ 59. Kc1 Rg2 60. Rh8 Rxg5 61.
e6 Rg1+ 62. Kc2 Rg2+ 63. Kb3 Rb2+ 64. Ka4 Rb7 $11) 47. Bg8+ Kc6 48. Rh6+ Kd7
49. Bxb3 axb3 50. Kxb3 Rxg2 51. Rxh4 Ke6 $2 {Now Black's king is too far away
from the passed a-pawn.} ({The rook belongs behind the passed pawn:} 51... Re2
$1 {and White can not win, e.g.} 52. a4 (52. Rh5 Re3+ 53. Kc4 (53. Ka4 Kc6 54.
Rh6+ Kd5 55. e6 c4 56. h4 c3 57. Kb3 c2+ 58. Kxc2 Rxa3 59. e7 Re3 60. Rh7 Kd6
61. h5 Rxe7 62. Rxe7 Kxe7 63. h6 Kf7 64. h7 Kg7 $11) 53... Rxa3 54. Kxc5 Ke6
55. Kd4 Ra4+ $11) (52. Kc4 Rxe5 53. a4 Kc6 54. Rh6+ Kb7 55. a5 Re4+ 56. Kxc5
Re2 $11) 52... Rxe5 53. Kc4 Kc6 54. Rh6+ Kb7 55. a5 Re4+ 56. Kxc5 Re2 {[%cal
Ge2h2] and Black has reached a version of Vancura's draw, e.g.} 57. Kb5 Re5+
58. Kb4 Re4+ 59. Kc5 Re2 60. h4 Re4 $1 {[%cal Ge4h4] The rook must attack the
pawn so that White's rook can not break free.} 61. Kd5 (61. Rb6+ Kc7 62. Rb4
Re5+ $11) 61... Rg4 62. Ke5 Ka7 63. Kf5 Rc4 $1 64. Rh7+ Kb8 65. h5 Rc5+ 66. Kg6
Rc6+ ({Of course not} 66... Rxa5 $2 67. Rf7 $18 {[%cal Gh5h8]}) 67. Kg7 Rc7+
$11) (51... Kc6 $2 52. a4 Re2 53. Rh6+ (53. Kc4 $2 Rxe5 54. Rh6+ Kb7 55. a5 Ka7
56. h4 Re4+ 57. Kxc5 Rf4 $11) 53... Kd5 (53... Kb7 54. e6 $18) 54. a5 c4+ (
54... Rxe5 55. a6 Re7 56. h4 c4+ 57. Kb4 Rc7 58. Rh5+ Kd4 59. Ra5 Ra7 60. h5 c3
61. Kb3 Kd3 62. Rd5+ Ke4 63. Rd6 Rc7 64. Kc2 Ke5 65. Rg6 Kf5 66. Rb6 Kg5 67. h6
Kh5 68. Rb3 Kxh6 69. Ra3 Ra7 70. Kxc3 $18) 55. Kb4 Rb2+ 56. Kc3 Rb3+ 57. Kc2
Kxe5 58. a6 Ra3 (58... Kd4 59. Rh4+ Kc5 60. a7 Ra3 61. Rh7 $18) 59. h4 Kd4 (
59... Kf5 60. Rc6 Kg4 61. Rxc4+ Kh5 62. Rc6 Kxh4 63. Kb2 Ra5 64. Kb3 Kg5 65.
Kb4 Ra1 66. Rc5+ Kf6 67. Ra5 Rb1+ 68. Kc5 Rc1+ 69. Kb6 Rb1+ 70. Rb5 $18) 60.
Rd6+ Kc5 61. Rg6 Kd4 62. h5 Ra2+ 63. Kb1 Rh2 64. a7 Rh1+ 65. Ka2 Rh2+ 66. Ka3
Rh1 67. Rg2 Ra1+ 68. Ra2 $18) (51... Rg5 $2 52. Re4 Ke6 53. a4 Rg1 54. a5 Rb1+
55. Ka2 Rb8 56. a6 Ra8 57. Ra4 Kxe5 58. a7 $18) 52. a4 Kxe5 53. a5 Kd6 (53...
Rg7 54. a6 Kd5 55. Ra4 Ra7 56. h4 c4+ 57. Kc3 $18) 54. Rh7 $1 {[%cal Gh7a7,
Ga5a7] Magnus Carlsen cuts Black's king off from the queening square a8.} Kd5 (
54... Rg8 55. a6 Ra8 56. a7 Kc6 57. h4 Kb6 58. h5 Rxa7 59. Rxa7 Kxa7 60. h6 $18
) 55. a6 c4+ 56. Kc3 Ra2 57. a7 Kc5 58. h4 (58. h4 Ra3+ 59. Kb2 Ra6 (59... Rb3+
60. Ka2 $18) 60. h5 Kb4 61. Rb7+ Kc5 62. h6 Kc6 63. Rg7 Kb6 64. h7 Rxa7 65.
Rxa7 Kxa7 66. h8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3
O-O 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. Bg5 $5 {The reason why we are quoting the following
2 games will soon become clear...} h6 10. Bh4 Be6 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12.
Nbd2 Nh5 13. Re1 (13. Bd5 Qd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxe5 $5 Bxd1 16. Nxc6 Be2 17.
d4 Bxf1 18. Nxf1 $44) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Ne7 $6 (14... Qf6 15. Nf1 Ne7 $13)
15. Nf1 Ng6 16. d4 Bb6 17. Ne3 Bxf3 $2 (17... Bd7 $142 $1) 18. gxf3 (18. Qxf3
$1 exd4 19. Qh5 $40) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. Ng4 Qg7 (20... Qxd4 $142 21.
Qxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxh6+ Kh7 23. Nxf7 Bf6 $14) 21. e5 $36 {Carlsen,M (2714)-Shirov,
A (2739)/WCh blitz Moscow/2007/}) 11. Nbd2 g5 (11... Bxb3 12. axb3 Nb8 $6 (
12... Re8 $142 {leads to Spraggett-Fedorchuk, all this after} 13. Re1 {
tranposes to the position from our game.}) 13. d4 $16) 12. Bg3 Bb6 13. Re1 Nd7
14. Nf1 Qf6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. d4 Nb6 19. b3 h5 20. h3
h4 21. Bh2 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Rf1 Rh8 25. Ne1 c5 26. f3 Be6 27.
f4 exf4 28. Ref3 $1 $40 {Carlsen,M (2813)-Ponomariov,R (2737)/Nice blindfold
rpd/2010/}) 4. d3 {A popular and legitimate attempt to retain the tension and
avoid quick simplification. Although this line had already appeared in a few
of their previous encounters, Anand spurns the surprise factor and after Game
4 is unwilling to enter the complex Berlin endgame (or queenless middlegame?)
with} (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4
Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16.
Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 $11 {Carlsen,M (2870)
-Anand,V (2775)/WCh Chennai/2013/ is insipid and rather boring - but who can
blame Carlsen, who already had a 2-point lead at that moment...}) 5... Nd6 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne1 (16. Ne2 $5 Ng6 17. Ng3 b6 18.
Nh5 Rg8 19. a3 a5 20. Re1 Kb7 21. Nh2 Ne7 22. f4 $14 {Gorbatov,A (2360)
-Pranizin,G (2187)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2013/ This is a subsequent example, played
only after Chennai.}) 16... Ng6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Ne2 $6 Bxa2 19. b3 c4 20. Ndc1
cxb3 21. cxb3 Bb1 22. f4 Kb7 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. g4 Bc8 $15 {/-/+,Anand,V (2775)
-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/2013/}) 4... Bc5 {This active move is very
topical right now, as I already mentioned in the notes to Navara-Caruana (CBM
157).} ({The more restrained} 4... d6 {has also featured in the opponent's
previous encounters:} 5. O-O Be7 (5... Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Bg7 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Bb3 Be6 12. h3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Nh5 15. Rad1
h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Qc2 c5 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Qd3 exd4
22. Nxd4 Nc4 23. b3 Ne5 24. Qb1 h5 25. Bb2 h4 26. Nf1 d5 {Anand,V (2783)
-Carlsen,M (2868)/Stavanger blitz/2013/}) 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Re1 Re8 9.
