Rebel10 (exp) – Anand,V Rebel10 (exp) Anand,V (2795) Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: July 21, 1998 Location: 8 game match Tournament: game-1 Round: Opening: E61 King's Indian, 3.Nc3 Submitted by: Published on: February 20, 2020 [Event "game-1"] [Site "8 game match"] [Date "1998.07.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Rebel10 (exp)"] [Black "Anand,V"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "2795"] [ECO "E61"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 { An unusual variation. More usual is 11 ... Na5. Rebel's following move was still in its book. } 12. Rb1 Qc7 { Rebel's book expected 12 ... Na5. Now the chessprogram had to think for the very first time. } 13. Nf4 { Also after a longer think Rebel sticks to this logical move. White tries to take advantage of the unusual c7-square for the Black queen by means of Nf4-d5. } 13... e6 14. Be2 { A serious alternative would have been 14. d5. Rebel's move removes the bishop to Nc6-a5 attacks. } 14... Ne7 { Preventing 15 d5, but the knight is very passive at e7. More active was 14 ... Rad8 or Rfd8. } 15. Qb3 b6 { Already the losing mistake! Much stronger was either 15 ... Rab8, or Rebel's choice 15 ... b5!? } 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 { Very strong. c5 is a big weakness. Note that the undefended knight on e7 prevents the answer ... c5-c4. } 17... Be5 { Played after prolonged thought. It is the only way to defend c5. } 18. g3 Bd6 19. Rfd1 { Simply threatening 20 Rxd6. There is not much Black can do about that. } 19... Rfb8 { Trying to get some active counterplay. 19 ... Rac8 or Rfc8 would allow 20 Ba6, or even 20 Rb1-b2-d2 with huge pressure and winning material. } 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Rxd6 { Of course. It appears that Black's threats are not dangerous. } 21... Qxd6 22. Bxc5 Qd2 23. Bxe7 Rb7 { Equal to resigning. But 23 ... Rb1+ or 23 ... e5 also was insufficient. } 24. Qa5 Be8 25. Bb4 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 { Now the only move is 26 ... Qb6, leaving no hope of salvation. Anand resigned. A spectecular start from Rebel's point of view. 1-0 } 1-0 [Event "game-1"] [Site "8 game match"] [Date "1998.07.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Rebel10 (exp)"] [Black "Anand,V"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "2795"] [ECO "E61"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 { An unusual variation. More usual is 11 ... Na5. Rebel's following move was still in its book. } 12. Rb1 Qc7 { Rebel's book expected 12 ... Na5. Now the chessprogram had to think for the very first time. } 13. Nf4 { Also after a longer think Rebel sticks to this logical move. White tries to take advantage of the unusual c7-square for the Black queen by means of Nf4-d5. } 13... e6 14. Be2 { A serious alternative would have been 14. d5. Rebel's move removes the bishop to Nc6-a5 attacks. } 14... Ne7 { Preventing 15 d5, but the knight is very passive at e7. More active was 14 ... Rad8 or Rfd8. } 15. Qb3 b6 { Already the losing mistake! Much stronger was either 15 ... Rab8, or Rebel's choice 15 ... b5!? } 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 { Very strong. c5 is a big weakness. Note that the undefended knight on e7 prevents the answer ... c5-c4. } 17... Be5 { Played after prolonged thought. It is the only way to defend c5. } 18. g3 Bd6 19. Rfd1 { Simply threatening 20 Rxd6. There is not much Black can do about that. } 19... Rfb8 { Trying to get some active counterplay. 19 ... Rac8 or Rfc8 would allow 20 Ba6, or even 20 Rb1-b2-d2 with huge pressure and winning material. } 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Rxd6 { Of course. It appears that Black's threats are not dangerous. } 21... Qxd6 22. Bxc5 Qd2 23. Bxe7 Rb7 { Equal to resigning. But 23 ... Rb1+ or 23 ... e5 also was insufficient. } 24. Qa5 Be8 25. Bb4 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 { Now the only move is 26 ... Qb6, leaving no hope of salvation. Anand resigned. A spectecular start from Rebel's point of view. 1-0 } 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
