Originally posted by PAWN RIOTMaybe, but it doesn't seem quite as certain as it did before game 10, does it?
Todays the day Anand will win it with style!
Having said that, I hope Anand does win. He's a great Champion and will be a worthy opponent for Topov in a match to decide who the true World Champion is!
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Originally posted by diskamylIt's not the Poisoned Pawn. On move 7, Black played the slightly less analysed Qc7 variation (in the Poisoned Pawn the queen goes to b6 in order to grab the pawn on b2).
it's a poisoned pawn sicilian! go kramnik!
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[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "18"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. f5 Qc5 *[/pgn]
Anand's chosen a safe, quiet line against it. There were much sharper alternatives, in which White sacrifices pieces and the game usually ends in a draw by perpetual. Perhaps he hadn't prepared anything against Qc7 - but then why play 6.Bg5?
In case y'all are curious...
Rybka gives:
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. f5 Qc5 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qe5 12.
O-O-O exf5 13. Qe3...
{Rybka 3 32-bit: 1)} fxe4 14. Rd5 Qe6 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nxd6+
Bxd6 17. Qxe6+ fxe6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rd3 e5 20. Rg3 Kf6 21. Nc5 b6 22. Na4 Rb8
23. Nc3 {-0.01/14} *
({Rybka 3 32-bit: 2)} 13... Bg7
14. Rd5 Qe7 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Rd1 {0.14/14})
({Rybka 3 32-bit: 3)}
13... Bd7 14. Rd5 Qe7 15. Bd3 Rg8 16. g3 Be6 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. Qf2 fxe4 19.
Bxe4 Rg5 {0.18/14})
({Rybka 3 32-bit: 4)} 13... Rg8 14. Kb1 fxe4 15. Rd5 Qe6
16. Nxe4 Be7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 f5 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe1+ 21. Qd1
Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bd7 23. Rg1 O-O-O 24. Bd3 {0.36/14})
({Rybka 3 32-bit: 5)} 13...
Ne7 14. Kb1 Bg7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Qb6 f4 17. Rhf1 Bg4 18. Rd2 Rab8 19. Na5 {0.36/
14})
({Rybka 3 32-bit: 6)} 13... b5 14. Nd5 Rb8 15. Qf3 fxe4 16. Nxf6+ Kd8 17.
Nxe4 Kc7 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 {0.44/14})
And Kramnik chooses 13...Bg7 more analysis to follow...Anand follows up with 14.Rd5, Rybka favored Nd2 a little more. Susan Polgar thought either one of these moves were good.
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Edit
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. f5 Qc5 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qe5 12.
O-O-O exf5 13. Qe3 Bg7 14. Rd5 Qe7 15. Qg3
I think Anand is looking good right now. 15...Rg8 would be black's best probably.