Nf1 Bf8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 c5 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4 a6 16.
a5 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. exd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22.
bxc3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. Nc2 Rf1 25. Be3 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Be5 $11 {Carlsen,M 
(2826)-Anand,V (2800)/Bilbao /2010/ Carlsen later overpressed and lost - see
the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 139.}) 5. c3 ({In Game 7 Anand tried} 
5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {and ran into the rare, but clever} Bg4 $5 ({Usually good
enough for equality, there is also the more standard} 6... O-O 7. O-O Re8 (7...
Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg3
Nd7 15. h4 f6 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Kg2 Nc5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Rh1 Qd7 21.
Rh3 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Ne4 $16 {
[%csl Ge4,Rg7][%cal Gh1h8] Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S (2779)/Astana blitz/
2012/}) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 (9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5
cxb5 14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 {Anand,V (2780)
-Kramnik,V (2810)/Zuerich 2013/} 18. f3 $5 $13 {Gormally}) 9... Bf8 (9... a5
10. b3 Bf8 11. Kh1 b6 12. g3 Ba6 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 g6 15. Nh4 Bh6 16. Ng2
Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 Qg5 21. Rf3 Rad8 22. Qf1 $14
{Anand,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2813)/Stavanger blitz/2013/}) 10. Kh1 f6 11. b3 Nc5
12. Ng1 Ne6 13. Ne2 b6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qf3 Bxc4 18.
bxc4 Bd6 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qd6 21. Qf3 Re5 22. h3 Rae8 $11 {Anand,V (2783)
-Hammer,J (2608)/Stavanger blitz/2013/}) ({Carlsen himself had to face the
more risky} 6... Be6 {- something he was unwilling to repeat with Black:} 7. b3
$5 (7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5
Rxf5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. Qg4 Rf8 18. Ne4 Qf7 19. a4 h5 20.
Qe2 Be7 21. a5 Qg6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Kh1 Rf3 $132 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Aronian,L 
(2816)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) (7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Bd2 b6 10. Ng5 Qe7
11. O-O a5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. b3 O-O 17.
Kh1 Bb4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bd6 20. Qf2 Rae8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rae1 Re6 $11 {
Caruana,F (2782)-Navara,D (2705)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) 7... Ng4 8. O-O f6 9.
Qe2 Qd7 10. Nc4 g5 11. Rb1 b5 12. Ne3 h5 13. c3 Qh7 14. d4 Bb6 15. Nc2 O-O-O
16. a4 exd4 17. Nfxd4 (17. cxd4 $5 $36) 17... Bd7 18. b4 $6 (18. f3 Ne5 19. Kh1
$14) 18... Rhe8 19. Re1 a6 20. Ra1 Kb7 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Ra8
24. Rxa8 Rxa8 $132 {Carlsen,M (2837)-Bacrot,E (2713)/Biel/2012/}) 7. h3 Bh5 ({
Black is in no hurry to play} 7... Bxf3 $143 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nc4 O-O
11. O-O Rfe8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. b4 Bf8 16. Qg4 b6 17. g3 f6
18. Bc3 Bd6 19. Ne3 Kh8 20. Kg2 a6 21. Qf3 Ne7 22. h4 b5 23. Rfb1 Qd7 24. h5 h6
25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 $14 {Adams,M (2733)-Fressinet,L (2696)/Bundesliga/2012/})
8. Nf1 (8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Nh4 O-O-O $5 12. Nf5 Qf8 13. O-O
Bf7 14. b3 g6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. f4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Qd6 20.
Ne2 Rhf8 $132 {Sjugirov,S (2641)-Maletin,P (2598)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2013/ This
is another game, played only after the match.}) 8... Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 $5 ({
Only now, although also} 9... Bg6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nf8 $1 $13 {seems
playable.}) 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14. Kb1 b6 15.
h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 20. Rh7 Rh8 21. Rdh1
Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8 $11 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/
2013/}) ({White's move order avoids} 5. O-O Nd4 $5 (5... d6 6. c3 {- 6...d6})
6. Ba4 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. Qg3 d6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Bb3 Nh5 11. Qh4 Nf6 12. Nc3 h6
13. Bd2 a5 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. a4 Be6 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. Nf4 Re8 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rff1 Nd7 25. g4 d5
$11 {Carlsen,M (2823)-Anand,V (2817)/Moscow rpd/2011/ See the notes to this
game by Postny in CBM 144.}) (5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. c3 Bd7 9.
Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bc6 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. g3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. f3 Nfe6 21. h4 Bb5 22. a3
Rd7 (22... Bd3 $1) 23. b4 Nd3 $6 (23... Ba4 $1 24. bxc5 Bxc2 $11) 24. Reb1 Ba4
25. Bxa4 Rxa4 26. Kf1 $13 {[%csl Rd3] Carlsen,M (2848)-Anand,V (2775)/London /
2012/ See the notes to this game by Postny in CBM 152.}) 5... O-O 6. O-O (6.
Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. Bg5 Re8 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 e3 (16... Qd5 $142 $1 $13 {/=/+})
17. Nb3 Bb6 (17... Bd6 $5 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. Qxe3 Bxe5 20. Qxg5+ Kf8 21. Qh6+
Kg8 $11) 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Rd1 g4 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Nc6 (21. O-O Ne4 22. Nd4 $14)
21... Qf8 22. Nbd4 Qc5 (22... Bc8 $1 23. O-O Ba6 $13) 23. Ne5 $36 {Ivanchuk,V 
(2717)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Wijk aan Zee/2001/}) 6... Re8 {An interesting move;
given the chance, Black can later play d5 in one move.} ({Earlier Magnus
played the standard continuation} 6... d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 ({Perhaps better than
the more usual, but somewhat provocative} 7... a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 {, mentioned
shortly in the notes to Navara-Caruana, CBM 157.}) 8. Nc4 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10.
Ba4 Ng6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nhf4 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Nh4
f5 17. Nxf5 Qg5 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Qh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 Nxd3 21. Nf3 Rf6 22. Rad1
Nxb2 23. Rd2 Na4 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nxc3 27. Re1 h6 {1/2,Anand,
V (2817)-Carlsen,M (2823)/Moscow rpd/2011/} 28. e5 $44) (6... d5 7. Nbd2 $5 (7.
exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. a4 Bf5 13. Ne4 Be6
14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. b5 Nb8 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. c4 Nbd7 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nc5 20.
d4 exd4 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Nxd4 Re8 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. Rd1 Rc8 $132 {Sjugirov,S 
(2610)-Bacrot,E (2706)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 dxe4 9. d4
Bd6 10. Bg5 (10. Nxc6 $6 Qe8 11. Na5 $2 Qb5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Qd2 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2
Qxf1 15. Qf4 Bf3 16. gxf3 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 exf3 18. Qh2 Qe1+ {0-1,Neumann,
G-Anderssen,A/Berlin/1864/}) 10... Qe8 (10... h6 $13) (10... Ba6 11. Re1 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ng4 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Nd2 $142 $14) 14... Rfe8 15. Rd7
Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Na3 e3 18. fxe3 Rd2 $44 {Riemann,F-Anderssen,A/Breslau/
1877/}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Re1 Ba6 15. b3 Rae8 16. Re3
Bf4 17. Rh3 h6 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. Re1 Qg6 20. Qd1 Kh7 21. g3 {Gu,X (2369)-Zhao,X 
(2495)/Jiangsu Wuxi/2011/} Bg5 $13) 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qf6 10. Qe2
Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Ne7 14. f4 c6 15. Bc4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6
17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxe4 21. Rd8+ Nf8 22. Bd3
Re1+ 23. Kg2 a5 24. Ra8 Rd1 25. Bc4 $44 {/+/=,Radjabov,T (2735)-Carlsen,M 
(2733)/Morelia/Linares/2008/ See the notes to this game by Radjabov in CBM 123.
