[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 {The Semi-Slav has
quite often in the past been a battle-ground for Karpov and Anand, ever since
their candidates match in 1991.} 6. Bd3 {In Brussels 1991 the position after} (
6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 {arose 3 times.} ({
Last year in Biel Anand came up with} 9... a6 $5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
Be2 b5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qb2
Qe7 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Ne5 Nb6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1
Qd6 25. Nd3 Nd7 $11 {Karpov,An-Anand,V/Biel A 1997/})) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 {This is the move Anand uses most often. But sometimes he varies with}
(8... b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. a3 O-O 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. e4
h6 15. e5 $1 (15. Qc2 a5 {transposes to another Karpov-Anand game, in which
Black had sufficient counterplay.} 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qb8 19. Rd1
c5 20. Bf4 $6 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. h4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ng6 25. h5
Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Ra7 27. g4 Bf8 28. g5 Rb7 $15 {
Karpov,An-Anand,V/Moscow Alekhine m 1992}) 15... Nd7 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd3 Nf8
18. Qe4 Ng6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Qg4 c5 $5 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7
24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Be3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Re7 $14 {
Karpov,An-Anand,V/Monte Carlo act 1996}) 9. O-O ({
Another attempt to gain an advantage is} 9. e4) (9. a3 {
is too soft, as game 3 shows.}) 9... a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 $5 {The c5-c4 adva
nce is part of Black's plan, by this flexible move he tries to realize it at a
more suitable moment. Maybe Anand wanted to avoid Kasparov's continuation} (
11... c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. b4 $5 $13) 12. dxe6 ({Ineffective is} 12.
b3 Be7 13. a4 exd5 $1 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8
18. Bxb5 Nf6 19. Bb2 Nxd5 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Ne5 Rd8 22. Qc1 h6 23. Bc4 Re8 24. f4
{Krasenkov,M-Timman,J/EUchT Pula 1997} Re7 $1 $11) ({
An interesting situation arises, if White also makes a prophylactic move-} 12.
Bc2 $5 {Now delaying c4 is risky, after} Be7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Qc6 15. f4
$1 (15. Qf3 h6 16. Qh3 hxg5 17. Qxh8+ Kf7 18. Qh3 g4 $44) 15... h6 16. Nf3
O-O-O 17. Qe2 Rhf8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. a4 b4 {
Gelfand,B-Drejev,A/ Biel A 1995} 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. a5 $1 $40 {would favor White.}
) 12... fxe6 13. Bc2 {Of course Karpov doesn't repeat the pseudoactive} (13.
Ng5 $6 Qc6 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2 Bc5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rad1 h6 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Nd4
Rae8 20. a3 Ne5 21. h3 Ng6 $15 {Karpov,An-Anand,V/Monte Carlo act 1994}) 13...
c4 {The main move.} (13... O-O-O $143 $6 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Re8 16. f4 $1 Nc6
17. Nf3 g5 $5 18. e5 $1 g4 19. exf6 gxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21. Qh5 Be7 22. f7 Rd8
23. Be4 b4 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Rhf8
29. Rxf5 Rd7 30. Bf4 $36 {Sadler,M-Drejev,A/WChT Luzern 1997}) 14. Qe2 ({
Another topical problem is the position after} 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf3
$1 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Ng5 $44 {|^}) 14... Bd6 $8
(14... O-O-O 15. a4 $5 $40 {is very risky.}) 15. Nd4 ({An older alternative is
} 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. f4 h6 $1 17. Nh3 e5 $132 (17... Nd3 $5 $13)) 15... Nc5 16. f4
e5 17. Ndxb5 $5 $146 {A new and violent sacrificial attempt to wrest the
initiative. White destroys Black's << pawn chain at the cost of a piece. Lutz:
Gleich in der 1.Matchpartie wartet Karpow mit einer bemerkenswerten Neuerung
auf. Bislang wurde 17.Nf5 versucht, was dem Weißen nicht viel verspricht.} ({
Not too promising is the older} 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Nxd6 (18. Rd1 Nd3 $1 (18...
Rad8 $2 19. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 20. fxe5 $16) 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Qc7
$44 {@<=>,><e4}) 18... Qxd6 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Rf5 Qc7 21. Bg5 Nfxe4 $1 22.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nxe4 Qe5 24. Nf6+ $8 gxf6 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh5+ $11 {
1/2,Kasparov,G-Akopian,V/Jerevan olm 1996} (26. Qh5+ {Lutz} Kg8 27. Qg6+ {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Akopian,V/Erevan olm 1996})) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19.
