Games
[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mihajlov, Sebastian"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. b4 Qd6
15. Rab1 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Qe2 a5 18. a3 b5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Nf6 22. Qe5 Qf8 23. a4 axb4 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Rc8 27.
Rxb4 Rxc5 28. Qb2 Bc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Qd4 Qc8 31. Qd6 Rd5 $1 32. Rb8 {
[%tqu "En","Show Black's idea.","","","d5d1","Black deflects the white queen
from the defence of the Rb8. After 33.Qxd1 Qxb8 he has a winning advantage.
33.Kh2 would definitely be no improvement for White. Have you seen why?",1,
"De","Zeigen Sie die Idee von Schwarz.","","","d5d1","Schwarz lenkt die wei遝
Dame von der Verteidigung des Rb8 ab. Nach 33.Qxd1 Qxb8 hat er siegbringenden
Vorteil. 33.Kh2 w鋜e definitiv keine Verbesserung f黵 Wei? Haben Sie gesehen
warum?",1]} Rd1+ $1 33. Qxd1 (33. Kh2 {[%tqu "En","White has refused the bait.
What now?","","","f6g4","... and suddenly Black checkmates!",1,"De","Wei?hat
den K鰀er verschm鋒t. Was nun?","","","f6g4","... und pl鰐zlich setzt Schwarz
matt!",1]} Ng4+ 34. Kh3 {[%tqu "En","Enjoy a mate in 2!","","","d1h1","Check
from behind.",1,"De","G鰊nen Sie sich das Matt in 2!","","","d1h1","Schach von
hinten.",1]} Rh1+ 35. Nh2 {[%tqu "En","Finale!","","","h1h2","Checkmate!",1,
"De","Finale!","","","h1h2","Matt!",1]} Rxh2#) 33... Qxb8 $19 {[%csl Rc4]} 34.
Qd4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qe4 36. Qc5 Ng4+ 37. Kh3 Qe6 38. Nd4 Nxf2+ 39. Kh2 Ng4+ 40.
Kh3 Qd7 0-1
[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krysa, Leandro Sergio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4
9. Ne5 Bf5 10. h3 Nfd7 11. f4 Nf6 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. g4 Be4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Nd7 18. Kh1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 Rd8 21. f6 {
Selling White's position short, on the other hand a draw against Fabiano
Caruana is not the worst result either. Wei?verkauft seine Stellung zu billig,
anderseits ist ein Remis gegen Fabiano Caruana auch nicht ganz schlecht.} (21.
Rg1+ Kh8 22. Qxf7 Rg8 {and Black just holds: und Schwarz h鋖t sich so eben:}
23. Rxg8+ (23. Qxe7 Qxf5) 23... Qxg8 24. Qxe7 $4 Qg3 $19 {[%csl Gh2][%cal
Ge5h2]}) ({But Sehr interessant war allerdings} 21. Rf4 $5 {was very
interesting: :} Bxf4 $2 (21... Kh8 22. Qxf7 Rg8 23. Rxe4 $16) 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23.
Qc3+ $1 (23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Be5+ Kf8 25. Bxf4 Qxf5 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Rg5) 23... f6
24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bxf6+ Kf8 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. Rg7+ Ke8 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Qg7#) {
[%tqu "En","Black to play and draw.","From c8 Black's queen is eyeing which
square on the kingside?","","d8d3","Bingo! The rook blocks the third rank,
threatening 22...Qxh3+ followed by checkmate. White must resort to giving
perpetual check in the g-file.",2,"e5f6","",0,"De","Schwarz zieht und macht
Remis.","Die schwarze Dame c8 be鋟gt welches Feld am K鰊igsfl黦el?","","d8d3",
"Bingo! Der Turm blockiert die dritte Reihe, es droht 22...Qxh3+ nebst Matt.
Wei?muss in der g-Linie Dauerschach geben.",2,"e5f6","",0]} 21... Rd3 $1 {
[%csl Yb3][%cal Re2d3,Gc8h3,Gh3h2,Yb3h3]} (21... Bxf6 $4 22. Rxf6 exf6 23. Qg3+
{[%csl Gg7][%cal Gg3g7]}) 22. Rg1+ (22. Qxd3 exd3 23. Rg1+) (22. exd3 Qxh3+ 23.