}) 7. Re1 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f4 Qb8 {[%cal Rf6e4,Rb8b2]} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Ne4 Qxb2 18. f5 Red8 19. Bc4 Be8 20. Qh5 {Carlsen,M (2826)-Howell,D (2633)/
London/2011/} Qb6+ {/\c5~~/=/+}) 7... a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2 d5 $1 {
illustrates what we said in the note to Black's 6th move:} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4
(11. Bb3 $142) 11... b4 12. Ng5 $6 h6 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Qf3 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 {Zhao Dindin-Kosteniuk,A/WChJ Szeged/1994/} Qf6 17. d4 g6 $36 {[%cal
Rc8f5]}) 9... d6 (9... d5 $2 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 $16) 10. Bg5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Formally this is a novelty. However, as we have seen in the notes
above, Carlsen himself has used the bishop sortie in very similar positions on
at least 3 occasions. He must have been familiar with the nuances, as the
diffrence between his games with Shirov and Ponomariov is only the insertion
of Re1 and Re8; Magnus finds a way to profit from this.} (10. a4 b4 (10... Bb7
11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Ba2 Qd7 17.
h3 Bb6 18. Nh2 d5 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Nf4 $6 (20... c5 $13 {[%cal Yc5c4]})
21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nf3 c6 23. d4 $1 $36 {[%cal Yf3e5] Bauer,C (2645)-Marciano,D
(2514)/SUI-chT/2011/}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. Nd2
Rb8 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Bxb3 bxc3 $6 (17... Rb7 $142 $132 {[%cal
Yb4c3,Ye8b8]}) 18. bxc3 Rf8 19. Bg5 Ne8 {Garbisu de Goni,U (2463)-Glavina
Rossi,P (2440)/Barcelona/2005/} 20. Red1 $36 {[%cal Yd3d4]}) 11. a5 (11. d4 $5
exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 $132) 11... bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. h3 Ba7 14. Nbd2 Ne7 15. Nf1
Ng6 16. Ng3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. d4 Be6 19. Bd2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nf6
(21... Rb8 $11) 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qc2 $14 {Pedersen,C (2443)
-Antonsen,M (2446)/Helsingor/2013/}) ({Anand has already played the typical} 
10. Nbd2 Bb6 (10... Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. axb3 d5 (12... h6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qd7 16. h3 a5 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. b4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Ne7 20. Kh2 Qc6
21. g3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Leko,P (2730)/Beijing/
2013/}) 13. Qc2 h6 (13... Qd7 14. Ng3 h6 15. h3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe6 17. Nh4 a5
18. Nhf5 Bf8 19. Nf1 Red8 20. Be3 Ne7 21. N5g3 Ng6 22. Red1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc6
$11 {Fedorchuk,S (2660)-Buhmann,R (2578)/FRA-chT Haguenau/2013/}) 14. Ng3 a5
15. h3 Qd7 16. Be3 Bf8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. g4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ne7 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. c4 b4 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Qc8 26. Nxe7+ Bxe7 27. Kh2
Ra6 $15 {Radjabov,T (2793)-Aronian,L (2809)/London Candidates/2013/ See the
notes to this game by Krisztian Szabo in CBM 154.}) 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13.
h3 h6 14. d4 (14. a4 Bd7 15. d4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 c5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19.
c4 Qc8 20. cxb5 c4 21. Rc1 Bxb5 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Qc2 Rc6 24. Ba4 Bxa4 25. Qxa4
Nf4 26. Re3 $11 {Zhigalko,A (2615)-Navara,D (2703)/ECC Rhodes/2013/}) 14... c5
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 Ba5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bb7 21.
Ra2 Bc7 22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Nd2 Kf8 27.
Bc5 Nd7 28. Ba3 g6 29. f3 Ke8 $11 {Anand,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2809)/Paris/St
Petersburg/2013/}) 10... Be6 (10... h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 Bd7 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd7] leads nowhere}) 11... Bb6 $5 (11... g5 {might be playable, but
this move is risky and would certainly follow Anand's preparation. Black has
to reckon not only with} 12. Bg3 ({, but also with the piece sacrifice} 12.
Nxg5 $5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 $44)) 12. Nbd2 (12. a4 $5) 12... Be6 13. Nf1 ({The idea
is to play} 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11) 13... Bxb3 (13... Nb8 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 (15... Rxf6 16. d4 $14) 16. a4 $14) 14. axb3 Qe7 15. Ne3 Qe6 {/\} 16. Bxf6
Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Qxf6 $11) 11. Nbd2 {White's immediate reaction is rather soft.} (
11. Bd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yf6f5,Ye7g6] is
unclear at the least - Black has a strong bishop and can show some potential
kingside ambitions of his own.}) ({Instead of the slow developing move Giri
points out the more ambitious and principled} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 (11... Rxe6 $143
12. d4 exd4 $8 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 12. b4 (12. d4 exd4 (
12... Bb6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 $14) 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Nc3 h6 15.
Be3 Na5 $14 {[%cal Ya5c4,Yc7c5] /~~}) (12. a4 $5 {/\} b4 13. d4 $14) 12... Bb6
13. a4 $14 {Here White has chances to get a pull.}) (11. d4 Bxb3 12. axb3 exd4
13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qd2 c5 $132) 11... h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13.
Bxf6 Rxf6 14. b4 Bb6 15. a4 Ne7 $11 {[%csl Gb6]}) 12... Bxb3 13. axb3 Nb8 $5 {
A Breyer-style manoeuvre to combat the annoying pin.} (13... Bb6 14. Nf1 g5 15.
Bg3 d5 16. exd5 $6 (16. Qe2 $142 $13) 16... Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. h3 (18. Qc2
Rad8 19. Rad1 Nh5 $11 {/=/+}) 18... Rad8 19. Rxa6 Qxd3 20. Qc1 Re6 (20... b4 $5
$36) 21. Kh2 Ne4 $6 (21... Nh5 $36) 22. Rxb6 cxb6 23. Rd1 Qe2 24. Re1 {1/2,
Spraggett,K (2631)-Fedorchuk,S (2603)/Metz/2007/}) (13... a5 $5 $13 {is also
possible, then Black can consider either g5, or unpinning as in the game.}) (
13... Qe7 {[%cal Ye7e6]} 14. Nf1 Bb6 $11 {transposes to the 10...h6 line.}) 14.
h3 {Just as on move 11, White plays it slowly - and doesn't achieve anything.}
({Gleizerov suggested} 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ra3 {, but after} Nc6 17.
Qe2 Ra7 18. Rea1 Rea8 $11 {[%cal Ya6a5] Black gradually prepares the
liberating a5.}) (14. d4 Bb6 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. b4 c6 $11 {[%cal Yd8c7,Ya6a5] is
a similar story.}) 14... Nbd7 15. Nh2 (15. b4 Bb6 16. Nb3 Nf8 $11 (16... c5 $5
$132)) 15... Qe7 16. Ndf1 {Abandons the b4 and Nb3 idea.} {Puts the bishop on
a less exposed square.} Bb6 ({Black doesn't need complications as} 16... a5 17.
d4 $5 exd4 (17... Bb6 18. Ng4 $14 {[%cal Rf1e3,Re3d5,Re3f5]}) 18. cxd4 Bb4 19.
Re3 Qe6 20. Rc1 $13) 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. b4 (18. Nf5 Kh7 {[%cal Yg7g6] is just a
loss of time.}) 18... a5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 32] Gets rid of his only weakness.
Purposeful strategic play by Black has solved his opening problems without any
concessions.} 19. bxa5 Bxa5 20. Nhg4 (20. Nf5 Bb6 21. Qd2 d5 $5 $11 {/\} 22.
Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Ne7+ (24. hxg4 d4 25. cxd4 exd4 $132 {[%cal Yc7c4] /
=/+}) 24... Kh7 25. exd5 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qxe7 27. Bxe7 (27. hxg4 f6 28. d4 Qd6
$11) 27... Nxf2 28. Kxf2 f6 29. d6 c5 $5 {[%csl Re7]}) 20... Bb6 21. Bxf6 $5 {
Anand realises he has nothing at all and decides to simplify the position - in
other words to bail out. The engine also praises his judgement, further
"attacking" attempts such as} (21. Qf3 $143 Nxg4 22. Nxg4 Ra4 $5 {might leave
the bishop misplaced} (22... Nf8 $15 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ye6b3,Ya8a2] Giri}))
21... Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ (22. Nf5 Rxa1 $5 23. Nxf6+ (23. Qxa1 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Qf6 $15
{[%csl Rf2,Rg4]}) 23... Qxf6 24. Qxa1 d5 $11) 22... Qxf6 23. Qg4 (23. Qe2 $142
$1 {[%cal Re3d5] is more accurate, White avoids the doubling of the pawns after
} Bxe3 (23... c6 24. g3 Qe6 25. Kg2 $11 {Formally Black has the better minor
piece, but in practice it's difficult to suggest, how he can make inroads.})
24. Qxe3 $11) 23... Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qe7 $1 (24... Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 $11 {more or
less forces a draw, but Magnus rightly feels he runs no real risk by playing
on.}) 25. Rf1 c5 $11 {/=/+ The position is almost equal, but the only one who
can try something is Black.} 26. Kh2 c4 (26... Qb7 $5) 27. d4 $1 Rxa1 ({
This doesn't win a pawn, so perhaps} 27... g6 28. d5 Kg7 {was slightly
preferable.}) 28. Rxa1 Qb7 (28... exd4 29. exd4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Ra8+ Kh7
32. Rb8 $11) 29. Rd1 ({A more prudent move is} 29. d5 $5 {and Black has no
obvious way to make progress.} g6 (29... b4 30. Ra4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qb3 32. Qd7
Rf8 33. Ra6 Qxc3 34. Qxd6 Qxe3 35. Qxe5 {and it's Black who has to tread with
care.}) (29... Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Qxa8 31. Qd7 Qb8 $8 $11) 30. Qh4 Kg7 31. Rf1 $11 {
Giri}) 29... Qc6 (29... exd4 30. Rxd4 Re6 31. Rd5 $132 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6]}) 30.