Nxd6+ (19. Qxc4 $2 Ba6 $17) 19... Qxd6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rf5 Qe7 (21... Qc7 $2
22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Bf4 {/\} Qc6 24. Re5+ Kf8 25. Rxc5 $1 $18) ({
Perhaps possible was also the provocative} 21... Qd6 $5 22. Qxc4 (22. e5 Qe6
23. Bh6 Nfe4 $1 24. Bxg7 Rg8 $15) 22... Ne6 $5 $13 (22... Ncxe4 $143 $2 23.
Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Qxb7 Qd1+ 26. Rf1 Qd4+ 27. Be3 $1 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 $18)
) 22. Qxc4 Rc8 $6 {Is the pawn really poisoned? Lutz: Während die
vorhergehenden Züge weitgehend forciert waren, hat Schwarz nun eine Reihe von
Alternativen :} (22... Ncxe4 $5 23. Bf4 (23. Qb5+ Kf8 24. Re5 Qd6 $1 {/\} 25.
Qxb7 $4 Qd4+ $19) 23... Rc8 $1 (23... Nd6 $2 24. Ba4+ Kf8 25. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 26.
Bxd6+ Qxd6 27. Rf1+ $18 {->}) 24. Qb5+ (24. Ba4+ Kf8 25. Qe2 Rc5 $1 $15 {
doesn't seem to give White sufficient compensation.}) (24. Qb3 {Lutz} Bd5 25.
Rxd5 (25. Qb5+ Bc6 26. Qb3 (26. Qc4 $2 Qa7+ $19) 26... Bd5 {mit Zugwiederholung
}) 25... Nxd5 26. Re1 (26. Qxd5 $2 Qa7+ $19) 26... Qc5+ 27. Kh1 O-O 28. Bxe4
Rxf4 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Bf3 $14 {und die Chancen liegen bei Weiß.}) 24... Bc6
25. Qb3 Bd5 $5 {and Black has at least a draw.} {Losing is} 26. Rxd5 $2 Nxd5
27. Qxd5 Qa7+ $19) (22... Nfxe4 $2 23. Bf4 {/\Re5} Ba6 24. Ba4+ $1 $18) ({II)} 
22... Nfd7 $6 {Lutz} 23. Bg5 Qe6 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Rc8 26. Qb5+ Bc6 27.
Qb4 $16) ({III)} 22... Ncd7 $5 $15 {Anand: Kramnik, who said that he checked
all this way back in 1991 with some friends. Lutz: kam auch stark in Betracht.}
23. Bf4 (23. Bg5 Rc8) (23. e5 Nxe5 24. Qb5+ (24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qe7 $17)
24... Nc6 {führt zu nichts, da Schwarz im nächsten Zug zur Rochade kommt.})
23... Rc8 24. Qb3 Ba6 $5 $132 {/\ ...Bc4} (24... Rxc2 $6 {ist zu phantasievoll}
25. Qxc2 Bxe4 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Qc4+ {Prosaisch, aber effektiv.} (27. Rxf6+ Nxf6
28. Qxh8 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qf2 {gibt Schwarz zumindest Dauerschach}) 27... Qe6 28.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 29. Ra5 $16 {mit klarem Vorteil im Endspiel.})) 23. Qb5+ Ncd7 $8 (
23... Rc6 $143 24. Be3 $40) (23... Nfd7 $143 24. Bg5 $40 (24. Bg5 {Lutz} Qe6
25. Rd1 $16)) (23... Qd7 {Lutz} 24. Rxc5 $18) (23... Kf7 {Lutz} 24. e5 $18) 24.
Qxb7 (24. Ba4 Bc6 (24... Qxe4 $4 25. Re5+) 25. Qa6 O-O $142 $1 (25... Nb6 26.