Kg1 Qh2#) 22... Kh8 23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Bh6+ Kh8 (24... Bg3 $4 25. Rxg3+ Rxg3 26.
Qxg3+) 25. Bg7+ Kg8 26. Bh6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:41:08"]
[BlackClock "0:49:39"]
{[%evp 0,89,34,40,11,9,9,25,14,14,14,11,11,-10,44,-3,21,-1,-3,-49,-39,-11,-12,
0,37,37,80,-9,-22,-23,62,16,87,83,97,10,85,40,127,101,145,145,279,336,336,141,
150,199,205,175,197,171,171,171,206,234,266,240,238,347,347,239,302,293,321,
206,239,254,230,250,258,250,228,218,225,228,228,218,217,211,213,212,231,219,
247,118,293,293,293,287,541,548]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5.
O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 (8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Bxc4
12. Nxc4 Ba7 13. Qc2 d5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Qd7 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)
-Kramnik,V (2792) Paris 2018}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Nh7 12.
h3 h5 13. d4 h4 $146 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5
d5 18. Be2 Qg5 19. a5 f5 {Topalov,V (2760)-So,W (2794) London 2016}) 14. Bh2 g4
15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. b4 h3 $6 {Too much.} (17... Re8) 18. b5 (18.
gxh3 Bxh3 19. Kh1 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 {was strong.}) 18... Ne7 (18... Na5) 19. gxh3
$1 Bxh3 20. Nxe5 (20. Kh1) 20... Kg7 21. Nxf7 $5 (21. bxa6) 21... Rxf7 22. Bxf7
Bxf1 23. Bb3 Bh3 24. Be5+ Nf6 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Qf3+ Bf5 $2 (26... Kg7 {
looks dead lost, but maybe it's not?} 27. Qf7+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ Kg7 29. Kh1 Ng6 30.
Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qxg6 Qh4) 27. Rd1 $1 {Too much material.} Qc8 28. exf5 Qxf5 29.
Ne4+ Kg7 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rxc7 Bb8 34. Rf7 Nh4 35.
Rf6+ Kg7 36. Kf1 Ra7 37. Rb6 Be5 38. Bd5 Ng6 39. c4 Bd4 40. c5 Nf4 41. Bb7 Nd3
42. Bxa6 Bxc5 43. Re6 Nf4 44. Nxc5 Rc7 45. Re4 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:35:49"]
[BlackClock "0:18:20"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 (4... O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. Bg2 a6 7. O-O
b5 8. d4 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 bxc4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na4 Be6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8
14. Be3 Nbd7 {was the first tiebreak game Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832)
London ENG 2018}) 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 a5 7. Nh3 {A typical position for the
Reversed Rossolimo arose. Now Anand uncorks a novelty.} a4 $146 ({Instead,
last month Tomashevsky held against one of the participants in Grenke with:}
7... Na6 8. Nf2 Nc5 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nd1 Be6 {Svidler,P (2736)
-Tomashevsky,E (2705) Germany 2019}) 8. Nf2 Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 {White's
major plan is to tranfer his knight via d1-e3 to the d5 outpost. Therefore:} c6
{"This is just so wrong on so many levels..." (Anand)} ({At first he intended}
10... Nc5 {followed by Nf6-d7 "with normal play" (Anand)}) ({Or even first}
10... h5 11. h4 {and then} c6 {(Anand) In this case Black is no longer afraid
of:} 12. f4 {as he can use the g4 hole:} Bg4) 11. f4 $1 {"I must be very close
to lost." (Anand)} Nb6 ({White will develop a strong initiative after:} 11...
exf4 12. gxf4 Nc5 13. Rg1 (13. Bc2 {is not bad neither.})) 12. Be3 c5 {Forced,
otherwise White will push his pawn there. At least now Black can hope to hold
onto the dark squares.} 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. f5 {Carlsen's play is easy and clear.