Qf5 (30. d5 $11 {was again an option}) 30... exd4 {Black has no other way to
proceed.} 31. Rxd4 Re5 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. Kh1 (33. Rd5 Qe7 34. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 35. Qf4
{/\} Qxf4+ 36. exf4 f5 37. exf5 d5 38. Kg3 d4 39. Kf3 $1 $11 {Gleizerov}) 33...
Qe7 34. Qg4 Kh7 35. Qf4 g6 36. Kh2 Kg7 37. Qf3 Re6 38. Qg3 $6 {Forcing matters,
but this is a concession, which improves Black's prospects. After} (38. Qf4 Rf6
39. Qg3 $11 {/=/+ he has a comfortable endgame, but still nothing tangible.})
38... Rxe4 39. Qxd6 Rxe3 (39... Qxd6+ 40. Rxd6 Rxe3 41. Rd5 b4 42. cxb4 Rb3 43.
b5 Rxb2 44. Rc5 Rb4 45. b6 Rxb6 46. Rxc4 {is a theoretical draw}) 40. Qxe7 Rxe7
41. Rd5 Rb7 42. Rd6 {[%mdl 4096] In the rook endgame White's active rook
almost compensates for the extra pawn. His drawing chances are higher than
Black's winning chances, but the fight is still on.} (42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ke6
44. Ke4 $44 {/\} f5+ 45. Kd4 Rd7 46. Rxd7 Kxd7 47. Kc5 Ke6 48. Kxb5 Kd5 49. Ka4
$1 {holds, but the last move is not easy to see in advance:} (49. Kb4 g5 50. b3
g4 $1 51. bxc4+ Kc6 $19) 49... g5 50. b4 cxb3 (50... g4 51. hxg4 fxg4 52. Ka5
Kc6 53. Ka6 Kc7 54. Ka7 Kc6 55. Ka6 $11) 51. Kxb3 f4 52. c4+ Kc5 53. Kc3 h5 54.
Kd3 $11) 42... f6 (42... h5 43. Kg3 f6 $15) 43. h4 Kf7 $6 {Magnus admitted he
missed White's idea.} (43... h5 $142 $1 44. Kg3 Re7 45. Rb6 Re5 46. Rb7+ (46.
Kf3 Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Rb7+ Ke6 {[%cal Ye6c6]} 49. Rg7 g5 $15) 46... Kh6 47.
Rb6 Rf5 48. Rd6 g5 49. hxg5+ Rxg5+ 50. Kf3 Rf5+ 51. Kg3 Kg5 $15) 44. h5 $1 gxh5
(44... g5 45. Kg3 Ke7 (45... Kg7 46. Kf3 f5 47. Rg6+ Kh7 48. Rf6 f4 49. g3 fxg3
50. Kxg3 Re7 51. Kf3 $1 (51. Rb6 $143 Re3+ 52. Kg4 Re4+ 53. Kf5 Rf4+ 54. Ke5
Rf7 $5) 51... Re1 52. Rb6 $11 {[%csl Rb5,Rh6]}) 46. Rc6 Rd7 47. Rb6 Rd3+ (47...
Rd5 48. Kf3 $132 {[%csl Rb5,Rf6]}) 48. Kh2 Rd5 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Kf3 $11) 45. Rd5
Kg6 46. Kg3 {With the split kingside pawns it should be a draw again.} Rb6 47.
Rc5 f5 48. Kh4 (48. Kf4 h4 49. Rxf5 $4 Rf6 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. Kg4 Ke5 52. Kxh4
Ke4 53. Kh5 Kd3 54. Kxh6 Kc2 55. g4 Kxb2 56. g5 b4 57. g6 bxc3 58. g7 c2 59.
g8=Q c1=Q+ $19) 48... Re6 (48... Kf6 $5 49. Kxh5 Re6 50. Rxb5 Re2 51. Rb4 Rxg2
52. Rxc4 Rxb2 53. Kh4 {is a TB draw without White's pawn. However, achieving a
rook endgame with extra f+h pawns is Black's dream and gives him more
practical chances, than the text move should have done...}) 49. Rxb5 Re4+ 50.
Kh3 Kg5 51. Rb8 (51. b3 {was suggested by Nakamura. White holds after} Re3+ 52.
Kh2 Rxc3 53. bxc4 Rxc4 54. Rb8 {, even achieving the aforementioned endgame
with f+h pawns is almost impossible.}) 51... h4 52. Rg8+ (52. b3 $5 $11 {
was still possible}) 52... Kh5 53. Rf8 Rf4 54. Rc8 Rg4 55. Rf8 Rg3+ 56. Kh2 Kg5
57. Rg8+ $6 {Complicates the issue.} ({Just sitting tight with} 57. Rc8 $1 Rg4
58. Rc7 (58. Kh3 h5 59. Rc7 Rg3+ 60. Kh2 f4 61. Rxc4 Kg4 62. Rc8 h3 $15 {/\}
63. Rg8+ $4 Kh4 64. Rxg3 fxg3+ 65. Kg1 hxg2 66. b4 Kg4 67. b5 Kf3 68. b6 h4 69.
b7 h3 70. b8=Q h2#) (58. Rg8+ Kf4 59. Re8 $5 $11 {also seems good enough} (59.
Rh8 $2 Ke3 60. Rxh6 Kf2 61. Kh3 Rg3+ 62. Kxh4 f4 $17)) {holds the balance:}
58... h5 59. Rc8 Re4 60. Rg8+ Kf4 61. Rh8 Re2 62. Rxh5 Ke4 63. Rh8 $5 Rxb2 64.
Rd8 $11) 57... Kf4 $1 58. Rc8 (58. Rh8 h3 $1 59. gxh3 Rg6 $36) 58... Ke3 59.
Rxc4 f4 60. Ra4 $2 {Loses a tempo and the game, as White's queenside pawns
enable Black's king to hide from side checks.} ({Engines and numerous previous
annotators pointed out the right way:} 60. b4 $1 {[]} h3 61. gxh3 Rg6 62. Rc8
f3 63. Re8+ Kf2 (63... Kd3 64. Rf8 (64. b5 $5 $11) 64... Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Ke3 66.
b5 Rb2 (66... Rg6 67. Re8+ Kf2 68. c4 $11)) 64. b5 Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Rg1+ 66. Kh2
Rb1 (66... Re1 67. Rxe1 Kxe1 68. b6 $11) 67. c4 Rb2 68. Kh1 {/\} Kg3 69. Rg8+
Kxh3 70. Kg1 $11) (60. Rc7 $2 Kf2 $19) 60... h3 $1 61. gxh3 Rg6 $19 62. c4 (62.
Ra8 f3 63. Re8+ Kf2 64. b4 Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Rg1+ 66. Kh2 Re1 {and Black has a
crucial extra tempo in comparison with the above note:} 67. Ra8 Ke3 68. Re8+
Kd2 69. Rf8 Ke2 70. Re8+ Kf1 71. Rf8 f2 72. Kg3 Re3+ 73. Kh2 Ke1 74. Kg2 Re2
$19) 62... f3 63. Ra3+ Ke2 {No side checks, the game is decided.} 64. b4 f2 65.