Bxc6+ (26. Qa5 $5) 26... Rxc6 27. Qb5 $36) 26. Bxc6 Nb8 27. Bd5+ (27. Qc4+ Kh8
28. Rc5 (28. e5 {Lutz} Rxc6 29. Qf4 Nfd7) 28... Nxc6 $1 29. Rxc6 $2 Qa7+ 30.
Kh1 Qd7 $19) 27... Nxd5 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qc4 Kh8 $5 30. Bd2 $11 (30. Bd2 Qa7+
31. Kh1 Qf2 32. Qc1 Nf6 $19)) 24... Rxc2 25. Bg5 (25. e5 $2 Qc5+) ({Tricky was
} 25. Ra5 $5 Kf7 $142 $1 {erscheint mir beachtenswert.} (25... Qd6 26. Be3 $1
Qd3 {wird von M.Gurewitsch vorgeschlagen, aber} (26... Rf8 27. e5 Qd3 28. Qf3
$1 $16) 27. Ra3 Qe2 28. e5 Rxb2 29. Qc6 $40) (25... O-O $2 26. Qb3+) (25... Qe6
$2 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8 Qg4 28. Qb4+ Nc5 29. Bd2 $18) 26. Qb3+ {
Ein hübsches Echo-Motiv : Zuerst holt die weiße Dame den schwarzen Turm ab ...}
(26. e5 $6 Rb8) 26... Qe6 $1 27. Qxc2 Qb6+ {
...und dann holt die schwarze Dame den weißen Turm ab.} 28. Be3 Qxa5 29. Qc4+
Kg6 $132) 25... Qd6 (25... Qxe4 $143 $2 26. Qxe4+ Nxe4 27. Re1 Ndc5 (27... Rc4
28. b3 Rd4 29. Rf2 $1 Ndf6 (29... h6 30. Rd2 $1) 30. Rf4 $16) 28. b4 $16) (
25... O-O {Lutz} 26. Qb3+ $18 {(A.Karpow)}) 26. Qa8+ (26. Bxf6 gxf6 {-26.Qa8+}
(26... Nxf6 $2 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qxh8 Qd2 29. Rxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rf1+ $18)) 26...
Kf7 $2 {A tactical oversight, which costs Black the game. According to Anand,
he overlooked White's crushing 31-st move. Lutz: Schwarz hat eine
Remis-Kombination im Sinn, die jedoch brilliant widerlegt wird. Karpow hatte
in seiner Hausanalyse 26...Qb8 als Bestes erachtet.} (26... Qb8 $142 $8 27.
Qxb8+ (27. Re5+ $2 Kf7) 27... Nxb8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nc6 $11)
27. Qxh8 Qd4+ (27... Qb6+ $143 28. Kh1 Qxb2 29. Raf1 Rxg2 30. Qxh7 $18) 28. Kh1
Qxe4 29. Rf3 Rxg2 $5 30. Kxg2 Ne5 31. Qxg7+ $1 $18 {
Lutz: Dank dieser Pointe wickelt Weiß in ein klar vorteilhaftes Endspiel ab.} (
31. Bxf6 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) (31. Raf1 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 (32. Bxf6 Ne5+ 33. Kf2
Qf3+ $11) 32... Qe2+ 33. Kg1 $5 (33. Rf2 Qg4+) (33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kh3 (34. Rf2
Qg1+ 35. Kf3 Qg4+ 36. Ke3 Qxg5+ $11 (36... Qxg5+ {Lutz} 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kd3
Qe4+ $11 {mit Dauerschach (A.Karpow).})) 34... Qe6+ $11) 33... Qxf3 34. Bxf6
Qg4+ $1 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 36. Ke1 Qe3+ 37. Kd1 (37. Kf1 Qf4+ $11) 37... Qg1+ 38. Kc2
Qxh2+ $11 {/\gf6}) 31... Kxg7 32. Bxf6+ Kg6 (32... Kh6 $5 {Lutz (A.Karpow)})
33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Rg1 (34. Rf2 $142 $5 $18 {is even more convincing.}) 34... h5
$8 35. b3 (35. b4 $5) 35... Qe2+ 36. Rf2 Qe4+ 37. Kf1+ $6 {
Lutz: Verliert den a-Bauern, wonach der Gewinn sehr schwierig wird.} (37. Kh3+
$142 $1 Kh6 (37... Kh7 {Lutz} 38. Rf7+ Kh6 39. Rf6+ Kh7 40. a4 {(A.Karpow)})
38. Rf6+ Kh7 39. Rg3 $18) 37... Kh6 38. Rg3 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Rgf3 Qg6+ 41.
Kf1 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qg6+ 43. Kh1 Qb1+ 44. Rf1 $8 (44. Kg2 $4 Qg6+ {
leads to threefold repetition.}) 44... Qxa2 {Although Karpov hasn't played
this phase too accurately, his win still isn't endangered. White gradually
strengthens his position by advancing his K and preparing the advance of his
passed pawn. Black has no reaslitic hopes for perpetual check, as White's R
control the whole board. White also more than once utilizes the fact, that all
pawn endgames are hopeless for Black.} 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Rf7+ Kh8 47. Rf8+ Kg7
