That Postion I Posted Elsewhere

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nf1 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9. Qa4 Bh5 10. Ng3 Nb6 {We have not reached the critical position yet but of course here I delayed and spent a good 10 minutes or so looking at 11.Qxc6+ and Nxh5. It's naffo.} 11. Qd1 Bg6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Nd5 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. d4 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 {The posted position. Mac now gives an instructive note after each move for both sides. }f5 19. Qa4 {The Queen gets out the way of the coming e5.} 19... Rad8 {That Rook is aimed at stopping White from playing Bd2. Mac gives a few variations to show why White cannot play Bd2 yet.} 20. Rd1 {White has to prepare Bd2 by fending d2 first. He would have like to keep that Rook on f1 but he must get the Bishop out.} 20... f4 {Not only hitting the Knight - now e3 and f4 are denied to the c1 Bishop. } 21. Ne4 Qe5 {No time for Bd2 the e4 Knight is attacked.} 22. Bf3 b5 {A beauty! 23.axb6 Nxb6 hitting the Queen which is defending the Knight and the d1 Rook. if 24.Qc2 then Black takes twice on e4 and Rxd1 mate. So White has no choice but to..... } 23. Qc2 {....Walk into a pin! } 23... Nf6 {Black of course puts the squeeze on the pinned piece. The c1 Bishop stays put.} 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {The best way to take back - it clears the path for the e-pawn. The White Queen is now attacked.} 25. Qb3 {A wee bit of maths - White has 3 bits in play, Black has 4....} 25... Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rd8 {...White has two bits in play, Black still has four. Mac uses the same maths here but instead of developed pieces he uses cabbages - you have to get the book.} 27. Qe2 {Staying in touch with the Kingside and protecting d2 so that wretched c1 Bishop can move.} 27... Bd3 {A move a few of us would play all for the wrong reasons. Anand wants a pawn on e4 and does not want his Bishop blocked in, (I never think of these things - do you?) also g6 is vacated for the Queen. In some lines the Queen coming to the g-file is a killer.} 28. Qe1 e5 {The threat of e5 forces Black to swap another developed piece. That will be 3 v 1 and the lone White defender will be a Queen and what is a Queen going to do against those e and f pawns. How many times have you seen me say Queens make lousy defenders. Conclussion: Anand reads the Blog.} 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 e4 {Looks pretty scary. If now 31.Bd2 f3 and Qg6. Mac gives a few lines to show some pretty mates for Black.} 31. g3 e3 {Damn! How many of us would push the f3 pawn. ME! Surely it makes no difference. But Mac shows that suddenly giving White the e3 square the c1 Bishop gets out and Black cannot get in. Black is still on top after 31...f3 but 31...e3! is much better.} 32. fxe3 f3 {The point.} 33. Qxb5 {The Queen nicks the QNP. What else? It's credit to Anand's play that he can forcce a player of Kasimdzhanov class to look like one of Morphy's opponents from 150 years ago. The next few moves are easy to understand. We are at last getting in GP territory.} 33... f2+ 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Kf1 {OK Mr Anand, you go and have a cup of tea. I can wrap it up from here. } 36... Qh6 {White should have resigned here but there is one thing he wanted to do before the game ends......} 37. Bd2 {.....move that Bishop.} 37... Qh3+ 38. Qg2 Qf5 {And White resigned. 39...Qd3+ wipes White out. }