Ra2+ Kf3 66. Ra3+ Kf4 67. Ra8 (67. Ra1 Re6 $19 {[%cal Re6e1] and again no side
checks!}) 67... Rg1 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{We have just reached the half-way point of the match. Carlsen was leading by
4-2.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Carlsen repeats his main weapon, the
Berlin Defence, which he employed successfully in the 4th and 6th games of the
match.} 4. d3 {Anand avoids the 4.0-0 Nxe4 "endgame line", like in the 6th
game.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 {Anand's favourite move.} (5. c3 {and}) (5. O-O {are other
lines.}) 5... dxc6 6. Nbd2 {The position has some similarities to the RL
Delayed Exchange Variation with 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3.} Bg4 $5 {
A rare, but interesting move.} ({The most recent games continued with} 6... Be6
{followed by Nd7.}) ({Anand had two successful games with} 6... O-O 7. O-O Re8
8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Kh1 (9. a4 a5 10. b3 Bf8 11. Kh1 {A possible plan is Ng1-e2 and
f2-f4.} b6 12. g3 {/\ Nh4} Ba6 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 g6 15. Nh4 Bh6 16. Ng2 {
/\ f4} Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 $36 {with some
initiative, later White managed to win, Anand-Aronian, Stavanger blitz 2013.})
9... a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 (11. b3 $5) 11... Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14.
c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4 20. Rc6
Ne2 21. Qd5 Qb8 $4 {Until this point the game was balanced, but here suddenly
Kramnik blundered, allowing White's strong reply.} ({The correct choice would
have been} 21... Qxd5 22. exd5 Rec8 {Black is under pressure, but with tough
defence it should be an equal endgame.}) 22. Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 23. Qxd3 {and after
a few moves Black resigned, Anand-Kramnik, Zuerich 2013.}) 7. h3 Bh5 {Of
course Carlsen saves his bishop pair.} (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10.
Nc4 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. b4 Bf8 16. Qg4 b6
17. g3 f6 18. Bc3 $14 {with a comfortable position for White, Adams-Fressinet,
Germany 2012.}) 8. Nf1 {White employs the typical Ruy Lopez regrouping of the
knight to g3 before castling, especially since the bishop is on h5.} ({In case
of} 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxe5 $2 {is not working because of} Qd4 $1) 8... Nd7 {Black
is also following his typical plan. He prepares for f6, Bf7 and sometimes
Nf8-e6.} 9. Ng3 Bxf3 {An interesting decision to give up the B now.} (9... Bg6
$5 {was an interesting alternative. Black plans f6 then transfers his B to f7.
For example} 10. O-O O-O {and Black has a comfortable position.} ({Still} 10...
f6 {is too early, as} 11. Nh4 Bf7 12. Nhf5 O-O 13. Qg4 $36 {and White has some
initiative.})) 10. Qxf3 g6 $1 {A very important positional move. In normal
cases when the white N is on g3 the ...g6 move is very good, as the N can't
move to f5 or h5. If Black had castled, g6 isn't so good, because White has an
attack with Bh6 and h4-h5, but now Carlsen wants to castle to the queenside.}
11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O {Finally both sides have finished their
development. White has a slight advantage thanks to his slightly better pawn
structure, but this can hardly be exploited. A slow, positional manoeuvring
fight begins, where both players try to improve their pieces. The game is
balanced.} 13. Ne2 {The N is not so useful on g3, while from e2 it can be
support a d4 or an f4.} Rhe8 14. Kb1 {Another useful move. Sometimes Black's
idea is Qe6 followed by f5 and without Kb1 the a2 P is unprotected.} b6 {
Carlsen also makes a useful move, he prepares for Kb7.} 15. h4 Kb7 ({I think} 
15... h5 $5 {was easier, but Carlsen doesn't worry about White's threats on
the h-file.}) 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 ({In case of} 17. fxe3 $5 {Black can
regroup to the kingside with} Rg8 $5 18. g4 (18. Rdf1 {could have been met by}
f5 (18... Rdf8 $5) 19. hxg6 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxg2 {and Black hasn't got
any problem.}) 19... fxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxg6 {with an equal position.}) 18... gxh5
$1 {This is the point of the Rg8!} (18... Rdf8 19. Rdf1 Nc5 20. Qf6 $14 {
maybe a little bit unpleasant for Black.}) 19. gxh5 (19. Rxh5 Nf6 $11) 19...
Rg5 20. Ng3 Rdg8 21. Nf5 Qf6 {White has a strong N on f5, but Black controls
the g-file with his rooks, so the position is balanced.}) 17... Nc5 {The N is
ready to go to e6, or sometimes even Na4 and Qb4 could be a threat.} 18. hxg6
hxg6 19. g3 ({If} 19. Rh7 {Black uses the same motif as in the game with} Rh8
20. Rdh1 Rxh7 21. Rxh7 Qf6 $11 {followed by Rh8 with a completely drawish
endgame.}) 19... a5 (19... Rh8 $11) ({or} 19... Qf6 $11 {was also fine, with
an equal position.}) 20. Rh7 (20. f4 {could have been met by} f5 $1 21. exf5
gxf5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 {with a fully drawish ending.}) 20... Rh8 21.
Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 $1 {Black prepares to exchange the rooks with Rh8.} 23.
f4 Rh8 $1 {The most precise move.} ({The natural} 23... exf4 $6 {was dubious,
as} 24. Qxf4 $1 Qxf4 25. gxf4 {and suddenly the endgame is better for White.
His rook is very active and his pawn structure is also better.} Rd7 26. Kc1 $14
{Followed by Ng3, Kd2-e3 then f5 later on. But of course Carlsen doesn't allow
such chances.}) 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf3 ({The fork with} 26. d4 $2
{does not work in view of} Qxe4 $17) 26... f5 $1 {After this the draw is
inevitable.} 27. exf5 gxf5 28. c3 Ne6 29. Kc2 Ng5 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Ng5 32.
Qf2 Ne6 {A tidy draw, Carlsen preserved his 2 point lead!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {This is the first time 1.e4 was played by Carlsen during the match. He
had already tried 1.Nf3 and 1.c4.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Another Berlin
Defence! This is the 4th time in the match already, but it is the first time
from Anand with Black.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {A very solid decision by Carlsen.
He has 2 points advantage, the draw is good for him, so it was a logical
opening choice.} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 ({Recently
Carlsen himself played the another line with} 9... Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 (10... d6 11.
Re1 Bg5 {White has some space advantage due to his d5 P, but that's all.
Exchanging the dark-squared B is favourable for Black.} 12. Nc3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1
Nf6 14. Qd4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Red1 a5 19. f3 Kg7
20. Kf2 a4 21. Rd4 Ra5 22. Rcd1 Rc5 23. R1d2 Ra8 {the computer considers the
position to be slighty better for White, but in the game Black could hold his
position, Leko-Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2013.}) 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bd3
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf6 15. Na4 Re8 16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qd7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. c4
Re8 $11 {with an equal endgame, Karjakin-Carlsen, Moscow 2013.}) 10. Re1 Re8 (
10... Nf5 {is another main move.}) 11. c3 {This move shows that Carlsen is
happy with the draw.} (11. Bf4 {was the only critical move} Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 (
{The greedy} 12... Bxd4 $5 {could have been met by} 13. c3 (13. Bxd6 $5 cxd6
14. Nc3 $44 {was also interesting.}) 13... Bf6 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qe4 $1 d5 $1 {
Otherwise Qd5.} 16. Qxd5 d6 17. Na3 Rb8 {and Black's two bishops give some
counterplay for his weaknesses.}) 13. Nc3 $1 {Otherwise Black can play d5 and
equalise more easily.} Bxd4 ({Now} 13... d5 $2 {is not working, as} 14. Nxd5 $1
$16) 14. Nd5 c6 (14... d6) 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16. Nxc8 Qf6 $1 17. Qb4+ c5 18. Qd2
Rxc8 19. c3 (19. Re1 g5 $1 20. Bxg5 Bxf2+ $1 21. Qxf2 Qxg5 22. Bb5 Nd6 23. Bxd7
Rd8 $11 {Guseinov-Sargissian, Warsaw 2013}) 19... Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxd7
Qc7 (21... Rc7 $11) 22. Rd1 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 $11 {with a
completely drawish endgame, Kasimdzhanov-Leko, London 2012.}) 11... Rxe1 12.
Qxe1 Ne8 $1 {A typical idea. Black wants to equalise with d5.} 13. Bf4 d5 14.