48. R8f7+ Kg8 49. R7f3 Kg7 50. h3 Qc2 51. R1f2 Qe4 52. Kg2 Qb4 (52... Kg6 53.
Rd2 {/\Kf2,Re3}) 53. Re2 Qd4 54. Re7+ Kg6 55. Re6+ Kg7 56. Rg3+ Kf7 57. Rge3
Qd5+ 58. Kg3 {/\Kh4,><Ph5} Qg5+ {Otherwise Black would lose his P.} 59. Kf2
Qh4+ 60. Ke2 Qd4 61. R6e4 Qa1 (61... Qb2+ $142 $16 {Lutz (A.Karpow)}) 62. Kd3
Kf6 63. Re6+ Kf5 64. b4 Qc1 65. Kd4 Qc8 66. b5 Qd8+ 67. Kc5 Qc7+ 68. Kb4 Qf4+
69. Kb3 Qc7 70. b6 Qd7 71. R3e5+ Kf4 72. Re4+ Kg3 73. Re3+ Kh2 74. Kc4 h4 (
74... Qb7 75. Rd6 Kg2 76. Rd2+ Kf1 77. Kb5 $18) 75. Kc5 Qc8+ 76. Kd5 Qd8+ 77.
Ke4 Qd7 78. Kf5 Kg2 79. Kg5 Qg7+ 80. Kxh4 Kf2 (80... Qh7+ 81. Kg5 Qg7+ 82. Rg6
$18) 81. R3e5 $5 Qh8+ ({White will advance his b-pawn after} 81... Qg3+ 82. Kh5
Qxh3+ 83. Kg6 Qg2+ 84. Rg5 Qb7 85. Rf5+ {
/\Rf7 But now Karpov remains with 2 extra pawns.}) 82. Kg4 Qg7+ 83. Kf5 Qh7+
84. Kf6 Qh4+ (84... Qxh3 $2 85. Re2+ Kf1 86. Re1+ Kf2 87. R6e2+ $18) 85. Kf7
Qh7+ 86. Ke8 Qb7 87. h4 Qb8+ 88. Kf7 Qb7+ 89. Kg6 Qb8 90. h5 Qg8+ 91. Kf5 Qh7+
92. Kf6 Kf3 93. Re3+ Kf2 94. Re2+ Kf3 95. R2e3+ Kf2 96. Kg5 Qg8+ 97. Kh4 Qd8+
98. Kh3 Qd1 99. Re2+ Kf3 100. Kh2 Qd8 101. R6e3+ Kf4 102. b7 Qb6 103. Re4+ Kf3
104. R2e3+ Kf2 105. Re7 Qd6+ 106. Kh3 Qb8 107. R3e5 Kg1 108. Rg7+ (108. Rg7+
Kf2 109. Rf7+ Kg1 110. Re1#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 (10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b5 13. b4 Ncd7
14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {
Karpov,A-Anand,V/Biel/1997/0.5 (40)}) 10... b5 (10... Qc7 11. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 12.
Qxe4 b5 (12... e5 13. Qh4 Nf6 14. e4 exd4 15. e5 $1 $40 {
Epischin,V-Brenninkmeier,J/Wijk/1992/}) 13. Bd3) 11. Be2 (11. Bf1 c5 $6 (11...
Qc7 $5) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ng5 Bb7 14. Nce4 Nxe4 (14... Rc8 $2 15. Nxf6+ $18)
15. Nxe4 Be7 (15... Rc8 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Bb4 Rc2 20.
Qh5 Rxb2 21. Rac1 Rc2 22. Bd6 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxc1 24. Bxc7 Rxd1 25. f4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Luther,T/Turin op 1996 (48)}) 16. Nd6 Bd5 (16... Bxd6 17.
Rxd6 Bd5 18. e4 Rc8 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Be3 $16) 17. e4 Bxd6 18. exd5 Rc8 (18... e5
19. a4 $14) 19. Qe2 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6 21. Rd3 Qc7 22. g3 Bc5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24.
Rxe3 Rfe8 {Karpov,A-Polgar,Z/Madrid 1992/1-0 (57)}) (11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e4 e5 13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxb5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Be2 Be5 18. Bf3 c5 19.
Be3 Rfe8 20. Kg1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rab1 Qe5 {
Greenfeld,A-Horvath,C/Montecatini Terme op 1997/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 11... Qc7 (11...
c5 $6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Nxc5 13. b4 $16) 13. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 (13... Qb6 14. Nxc5
Nxc5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Bb2 Be4 17. Qc1 Ncd7 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Rac1 {
Bukic,E-Atalik,S/Ljubljana LSK 1997/0-1 (57)}) 14. Qxe4 Ra7 (14... Qc7 $2 15.
b4 Bb6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Qg4 $16) 15. b4 Bb7 16. Qf4 Bxf3 (16... Be7 $2 17. Ne5
Bd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Nc6 $16) 17. Bxf3 Be7 18. Bb2 Qb8 $1 19. Rac1 (19. a4 $2
Qxf4 20. exf4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nb6 $15) 19... Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a3 {
1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Luther,T/Bad Zwesten op 1997 (38)}) 12. Ne4 (12. e4 e5 13. g3
(13. h3 Bb7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 13...
