World Chess Match Game 9 in Chennai: Tragic 28.Nf1 blunder by Anand, Carlsen 0.5 from World Title

World Chess Match Game 9 in Chennai: Tragic 28.Nf1 blunder by Anand, Carlsen 0.5 from World Title

Anand plays 28.Nf1 here and goes down in a blaze of glory

The tragic 28.Nf1 is possibly going to be the deciding factor in the Viswanathan Anand – Magnus Carlsen Chennai World Chess Championship 2013. Viswanathan Anand went into Game 9 with a determined attack and almost crushed Black with a Kingside pawn onslaught. But for the 28.Nf1 blunder, possibly the game could have even been a draw that is if Carlsen could have survived the scary attack. Fate struck while Anand fans were ready to celebrate a fantastic win. Carlsen wins his third point in the match and just needs 1/2 point from the remaining three games of the 12-match World Chess Championship. Anand will have to win all three just to draw level and force a tiebreak. Read the full report on Chess Blog.

Anand, Viswanathan (2775) – Carlsen, Magnus (2870)

Result: 0-1

Site: Chennai IND

Date: 2013.11.21

[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 Off to a Nimzo Indian start 4.f3 the Kmoch variation 4…d5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nimzo-Indian: Samish, 5.c5 6.f3 d5 7. cxd5 7…exd5 “Mainline is 7….Nxd5″ 8.dxc5 Qa5

7…♕a5 8.e4 exd5 9.e5 ♘fd7 10.♗d2 ♘c6 11.♘e2 ♕d8 12.♕b3 O-O 13.♖b1 c4 14.♕c2 ♖e8 (0:00:09) 7.cxd5

8.e3 c4 9.♘e2 ♘c6 10.g4 O-O 11.♗g2 ♘a5 12.O-O ♘b3 13.♖a2 b5 14.♘g3 a5 15.g5 ♘e8 16.e4 ♘xc1 17.♕xc1 ♖a6 18.e5 ♘c7 19.f4 b4 20.axb4

20.♖af2 b3 21.f5 ♖b6 22.♘h5 ♔h8 23.♖b2 h6 24.h4 a4 25.f6 g6 26.♘f4 hxg5 27.hxg5 ♗f5 28.♕e3 (0:00:12) 19…b4

20…axb4 21.♖xa6 ♘xa6 22.f5 b3 23.♕f4 ♘c7 24.f6 g6 25.♕h4 ♘e8

25…b2 26.♖b1 ♘e6 27.♕h6 ♔h8 28.♗h3 ♖g8 29.♗xe6 ♗xe6 30.♖xb2 ♕a8 31.♔g2 ♗c8 32.♔f2 ♗g4 33.h3 ♗c8 34.♘e2 ♕a4 35.♕h4 ♕a1 36.♖b8 ♕a2 37.♖b5 ♗e6 38.♖b7 ♕a8 39.♖b2 ♗f5 40.♖b6 ♕a7 41.♖d6 ♗e4 42.e6 ♕b8 (0:02:49) 25.Qh4

26.♕h6

26.♘e2 ♗e6 27.♘f4 ♕a5 28.♗h3 ♗xh3 29.♕xh3 b2 30.♘e6 ♕a1 31.♘xf8 ♔xf8 32.e6 ♘d6 33.♕h6+ ♔e8 34.exf7+ ♘xf7 35.♕h3 ♔d8 36.♕g2 b1=♕ (0:00:23) 25…Ne8 37.♕xd5+ ♔e8 38.♕e6+ ♔d8 39.♕e7+ ♔c8 40.♕f8+ ♘d8 41.♕c5+ ♔b8 42.♕e5+ ♔c8 43.♕c5+ ♔b8 (0:00:07) 25…Ne8

26…b2

26…♗g4 27.♗h3 ♗xh3 28.♕xh3 ♕b6 29.♖b1 ♕a6 30.♕d7 ♕a2 31.♖f1 ♕d2 32.♕xd5 ♕xc3 33.♕e4 b2 34.d5 ♕a5 35.e6 ♘d6 36.♕e5 ♕c5+ 37.♔g2 (0:00:00) 26.Qh6

27.♖f4 b1=♕+ 28.♘f1

28.♗f1 ♕d1 29.♖h4 ♕h5 30.♘xh5 gxh5 31.♖xh5 ♗f5 32.♗h3 ♗g6 33.e6 ♘xf6 34.gxf6 ♕xf6 35.♖f5 ♕xe6 36.♖e5 ♕d6 37.♕g5 ♖d8 38.♕g3 ♕c6 39.♗g2 f6 40.♖e3 ♖a8 41.♖e7 ♖a1+ 42.♗f1 ♖b1 43.♕f4 ♖b2 (0:00:26),27…b1=Q+ draw is held

28…♕e1 now the White Rook is just lost with 29.Rh4 QxRh4 or else White has no attack left and surely Black has two queens on the board

28…♕d1 29.♖h4 ♕h5 30.♖xh5 gxh5 31.♘e3 ♗e6 32.♗xd5 ♗xd5 33.♘f5 which actually is winning for White. Possibly this is why Anand rejected 28.Bf1 and played 28.Nf1 without thinking that now the Black Queen would not go to d1 but would go to e1 (as Anand hinted in the press conference.”

Game 9 Moves:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 c4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. g4 O-O 11. Bg2 Na5 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 b5 14. Ng3 a5 15. g5 Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Ra6 18. e5 Nc7 19. f4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 b3 23. Qf4 Nc7 24. f6 g6 25. Qh4 Ne8 26. Qh6 b2 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28. Nf1 Qe1 0-1

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