Bd3 {Of course... White doesn't want to allow Bf5.} ({For example} 14. Nd2 {
could have been met by} Bf5 $1 $11) 14... g6 {Anand prepares for Ng7 then Bf5.}
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 {White improves his pieces and he has a positional trick
too.} c6 $1 {A great deep move!} ({The immediate} 16... Bf5 {could have been
met by} 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qb5 $1 $14 {and White created some unpleasant
threats on the queenside.}) 17. Re1 $146 {Basically this is the first novelty
in the game, but in this positional line it does not determine the result.} ({
Before} 17. Be5 {was tried} Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Nb3
Qxe5 22. Rxe5 f6 23. Re2 Kf7 $11 {with a symmetrical drawish endgame,
Rozentalis-Bruzon, Montreal 2013.}) 17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 $1 {
Another good positional move. Anand prepares for Ne6 or sometimes in the Qd7
then Re8 plan is also useful.} 20. Be5 {Carlsen doesn't mind the exchange of
pieces.} Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 {Carlsen creates some threats
on the dark squares. Now Anand needs to play some exact moves.} Qd8 $1 ({
In the event of} 23... Qg7 {White has a nice initiative after} 24. Qf3 $1) 24.
Qe5 ({Now} 24. Qf3 {White can answer with} Ng5 $1 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
$11 {and Black is OK.}) 24... Ng7 25. Qxe8+ $1 {The only move, but it wasn't
so difficult for Carlsen. Now all the pieces will be exchanged.} ({Of course} 
25. Nf6+ $4 Qxf6 $1 $19) (25. Nh6+ $4 Kf8 $19) 25... Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ $1 Qxe8 27.
Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 b5 31. b4 Kf7 32. h3 h6 33. h4 h5 {
A high level positional game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 $1 {"I should have played 1.d4 from the start. That was one of my
greatest mistakes in my preparation", Viswanathan Anand after the match. "Ich
hätte von Anfang an 1.d4 spielen müssen. Dies war einer meiner größten Fehler
bei der Vorbereitung", Viswanathan Anand nach dem Wettkampf.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 ({In the match
Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008 Im Wettkampf Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008, kam} 7... Nxd5
{was played. aufs Brett.}) 8. e3 c4 $5 {In any case the choice of opening by
Carlsen should have ben no surprise, since his previous trainer and confidant
GM Simen Agdestein had already played this at the start of the year and even
revealed after the game, "that the Norwegian national team had recently been
lookng into this variation", Ian Rogers.  Allerdings sollte die Eröffnungswahl
von Carlsen keine Überraschung sein, da sein früherer Trainer und Vertrauter
GM Simen Agdestein bereits Anfang des Jahres so gespielt hat und nach der
Partie sogar verriet, "dass die norwegische Nationalmannschaft sich kürzlich
gerade mit dieser Variante beschäftigte", Ian Rogers.} 9. Ne2 (9. g4 Nc6 10.
Ne2 {leads to the game by transposition. führt durch Zugumstellung zur Partie})
({For Bezüglich} 9. g3 Nc6 10. Nh3 {see Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013 siehe
Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013}) ({Once can hardly recommend Kaum zu empfehlen ist
} 9. e4 $6 dxe4 10. Bxc4 (10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qc1 (11. Qd2 $5 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Ne2 b5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. O-O Bd5 $15) 11... Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Ne2 Re8 (13... b5 $5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7) 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bb3 $6 (15. Bb5
a6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 b6 17. Kf2 Ba6 $17 {Grover-Zhou
Weigi, Dubai 2012}) 10... O-O 11. fxe4 (11. Ne2 exf3 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. O-O Nbd7
14. Bb3 Rc8 15. c4 Re8 16. Rf2 Nh5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ne4 Ndf6 19. Nc3 h6 $15 {
Jambrich-Nemchenko, email 2010}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6
15. Bd3 Be6 (15... Qxc3 16. Qb1) 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Qc4 20. Qh3 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Nd5 22. Bd2 g6 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Bh6 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Re4
$15 {Gerola-Kunzelmann, corr 2012}) 9... Nc6 (9... O-O 10. g4 (10. Qc2 $6 Nc6
11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qa5 13. e5 Re8 $17) 10... Nc6 {is a transposition of
moves. ist Zugumstellung.}) 10. g4 ({Abzuraten ist von} 10. Ng3 {cannot be
advised:} h5 $5 {(Michail Krasenkow, chesspro.ru). (Michail Krasenkow,
chesspro.ru).} 11. h4 ({Compare: Man sehe:} 11. Qc2 h4 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Kf2 g6 (
13... b5 $5 $17) 14. g4 hxg3+ 15. Nxg3 Be6 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bg2 Nb3
19. Rae1 O-O-O $17 {Joergensen-Sadowski, email 2006}) (11. e4 h4 12. exd5 hxg3
13. dxc6 Rxh2 14. Rg1 Kf8 $17) 11... Qc7 $5 (11... Na5 12. e4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qa5
$15 {Marusenko-Pavlov, Kiev 2010}) 12. Kf2 Na5 13. Qe1 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nd5 $15) 13... Nb3 $15) 10... O-O (10... Na5 $5 {is perhaps somewhat more
flexible (Krasenkow), see Kortschnoj-O'Kelly and Aghasuryan-Mekumyan. ist
vielleicht etwas flexibler (Krasenkow), siehe Kortschnoj-O'Kelly und
Aghasuryan-Mekumyan.}) (10... h6 {leads to Kasparov-Polgar. führt zu
Kasparov-Polgar.}) 11. Bg2 Na5 ({Zeitverlust wäre} 11... Qe7 $6 {would be a
waste of time:} 12. Nf4 (12. O-O $5) 12... b5 (12... Na5 13. O-O Nb3 14. Ra2)
13. O-O h6 14. h4 (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bxg4 16. Qe1 $14) 14... Rd8 $6 (
14... Qd8 $5 15. e4 Ne7 {would be more solid wäre solider}) 15. g5 hxg5 16.
hxg5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. f4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Re2
Qd7 23. Re5 $16 {Nikitin-Belinkov, Moskau 1966}) 12. O-O Nb3 {Anand must have
been satisfied with his choice of opening; he obtained exactly the sort of
position he needed since he was trailing in the match - complicated and sharp.
Mit seiner Eröffnungswahl dürfte Anand zufrieden gewesen sein, er bekam genau
den Typ Stellung, den er bei seinem Rückstand im Wettkampf gebraucht hatte -
kompliziert und scharf.} 13. Ra2 {In contrast to the Botvinnik Variation White
does not need a rook on e2 in order to get in e3-e4. Im Unterschied zur
Botwinnik-Variante braucht Weiß keinen Turm auf e2 um e3-e4 durchzusetzen.} ({
The move Der Zug} 13. Rb1 $5 {has been less explored, but in view of the
counterplay for Black on the b-file it looks to make more sense and would
perhaps have been less pleasant for Carlsen to face. ist weniger untersucht,
erscheint in Anbetracht des schwarzen Gegenspiels auf der b-Linie sinnvoller
und wäre für Carlsen vielleicht unangenehmer gewesen.}) 13... b5 (13... h6 {
see Kasparov-Polgar siehe Kasparov-Polgar}) (13... Qa5 14. g5 Nd7 (14... Nh5 {
(Krasenkow)} 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Qh4 g6 17. e4 Rae8 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bc6 20.
h4 $14) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qe1 $5 (16. h3 Na4 $5 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3
Nc8 19. Re2 Ne7 {Bernasek-Hera, Österreischische Liga 2012/13} 20. f4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfe1 $11) 17. Qe1 f6 18. gxf6 Nxc1 19.
Qxc1 Rxf6 $15) 16... f6 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3) (16... Na4 17. Rc2
Bd7 18. Ng3) 17. gxf6 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rxf6 19. Ng3 Na4 20. Rc2 Be6 21. e5 Rf7 22.
f4 Raf8 23. Qe3 $14) 14. Ng3 (14. a4 {hardly fits in here ist kaum am Platze}
bxa4 15. Ng3 (15. Rxa4 a5 16. g5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ra2 Nxc1 20.
Qxc1 a4 21. e5 Rb8 22. f4 Rb3 $15 {(Pavel Maletin, ruchess)}) (15. Nf4 Bb7 16.