Re8 14. a3 Bb7 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 c5 $2 16. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 17. Nxb5 $18) 15.
Bg5 exd4 (15... h6 $6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 (16... Nxe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd2 $1 Rad8
19. Qxh6 $16) 17. Nxe5 hxg5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Qxg5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Rxe4 22. Bf3 Re5 (22... Qe5 23. Qd2 Rc4 24. Qd7 $16) 23. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 (23...
Rxg5 24. Rxc7 Rb8 25. Re1 $18) 24. Qxe5 {
1-0 Epishin,V-Polgar,Z/Madrid 1992 (44)}) 16. Nxd4 Be5 $5 $13) 12... Nxe4 (
12... Be7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. e4 $14) 13. Qxe4 e5 14. Qh4 Re8 (14... h6 $6 {
Kramnik,V-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63}) 15. Bd3 h6 (15... Nf6 16. dxe5
Bxe5 $14) 16. Bc2 exd4 (16... Bb7 17. e4 Rad8 18. Be3 $11) 17. Qxd4 (17. Nxd4
Nf6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rad8 20. Bd2 Be5 $11) (17. exd4 Be7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19.
Nxg5 Nf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qd6 22. Re1 Be6 $11) 17... Bf8 18. b3 Nf6 19.
Qh4 (19. Bb2 Bg4 20. Rac1 Rad8 $15) 19... g5 (19... Bg4 20. Bb2 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Be7 22. Kh1 $5 $14) 20. Qg3 (20. Qd4 {Lutz} Bg7 {/\} 21. Bb2 Nh5) 20... Qxg3
21. hxg3 {White is not without chances since black has weakened his kingside
and especiallt f5 square is quite vulnerable.} c5 {Lutz: Die Kontrolle der
d-Linie und der geschwächte schwarze Königsflügel wird durch die schwarze
Mehrheit am Dmaenflügel ausggeglichen.} 22. Bb2 Bg7 (22... Be7 $5) 23. Rd6 Be6
24. Rad1 Rec8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Be4 Ra7 27. Bd5 (27. Bf5 $5 Bxf5 28. Rxf6 Bc2
29. Rd2 Kg7 30. Rdd6 $14) 27... Bxd5 (27... Be7 $2 28. Rxe6 $18) 28. R1xd5 (28.
Rxf6 Kg7 29. Rd6 Bxf3 30. gxf3 c4 $11) 28... Kg7 29. Rd2 Be7 (29... c4 $1 30.
bxc4 Rxc4 $11) 30. Rb6 Bd8 31. Rbd6 Be7 32. R6d5 a5 (32... c4 $1 33. Rc2 Rac7
$11) 33. Kf1 a4 34. Ke2 axb3 35. axb3 Ra3 36. b4 $1 Rc3 (36... cxb4 37. Rxb5
$14) 37. bxc5 R3xc5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Nd4 Bf6 (39... h5 40. Rb2 Bf6 41. Kd3 Kg6
42. Rb1 Bxd4 43. exd4 Rf5 44. f3 $14) 40. g4 b4 41. Rb2 (41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. Rd6
Rc2+ 43. Kf3 h5 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Nf5+ Kg6 $11) 41... Rc4 42. Kd3 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 (
43. Ke4 b3 $1 44. Nxb3 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Bxb2 $11) 43... Bxd4 44. exd4 Rc4 45. Kd3
Rc3+ 46. Kd2 Rc4 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Ke4 (48. Kd2 $11) 48... b3 49. f3 Kf6 (49...
Rc2 50. Rxb3 Rxg2 51. d5 $14) 50. d5 Rc4+ 51. Kd3 Rf4 52. Rxb3 Ke5 53. Rb6 (53.
Rb5 Rd4+ 54. Ke3 Rxd5) 53... Kxd5 54. Rxh6 Ke5 (54... Ra4 $2 55. Rf6 Ra3+ 56.
Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 $18) 55. Ke3 (55. Ra6 f6 56. Ra5+ Ke6 57. Ke3 Rb4 $11) 55...
Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

1. e4 {Karpov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. a4 Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nd2 (13. Bg5 {
Karpov} b3 14. Bd1 Rb8) 13... Rb8 14. Qe2 (14. Re1 h6 $6 15. Rb1 $1 $14 {
1-0 Leko,P-Garcia,G/Yopal 1997/CBM 60 (51) [Rodriguez]}) 14... Re8 (14... Ba7 {
Karpov}) 15. Nf3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb3 17. Bxb3 Rxb3 18. d4 (18. Qc2 Qb8 19. Nd2
Rb7) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Rxf3 $1 {Ftacnik: Karpov comes up with an inspired
defence, exchange sacrifice is quite dangerous and white will have to play
carefully.} (19... Rxe4 20. Be3 $1 $16) 20. Qxf3 $6 (20. gxf3 $2 Bxd4 21. Ra3 (
21. Bb2 Nh5 $1 $17) (21. Ra2 {Karpov} Qc8 22. Kg2 (22. Be3 $2 Qxh3 23. Bxd4 Re6
$19) 22... d5 23. Qd2 c5 $132) 21... d5 $44) (20. dxc5 $5 Rc3 21. Qxa6 $14)
20... Bxd4 21. Ra2 Nxe4 $44 (21... Rxe4 22. Bg5 $16) 22. Qd3 c5 (22... Qf6 $1 {
Winants} 23. Qxa6 Ng3 24. Qb5 (24. Rd1 Ne4 $1 $11) 24... Kf8) 23. Qxa6 d5 24.
a5 $1 {o^ a} (24. Qd3 Qf6 {/\ c4}) 24... c4 $1 (24... Re6 $6 {Karpov} 25. Qb7
Nc3 (25... Ng3 26. a6 $18) 26. Rc2 Re7 27. Qb6 Qe8 28. a6 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 $1 Ng3+
(29... Re6 30. Qa5 $16) 30. fxg3 Re1 31. Qb5 Qxb5 32. Rxe1 $16 c4 $140 33. Rd2)
25. Be3 (25. Qb7 $2 Re7 26. Qc6 Re6 $1) 25... Be5 (25... Re6 $2 26. Qxe6 fxe6
27. Bxd4 e5 28. Bb6 $1 {/\ a6-a7}) (25... Bf6 {Karpov} 26. Bb6 Qd7 27. Qa7 Qxa7
28. Bxa7 Nc3 29. Rc2 d4 {Lautier}) 26. Bb6 $1 (26. Qb7 d4) (26. Rc2 {Karpov} d4
27. Rxc4 dxe3 28. Rxe4 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rxe4 30. fxe3 $14 {Ubilava}) 26... Qd7 (
26... Qd6 {Karpov} 27. Qb7 Nc3 $5 (27... Rb8 28. Qa7 (28. a6 h6 29. Rb1 Nc3 $17
)) 28. Rb2 d4 $1 (28... h6 $6 29. a6 Na4 30. Rb5 Nc3 31. Rc5 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Qf6
33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Be3 Ng3+ 36. fxg3 Qxf1+ 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. Bf2 Qc2
39. Bg1 $16) 29. Qf3 d3 30. Be3 Qd5 $1 (30... Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 dxe2 32. Qxe2 Qc6
33. Rc1 (33. Rb1 h6 $11) 33... Qa4 (33... c3 $5) 34. Rxc4 Qxa5) 31. Qxd5 Nxd5
32. Rb7 c3 33. a6 Nxe3 34. fxe3 c2 35. Rd7 Bb2 36. Rc7 (36. Rxd3 c1=Q 37. Rxc1
Bxc1 38. a7 f6 $17) 36... Ra8 37. Kf2 h6 38. Kf3 Rxa6 39. Ke4 Rd6 $19) 27. Qa7
Qc6 $6 (27... Qxa7 28. Bxa7 Nc3 $13) 28. Bd4 Bc7 (28... Ra8 $142 29. Qb6 Qxb6
30. Bxb6 Nc3 31. Rc2 d4 {Lautier}) 29. Rb2 c3 (29... Ra8 $2 {Karpov} 30. Qb7
Qxb7 31. Rxb7 Bxa5 32. Ra1) 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. Bb6 $2 {Ftacnik: The bishop will
become displaced and black will enjoy strong counterplay with his passed c
pawn.} (31. Rc1 $142 $1 {Karpov} Nd6 (31... Qd6 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34.
a6 {/\ 35.f3, 36.R:c3}) (31... c2 $2 32. Rb2) 32. Rb3 $1 (32. a6 Nxb7 33. axb7
Re8) (32. Rxc3 Qxb7 33. Qxb7 Nxb7 34. a6 Na5 $1 35. a7 Nc4 $19) 32... Nb5 33.
Qc5 (33. Rcxc3 $2 Qxc3 $1 34. Rxc3 Nxa7 35. Bxa7 Bh2+ 36. Kxh2 Rxc3 $19) 33...