The advance of the kingside pawns will squeeze the black pieces.} Bd7 15. g4 h6
{It seems good to initiate some trades along the h-file.} ({Otherwise after:}
15... O-O-O 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 {White will choose when and what to trade.}) 16.
h4 O-O-O 17. g5 Ne8 18. Bd2 ({Perhaps even more promising was:} 18. gxh6 $5
gxh6 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nf2 {in order to pick up the weakness on h5 in the future.}
) 18... hxg5 19. hxg5 Nc7 20. Ng4 {Next White is winning the only open file.}
Rdg8 21. Rh2 $1 {Just in time as otherwise Black will drop the queen on the
back rank and trade the rooks along the h-file.} Qf8 22. Rdh1 Kb8 23. b4 $1 {
Strong play by the world champion on both wings. It seems as Black's postion
will fall apart any moment now.} axb3 {The best defence.} ({Black should
definitely avoid a premature} 23... f6 {when after} 24. Rh7 Rxh7 25. Rxh7 Rh8
26. g6 {the g7 pawn is fixed and will soon suffer.}) 24. axb3 Nc8 25. Kb2 Qd8
26. Rh7 Rxh7 27. Rxh7 Rh8 28. Qh2 ({Carlsen misses a chance to grow his edge
with:} 28. g6 $1 fxg6 29. Rxg7 gxf5 30. exf5) 28... Rxh7 29. Qxh7 Qf8 30. Ne3 (
{Here} 30. g6 {will be met with:} fxg6 ({But not} 30... f6 {when after} 31. Nf2
(31. Bh6 Ne8) 31... Ne7 32. Nh1 {the knight will get to h5 with decisive
effect.}) 31. Qxg6 Ne8 {gradully building a fortress.}) 30... Ne7 31. Kc2 ({If
} 31. f6 gxf6 32. gxf6 Ng6) 31... Qg8 32. Qh4 {Correctly avoiding the trade of
the queens.} (32. Qxg8+ Nxg8 33. b4 f6 {brings White a huge step closer to the
fortress.}) 32... Qf8 {Anand defended brilliantly. White needs something
clever.} 33. Kd1 {Carlsen tries another idea: he wants to swap the positions
of his king and queen. His Majesty will defend the kingside whereas Her
Majesty will try to mate the black Royalty.} Nc6 34. Qh7 Ne7 35. Ke2 Nc8 36.
Kf2 Ne7 37. Be2 Qg8 38. Qh1 g6 $1 ({Otherwise White will execute his idea with:
} 38... Qf8 39. Bf3 Qg8 40. Kg3 Qf8 41. b4) 39. Qh6 Ne8 40. f6 Nc6 41. b4 ({If
} 41. Nd5 Nc7) 41... Nc7 42. bxc5 dxc5 43. Nd5 Ne6 44. Be3 Ka7 45. Bg4 b6 {
Almost all the white pieces are optimally placed, but Black holds the fort.}
46. Nc7 (46. Bxe6 {is not good after} Bxe6 47. Qg7 Qd8) 46... Qc8 47. Nb5+ Kb8
48. Nd6 Qg8 49. Qh1 Qf8 50. Qd1 Ncd8 51. Nb5 Bc6 52. Kg1 $1 {A clever idea,
which the world champion once executed against Michael Adams according to Jan
Gustafsson. The king steps back and opens the road for the bishop. With
seconds on the clock, Anand did not feel the danger and played the most
obvious...} Nc7 {...which put him once again on the verge of the defeat.} ({
Correct was:} 52... Bxb5 53. cxb5 Kc7 {with blockade.}) 53. Bf2 Nb7 ({Only
here did Black realize that the counterattack:} 53... Nxb5 54. cxb5 Bxe4 55.