Rxa4 Re8 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 a5 $15) 15... Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qa5 17. e4 Rb8 18. g5
Ne8 $15) ({Etwas sinnvoller erscheint} 14. g5 {seems to make more sense:} Nd7 (
14... Nh5 15. e4 f6 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Be3 a5 18. Nc1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rb8 20. Rb2
Qe7 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. e5 Bf5 23. Kh1 Bd3 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Bg5 $11 {Fessler-Vozda,
corr 2012}) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bf4 (16. e5 $2 Bf5 $17 {Gardner-Shabalov, Calgary
2012}) 16... a5 (16... f6 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe1 $11) 17. Qe1 Ra7 18. Qg3 $11)
14... a5 15. g5 ({Kaum besser wäre} 15. e4 {would hardly be any better, see
Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk 2013. siehe Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk
2013.}) 15... Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 ({After Nach} 16... Nc7 {then ist} 17. Be3 Rb8
18. Qe1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bb7 22. Qg3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8
24. Rd1 Bc6 $11 {is possible (Maletin). möglich (Maletin).}) 17. Qxc1 Ra6 (
17... Rb8 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rb1 $11) 18. e5 Nc7 $6 {Carlsen is too
optimistic. He wants to maintain the tension and over-estimates his position.
Carlsen ist zu optimistisch. Er will die Spannung aufrechterhalten und
überschätzt seine Stellung.} ({Two alternatives appear more prudent:
Vorsichtiger erscheinen zwei weitere Alternativen:} 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Rxa6 Bxa6 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. Qc3 Nc7 23. f4 Nb5 (23... Rb8 24. Ra1) 24. Qe3 Qxd4
25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd5 c3 {(Krasenkow)} 27. Rc1 c2 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Kf2 g6 30.
Ke3 Rc4 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. Kxd4 Rxd3+ 33. Kc5 Rc3+ $11) (18... g6 19. f4 Ng7 20.
Rb2 Rb6 21. Qb1 {(Krasenkow)} Qd7 $1 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 (23. Rxf5 gxf5 24.
Nh5 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Qc2 b4 28. Bxd5 Kh8 29. Ra2
b3 30. Rxa3 bxc2 31. Ra1 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Rxc2 Kg8 35. Ra2 $16
) 23... gxf5 24. h4 h6 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Bxf5 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Rg2 Qxc3 28.
Bxc8 Qxd4+ 29. Rff2 Qxe5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Qc1 Re8 32. g6 $11) 19. f4 $2 ({
The critical moment! Black had more difficulties after Der kritischer Moment!
Mehr Schwierigkeiten hatte Schwarz nach} 19. Rb2 $5 Qe7 20. Rb1 {(Krasenkow) ,
so as to finally bring this rook to b1: , um diesen Turm endlich auf b1 zu
bringen:} Rb6 21. f4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 (23... g6 24. Qe3 $5 Bd7
25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxb4 28. Rbf1 $14 {(Maletin)}) 24. Qa3 Na6
25. Bxd5 $5 (25. Rb2 Qb7 26. Rfb1 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qd7 28. Qb6 $14 {(Maletin)})
25... Qd8 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 Qxd5 28. Qc5 $14) 19... b4 20. axb4 ({For
equality Zum Ausgleich reichte} 20. a4 {was sufficient, to deprive Black of
the b5-square for his knight: um Schwarz das Feld b5 für den Springer
wegzunehmen:} b3 (20... Rb6 21. f5 bxc3 22. Raf2 Na6 (22... Rb3 23. e6 fxe6 24.
f6 Rb2 25. Rf3 {(Maletin)} e5 26. Rxc3 exd4 27. Qxb2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Ne6 29. Nf5
gxf6 30. Bxd5 Kh8 31. gxf6 Qxd5 32. f7+ Nd4 33. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Kg7 35.
Nf5+ Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf7 37. Rxa5 Rc7 38. Kf2 c3 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Rg1 $11) 23.
f6 Nb4 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 {(Maletin)} Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28.
Rf6 Nd3 29. Qxc3 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 31. Qxa5 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 33. Ng3 Bxf1
34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+ $11) 21. Raf2 Bd7 22. f5 Bxa4 23. f6 Bd7 $1 (23... g6 $2
24. Qf4 Re8 (24... Ne6 $2 25. Qh4 Kh8 26. Bh3) 25. Qh4 Ree6 26. Nf5 gxf5 (26...
Qf8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 h5 29. Bh3 Be8 30. Bg4 $18) 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Qg8
29. Rf3 Ne8 30. Rh3 Nxf6 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Qxh7+ Qxh7 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. gxf6
$18 {(Maletin)}) 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 (26. Nf6 Ne8 27. Nxd5 Be6
28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Rg8 $11 {(Maletin)}) 26... Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Qg8
{(Maletin)} 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nf4 (30. Qh6+ Qh7 31. Qf8+ Qg8 32. Qh6+ Qh7 $11)
30... Bf7 31. Nxd5 Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qf8 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kh8 35. Nf6 Kg7 $11)
({A more energetic move seems to be Energischer erscheint} 20. f5 $5 {(Boris
Gelfand, chesspro)} bxc3 $5 (20... b3 21. Raf2 $40) (20... Nb5 21. axb4 axb4
22. Rxa6 Bxa6 23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 $1 (24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. cxb4 Nd6 $11 {
(Krasenkow)}) 24... Qb6 25. Qh4 h5 26. Nxh5 bxc3 27. Kh1 $1 Nxd4 28. Ng3 Ne6
29. Nf5 $1 gxf5 30. Qh5 $1 Qb7 31. Bh3 d4+ 32. Bg2 $18) 21. f6 g6 22. Qxc3 (22.
Qf4 Ne6 23. Qh4 Qb6 24. Ne2 Qb3 25. Nc1 Qb6 26. Ne2 $11) 22... Rb6 23. Qxa5 Rb3
$11 {(Maletin)}) ({And Auch} 20. Raf2 $5 {is also interesting, so as to
mobilise all his resources: ist interessant, um alle Resourcen zu mobilisieren:
} Nb5 (20... bxc3 21. Qxc3 a4 22. Qe3 Rb6 23. f5 Rb3 24. Qf4 Rd3 (24... c3 25.
f6 Ne6 26. Qh4 Ba6 27. Bh3 $16) 25. Nh5 Nb5 26. e6 Rxd4 27. Qe5 Qxg5 28. Nf4
$16) (20... b3 21. f5 Kh8 22. Nh5 Rb6 23. Qe3 $16) 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 Nxd4
23. f5 Bb7 (23... Nb3 24. Qd1 Bb7 25. Qh5) 24. Nh5 {(Maletin)} Qb6 25. Qe3 Qa7
26. e6 fxe6 27. Qe5 Bc8 28. b5 Nxb5 29. f6 Ra2 (29... Qd4 30. fxg7 Rf5 31. Qb8
Qc5 32. Kh1 $18) 30. Bxd5 Qb6 31. Bxc4 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Nd4 $11) 20... axb4 21.
Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 (22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. f5 g6 24. Qd2 Nc6 $11) 22... b3 (22... bxc3
23. Qxc3 g6 24. Qe3 (24. f6 Nc7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Ne2 $11 {(Maletin)}
) 24... Nc7 25. h4 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Ne6 28. Rf6 Qa5 29. Kh2 $11) 23.
Qf4 (23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 Kh8 $5 25. Qh4 b2 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28. Bf1 Qd1
$1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Bf5 32. Qxf7 Nc7 $15) (23. Nh5 Nc7 24.
Qe3 Kh8 25. h4 $11) (23. h4 $5 {(Alexej Dreev, chessnews.ru)} Nc7 24. h5 Ne8 (
24... Nb5 $6 25. f6 Be6 26. g6 hxg6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qg5 Nxc3 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30.
Nh5 $18) 25. Qf4 (25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Kh8 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Nf4 Nc7 $15) 25...
Qa5 26. h6 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nh5 Bf5 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 f6
32. e6 Qa2 33. Rf2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe1 35. Nxf6 Bxe6 $11 {(Maletin)}) 23... Nc7 (
23... Kh8 $6 24. Nh5 Nc7 25. e6 Ne8 (25... fxe6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. f6+ Kg8 28.
f7+) 26. exf7 Rxf7 27. f6 g6 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Ng7 Kg8 30. h4 $14) 24. f6 $5 (24.