Bg3 Qh8 {comes one move too short and Black is mated after:} 56. Bxe5+ {(Anand)
}) 54. Bg3 Bxb5 55. cxb5 Qd6 56. Qe2 {Amnesty.} ({"I could not see a move
after:"} 56. Kg2 $1 {"then White will trade the queens and take on e5 after
Kg2-f3." (Anand) But perhaps Black can hold with:} Qxd1 57. Bxd1 Nxb5 58. Bxe5+
Kc8 {[although here} 59. Be2 Na7 (59... Nc7 60. Bg4+ Kd8 61. Bxc7+ Kxc7 62. e5
Nd8 63. c4) 60. Ba6 $1 Nc6 61. Bf4 {looks winning for White too - PD]}) ({
Stronger seems:} 56. c4 $1 Qxd1+ 57. Bxd1 Nd6 58. Bxe5 Nxc4 59. Bg3 {with the
key point of a kingside breakthrough after:} Na5 60. Bh5 $1 gxh5 61. g6 fxg6
62. f7 {and wins.}) 56... Ne6 57. Bxe6 ({Anand was still afraid of:} 57. Qc4 {
although this should be holdable after:} Nxg5 58. Qd5 Qxd5 59. exd5 Nd6 60.
Bxe5 Kc7 {"followed by Ng7-h7-f8-d7 to force the trade of the bishops as all
the pawn endgames are draw." (Anand)}) 57... Qxe6 58. Qh2 Qg4 59. Kf2 Qxe4 60.
Bxe5+ Kc8 61. Qh3+ Kd8 62. Qh8+ Kd7 63. Qh3+ Kd8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 {Vishy is used to meeting Nc3 with Bb4 and hence Magnus went
for g3.} Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {If not on move two, then move three! But Vishy has to
play Bb4!} 4. e4 $5 {This was the same move that Magnus played against Caruana
at the World Championships 2018 in the rapid phase. It was clear that Anand
had come prepared for it.} Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 ({The pawn cannot be won as after}
5... Nxe4 6. Qd5 (6. Qg4 {is also interesting.}) 6... Nf6 7. Qxe5+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+
Kxe7 9. Bg2 $14 {White has a small but persistent edge.}) 6. f3 $5 {The most
natural move would be to play Bg2. But Magnus has different ideas. He doesn't
want his bishop to be on g2. Rather he would like to naturally place it on d3
and the knight will come into the game from h3 to f2. All of this had already
been seen in Carlsen's game against Nikita Petrov from the World Rapid
Championships 2018.} a5 (6... Be6 7. Nh3 h6 8. Nf2 a5 9. f4 Na6 10. f5 Bd7 11.
Bg2 b5 12. cxb5 Bxb5 13. b3 a4 14. c4 Bc6 15. Be3 axb3 16. axb3 Nc5 17. Bxc5
dxc5 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Kd2 $14 {1-0 (68) Carlsen,M (2835)
-Petrov,N (2593) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. Nh3 $5 (7. Bd3 Be6 8. Ne2 {The knight
is not so well placed here. Carlsen would like to use the e2 square for his
queen and the knight would do better on f2.}) 7... a4 {The first new move of
the game. Until now the players were following Svidler vs Tomashevsky.} 8. Nf2
Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c6 $6 (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Nfd7 12. Nd1 Nb6 13. Ne3 {
White seems to have stabilised his position. Yet, this might be a better way
to play than what Vishy did in the game.}) 11. f4 $1 {Carlsen is extremely
alert and now threatens to trap the bishop on e6 with f5.} Nb6 (11... Nc5 12.
f5 Bc8 13. Bc2 $16) 12. Be3 {White has just free flowing development and Black
has absolutely no plans in the position. Anand understands the gravity of the
situation and tries to take some desperate measures.} c5 13. O-O-O (13. fxe5 {
This would win a pawn, but Anand hoped that it would give him enough
compensation and activity in return.} dxe5 14. Bxc5 Qc7 15. Bb4 Nxc4 16. O-O-O
$36) 13... Qe7 14. f5 {Magnus now gains a lot of space on the kingside.} Bd7
15. g4 h6 16. h4 {Let's just take a stock of the situation. White has more
space, he has the bishop pair and there is a huge pawn storm coming down his
throat. And not to forget, the player with the white pieces is Magnus Carlsen!}
O-O-O 17. g5 Ne8 18. Bd2 {Magnus prepares b4.} hxg5 19. hxg5 Nc7 20. Ng4 Rdg8
21. Rh2 Qf8 22. Rdh1 Kb8 23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 Nc8 25. Kb2 Qd8 26. Rh7 Rxh7 27.
Rxh7 Rh8 {Vishy manages to exchange both the pair of rooks. His position
remains quite difficult, but at least psychologically you have lesser pieces
to worry about in this cramped position.} 28. Qh2 (28. Rxg7 Qf8 {traps the
rook.}) (28. g6 $1 {Was a finish that Magnus missed.} fxg6 29. Rxg7 gxf5 30.
exf5 $18 {The active pieces combined with the f-pawn gives White a winning
edge.}) 28... Rxh7 29. Qxh7 Qf8 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. Kc2 Qg8 32. Qh4 Qf8 {This is
not Anand's style to wait passively, but here he has no option.} 33. Kd1 Nc6
34. Qh7 Ne7 35. Ke2 Nc8 36. Kf2 Ne7 37. Be2 Qg8 38. Qh1 (38. Qxg8+ Nxg8 39. Nd5
{Should also be clearly better, but Carlsen wanted to keep the queens on and
understandably so.}) 38... g6 $1 {A great decision to try and clarify the pawn
structure on the kingside. Now Carlsen has to constantly worry about whether
black will take on f5 or not. Meanwhile he has three options. Pushing to f6,
taking on g6 and letting things remain as they are! Not so easy to decide,
which one is the best.} 39. Qh6 (39. f6 Nc6 {give Black some squares to play
with.}) 39... Ne8 (39... gxf5 40. Qxd6 $18) 40. f6 Nc6 41. b4 $5 Nc7 (41...
cxb4 42. cxb4 Nd4 43. b5 $16 {Yes, Black has the d4 square, but apart from
that nothing else is going his way and Bb4 is a big threat.}) 42. bxc5 dxc5 43.
Nd5 Ne6 44. Be3 Ka7 45. Bg4 b6 46. Nc7 Qc8 47. Nb5+ Kb8 {White is trying hard
to break in, but it is not so easy.} 48. Nd6 (48. Qh7 Ned8 $1 $11) 48... Qg8
49. Qh1 Qf8 50. Qd1 Ncd8 51. Nb5 Bc6 (51... Bxb5 52. cxb5 Kc7 $16 {White is of
course better here as well. But Black has some defensive chances in the
position.}) 52. Kg1 $1 {The idea of this move is pretty simple. White wants to
play his bishop to g3 via f2. It's never easy to make such king moves, but
Magnus is quite good at that!} Nc7 $2 {A big error. After this Black is lost.}
53. Bf2 Nb7 54. Bg3 Bxb5 55. cxb5 Qd6 {Somehow Anand is trying to minimize the
damage. Now White has multiple ways to win, but all of them revolve around
exchanging the queen and then using the two bishops to win the game. The most
interesting way is to play Kg2 and the idea is that after the queen exchange,
when a knight comes from d6-e4-c3, then there is no check on e2 and hence Kg2
is an ultra prophylactic move that is completely winning. Magnus tries to keep
the queens on and this easies Anand's defensive task.} 56. Qe2 $2 {The idea is
to play Qh2, but I think Carlsen missed that Ne6-f4 would be a strong idea.} (
56. Kg2 $1 Z0 57. Qxd6 Nxd6 58. Bxe5 Nxe4 59. Bf4 Nxc3 60. Be6 $1 $18) (56.
Qxd6 Nxd6 57. Bxe5 Nxe4) (56. c4 $1 Qxd1+ 57. Bxd1 Nd6 58. Bxe5 Nxe4 (58...
Nxc4 59. Bg3 $18) 59. Bf4 Kc8 60. Bg4+ Kd8 61. Kf1 Ne8 62. Ke2 N8d6 63. Ke3 $18
) 56... Ne6 $1 57. Bxe6 (57. Qh2 Nf4 $11) 57... Qxe6 58. Qh2 Qg4 $1 {Finally
Black gets his activity.} 59. Kf2 Qxe4 60. Bxe5+ Kc8 61. Qh3+ Kd8 62. Qh8+ Kd7
63. Qh3+ Kd8 {Carlsen is objective enough to understand that he has no
advantage now and accepts a draw. A moral victory for Vishy Anand as he was
completely losing after around 11 to 12 moves into the game! Great fight
displayed by Anand who didn't bow down to Magnus' excellent technique.} 1/2-1/2