Qh4 Kh8 25. Nh5 Nb5 (25... b2 26. f6 g6 27. Ng7 Nb5 {(Mikhail Golubev, chess
today)} 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Qxb2 Ne4 30. h4 Kg8 31. Qb4 Qc7 $11) 26. e6 fxe6 27.
f6 gxf6 28. Nxf6 Qe7 29. Rf2 Rf7 30. g6 Rg7 31. Nh5 Kg8 $11) 24... g6 (24...
gxf6 25. Qh4 f5 (25... Kh8 26. Rxf6 Ne6 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rh6 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qf3
30. Rf6 Qg4 31. Qh6 Kg8 32. Rb6 Be6 33. Kf2 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Ke3 Kg7 36.
Rb5 $11) 26. Nh5 Ne8 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Rf3 Ng7 29. Rh3 Re8 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31.
Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 b2 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7 $11)
25. Qh4 Ne8 {Magnus Carlsen has defended more or less accurately and is hoping
for the best.  Magnus Carlsen hat sich mehr oder weniger akkurat verteidigt,
und hofft auf das Beste.} 26. Qh6 (26. Ne2 Be6 27. Nf4 Qa5 28. Nxe6 ({Maletin
gives Maletin gibt} 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 b2 30. e6 (30. Ne6 Qa1 31. Nxf8 Kxf8
32. e6 Nd6 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. exf7+ Nxf7 35. Qh3 Kd8 36. Qg2 b1=Q 37. Qxd5+ $11)
(30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. e6 Qa1 32. e7 Nxf6 33. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. gxf6 Kg8 $11) 30...
Nd6 (30... Qa1 31. e7 b1=Q 32. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 33. Nxd5) 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Qh6 Nf5
33. Rxf5 b1=Q+ 34. Rf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 $11 {with equality in each case. jeweils
mit Ausgleich an}) 28... fxe6 29. Bh3 Nc7 (29... Qa6 30. Qf2 Rf7 31. Qb2 Ra7
32. Bg4 Kf8 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. Qh4 b2 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qh3 Kf8 $11) 30. f7+ Rxf7
31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6 36. Qf7+
Kd8 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qe7+ Kb8 39. Qxe6 $11) 26... b2 27. Rf4 $5 (27. Ne2 Be6
28. Nf4 Qa5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Bh3 Qa6 31. Bg4 Rf7 32. Qh3 Nc7 33. Qg2 Qa2 34.
Qc2 Rf8 35. f7+ Kg7 36. Qf2 $11) 27... b1=Q+ 28. Nf1 $4 ({Anand overlooks
Black's reply. Anand übersieht die schwarze Antwort. Zum Ausgleich reichte} 28.
Bf1 {was enough for equality:} Qd1 $1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Bf5
32. g6 $1 (32. Bh3 Bg6 33. e6 Nxf6 34. gxf6 Qxf6 $15) 32... Bxg6 33. Rg5 Nxf6 (
33... Qa5 34. Rg3 Qa3 35. h4) 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Rxd5 Qf3 36. Rc5 Qxc3 37. Rxc4
$11 {(Krasenkow)}) 28... Qe1 $1 ({But not Aber nicht} 28... Qd1 $4 29. Rh4 Qh5
30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Bxd5 $18) 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Since Carlsen had won the previous game too, he had 3 points advantage and
actually this was the last game of their match.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {
A logical decision by Carlsen. He avoids the sharp lines after 3.d4. Apart
from this, Carlsen usually employs this move.} Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 ({A few months ago they had a game against each other with
} 7... e5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 h6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 Be7
14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfc8 17. b3 {and White had a stable position,
Carlsen-Anand, Stavanger 2013.}) 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O {The most
natural move.} (10. Rd1 Bc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Rac8
15. Nd4 Be8 16. b3 Qc5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. h3 Nd7 20. Be3 Qa5 $11 {
and Black has a completely fine position, Fressinet-Ponomariov, Elancourt 2013.
}) 10... Bc6 ({The immediate} 10... O-O {could have been met by} 11. e5 dxe5
12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Rad1 {White has gained some space, but thanks to his stable
position, Black can hold the game.}) 11. Qd3 {White prepares for Nd4.} (11.
Rad1 {transposes to 10.Rd1.}) 11... O-O 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. b3 $146 {Carlsen would
like to stabilise his position.} (13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Bg5 b6 16. Nxc6
Rxc6 17. Ne2 Qa8 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Be3 Nd7 20. b3 Qb7 $11 {Schoeneberg-Danailov,
Leipzig 1986}) 13... Qc7 14. Nxc6 ({The natural} 14. Rfd1 {was also possible.}
Rfd8 15. Nxc6 (15. Rac1 Be8 {and Black can keep his B.}) 15... Qxc6 16. Rac1 {
similar to the game.}) 14... Qxc6 15. Rac1 h6 (15... Rfd8 16. Rfd1 {and White
is solid.}) 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. h3 (18. Rfd1 Qc7 {is also similar.})
18... Qc7 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 {White is threatening with Nd5!} ({In the event
of} 20. Qg3 {Black can reply with} Qg5 ({or} 20... Bf8 {.})) 20... Kf8 (20...
Bg5 {was easier, but I think Anand didn't want to exchange the bishops so
quickly.} 21. Be3 (21. f4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Ne5 $11 {
with a balanced middlegame.}) 21. Qb2 Kg8 22. a4 (22. Qd2 {was a repetition of
moves.}) 22... Qh5 23. Ne2 Bf6 {After the B exchange suddenly the d6 P will be
very weak.} ({Probably} 23... Qg6 $1 {was more exact, as} 24. f3 b6 {followed
by Nc5 and the e7 B is able to hold the d6 P.}) 24. Rc3 $1 {The R is very
useful on the 3rd rank.} Bxd4 25. Rxd4 {Now White has a comfortable position,
because the d6 P can be attacked by tripling on the d-file.} Qe5 26. Qd2 Nf6 (
26... Nc5 {was also possible} 27. Re3 Qf6 28. a5 {and still Black needs to
play some exact moves.}) 27. Re3 Rd7 28. a5 Qg5 $2 {A mistake, which allows
White's strong reply!} (28... Rcd8 {was important to protect the d7 R.}) 29. e5
$1 Ne8 30. exd6 $2 {White returns the error, but I think Carlsen was only
thinking about the draw and becoming the new World Champion.} ({Nevertheless} 
30. Nc3 $1 {was the strongest answer. White keeps the tension and the N is
ready to go to e4 or a4 too.} Rc6 31. f4 Qe7 32. Red3 $16 {and Black is in a
big trouble.}) 30... Rc6 {Now Black immediately gains back the d6 P.} 31. f4
Qd8 32. Red3 Rcxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Kf2 {I think
Carlsen wanted this endgame, which is an easy draw for him without any problem.
} Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Kc5 Kc7 40. Nc3 Nf5 41. Ne4 Ne3 42. g3 f5 43.
Nd6 g5 44. Ne8+ Kd7 45. Nf6+ Ke7 46. Ng8+ (46. Nh5 {was also possible, but
White didn't want to risk} Kf7 47. Kb6 Kg6 48. Kxb7 Kxh5 49. Kxa6 gxf4 50. gxf4
e5 51. Kb6 exf4 52. a6 f3 53. a7 f2 54. a8=Q Kh4 (54... f1=Q $6 55. Qe8+ {
and the e3 N is lost.}) 55. Qf3 f1=Q 56. Qxe3 f4 57. Qe6 h5 {with a drawish
queen endgame.}) 46... Kf8 47. Nxh6 (47. Nf6 Ke7 {was a repetition of moves.})
47... gxf4 48. gxf4 Kg7 49. Nxf5+ exf5 50. Kb6 Ng2 51. Kxb7 Nxf4 52. Kxa6 Ne6
53. Kb6 f4 54. a6 f3 55. a7 f2 56. a8=Q f1=Q 57. Qd5 {Carlsen has achieved his
aim; he has no way to lose, the position is completely drawn.} Qe1 58. Qd6 Qe3+
59. Ka6 Nc5+ 60. Kb5 Nxb3 61. Qc7+ Kh6 62. Qb6+ Qxb6+ 63. Kxb6 Kh5 64. h4 Kxh4
65. c5 Nxc5 {and Magnus Carlsen is the new World Champion! Congratulations to
him!} 1/2-1/2