Qxc5 (33... Nxd4 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Rbxc3 Bxa5 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 g6 38. Rc5
$18) 34. Bxc5 Bf4 35. Be3 Nd4 36. Bxd4 Bxc1 37. Rxc3 $18 {Ubilava}) (31. a6
$142 $1 {Karpov} h6 (31... Qd6 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. a7 Rc8 35. Rb1
c2 36. Rc1 $18) (31... c2 32. Rc1 $16) 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Qb8+ Rc8 34. a7 c2 35.
Rc1 Kh7 36. Qb3 $16 {Lautier}) 31... Be5 32. Rxf7 (32. Rc1 {Karpov} d4 $1 (
32... c2 {Karpov} 33. Re7 $1 Bb2 (33... Bf6 $2 34. Rc7 Rxc7 35. Qxc7 $18) 34.
Bd4 $1 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 $16) 33. Rd7 Qh6 34. Rc2 Qd2 $1 $19) 32... c2 33. Rc1 Nc3
(33... Ng5 $11 {Karpov} 34. Re7 Nxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qg6+ $11) 34. Rf3 (34. Rf5 {
Karpov} Qe6 $1 (34... Bc7 35. Bxc7 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Rxc7 (36... Qxc7 $4 37. Rxc2 $1
$18) 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. Qa8+ Rc8 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. g3 h6 41. Kg2) 35. Rxe5 Qxe5
36. Qd7 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Re8 $1 (37... Rf8 $2 38. Rxc2 Ng3+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2
Nf1+ 41. Kh1 Ne3+ 42. Kh2 Nxc2 43. Qxd5+ Rf7 44. a6 Nb4 $11 45. a7 Nxd5 46.
a8=Q+ Rf8 47. Qxd5+) 38. Bc7 Qe4 39. Rxc2 (39. f3 Qe3 $19) 39... Ng3+ 40. Kg1
Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Nf1+ 42. Kh1 Ne3+ 43. Kh2 Nxc2 44. Qxd5+ Qe6 $19) 34... h6 $4 {
Ftacnik: Karpov misses the boat in a completely winning position. One must
admit, that the move 35...Qe8! from the winning line is easier for the
computer programs than for the living grandmaster.} (34... Ne2+ $1 35. Kf1 (35.
Kh1 {Karpov} Qe6 $1 36. Be3 d4 37. Bd2 Nxc1 38. Bxc1 Bb8 $19) 35... Qe8 $1 $19
{Fritz} (35... Qe6 $2 36. Kxe2 Bb8+ 37. Re3) 36. Kxe2 $140 (36. Be3 Nxc1 37.
Bxc1 Bb2 $19) 36... Bb8+ 37. Re3 Qb5+ $19) 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Re3 $1 $18 d4 37.
Rxe5 d3 38. Bd4 $1 Rg8 39. Re6 d2 40. Rxc6 $1 dxc1=Q+ 41. Kh2 $18 Qd2 42. Rc8
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bd6 13. O-O {Lutz: Der 
nachfolgende Plan der Läuferentwicklung ist an dieser Stelle neu. Karpow hatte
gegen Kramnik zweimal 13.Bd2 versucht, allerdings ohne großen Erfolg.} (13. Bd2
Rb8 (13... Qc7 14. Bb4 c5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Qb5
19. Qxg7 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 O-O-O 21. Nd4 Nc5) 14. O-O $5 (14. Qa4 c5 (14... Qc7 15.
Rb1 c5 16. Rxb7) 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 (17... Qc8 18. O-O O-O
19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Qe4 Rc7 21. Ng5 g6 22. Qh4 h5 23. g4 Be7 24. gxh5 Rxc1 25.
hxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Kg2 Rxf2+ $3 27. Kxf2 fxg6+ $19) 18. Rd1 O-O {
1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1995} (18... O-O 19. Rxd7 Qe8 20. Ne5 Bd6
21. O-O Bxe5 22. Rfd1 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Qb8 $14)) (14. Rb1 O-O 15. O-O Nf6 $10)
14... O-O (14... c5 $6 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Bc3 $1 (16. d5 exd5 17. Bc3 Nf6 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Rd7 20. Qa8+ Qd8 $14) 16... O-O 17. d5 Qe7 18. e4 f6 $8 19.
Qc2 Nb6 $6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Nc4 22. Rad1 $5 (22. a4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24.
Rac1 Bd4 $10) 22... Nxa3 23. Qc1 Nc4 24. Nh4 $1 {
Gurevich,M-Novikov,I/Antwerp op/1995/0-1 (93)}) 15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17.
Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd2 Qd5 21. Qc3 h6 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. h3
Rfb8 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. Qa4 Qe4 27. Qc2 Qd5 {
1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/Monaco rapid 1996}) 13... O-O 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2)
14... Rb8 15. Qc2 c5 {The only exciting moment in the whole game, black trusts
his counterplay with bishop looking to white's kingside. Der einzige kleine
Höhepunkt der Partie.} (15... f5 $5 16. Bxc6 Rc8 17. d5 (17. Qb3 Rxc6 18. Qxb7
Rb6 $19) 17... exd5 18. Qc3 $1 (18. Nd4 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qc7+ $15)
18... Rf7 19. Bxb7 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Nb6 (20... Qc7 21. Bxd5 Qxc3 22. Ng5 Ne5 23.
Rac1 Qxa3 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. Bxf7+ Nxf7 26. Ne6 $18) 21. Ba6 $13) 16. Bxb7 (16.
Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 (17. Be4 $2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxb2 $19) (17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 (
18. cxd6 Qg5 19. g3 Qg4 $19) 18... Rxb2 19. Qxb2 Be5 $17) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3
Bxh2+ (18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qh4 20. f4 Qg4+ $11) (18... Qh4 $5 {Lutz}) 19. Kxh2
Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 16... Rxb7 17. dxc5 (17. Rab1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb8 $11)
17... Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. a4 (19. Qc3 Nf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. h4 Nf5 (12... Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 (
13... g6 14. Bh6 Re8 (14... Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18.
Re5 Bg4 19. g3 f6 20. Ree1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 Obodchuk,A-Acs,P/Budapest FS11 IM-B 1994 (43)}) 15. h5 Bc6 16. hxg6
hxg6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Ne5 Nxc3 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. bxc3 Qa5 21. Bd2 c5 22. c4
Qxa2 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 c4 25. Qf3 {1-0 Kosic,D-Cela,A/Balkaniad 1989 (33)})
14. Ng5 $5 (14. a3 Bc6 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Ng3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qg4 Kh7 19.
Ne4 Nd7 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rac1 Rg8 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25.
Rxe4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,M-Ioseliani,N/WchW 1988 (39)}) 14... g6 (14...
Ng6 $2 15. Nxf7 $1) (14... Bc6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg8 g6 17. Nxf7+) (14... hxg5
15. hxg5 Bc6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qh3 $18) 15. Nf3 Bg7 16. h5 $5 g5 (16... gxh5 17.
Ne5 $16 {/\ 18.Qg3, 18.Qh3}) 17. Nxg5 $3 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $40 f6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20.
h6 fxg5 $2 {(+)} (20... Nxc3 21. Bd2 Ncd5 22. hxg7+ Kxg7 $13 {/\} 23. Qh3 Rh8
24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ $11) 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxd5 exd5 (22... Nxd5 23. Qg6+
Kh8 24. Qh6 $18) 23. Re5 $1 $18 {1-0 Dzhandzhava,L-Kalegin,E/Batumi 1991 (30)})
(12... b6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Bb7 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rc8 18.
a3 Nbd5 19. Ne2 a5 20. g3 Nf5 21. Kg2 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24. Nxd5
Rxd5 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {1-0 Trofimova,O-Kononenko,T/EU-chJW U20 1995 (36)}) 13.
Qd3 (13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 $11) 13...
Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6 (14... Nxh4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Be4 $14) 15. h5 (
15. g3 Nd6 16. Ba3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. Bxf8 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qxf8 $13) 17... Re8
18. c4 Qc7 $11) (15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. c4
$11) 15... Nd6 16. Ne5 (16. Ba3 $5) 16... Nxe4 (16... Bxe5 $5 17. Bh7+ $1 Kh8
18. dxe5 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Be3 $15) 17. Qxe4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 (
18. Qxe5 Qd5 (18... b6 $11) 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ba3 Rd8 $11) 18... f5 $1 19. Qe2
$6 {After this move only black can hope to create some problems.} (19. exf6
Rxf6 20. Be3 Rf5 21. Rad1 $13) (19. Qf3 $5) 19... Bd7 20. Rd1 Bb5 $1 21. Qf3 (
21. Rxd8 Bxe2 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rd6 Bxh5 24. Rxe6 Rc7 $15) 21... Qe8 22. Bf4 (22.
Qxb7 Bc6 23. Qa6 (23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qd6 Rf7 $1 (24... Bd5 25. Rxd5 $5 exd5 26.
Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Ba3 Rg8 28. Bb4 Qxh5 29. Re1 $15) 25. Qb4 Rfc7 26. Qh4 Bb5 $17)
23... Bb5 (23... Qxh5 24. Bxh6 $1) 24. Qb7 (24. Qa5 Qxh5 25. Ba3 Bc6 26. Bxf8
Qg5 27. g3 Qh5 28. Kf1 Bf3 29. Ke1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxf8 $15) 24... Bc6 $11) 22...
Rc8 23. Rd4 Rc4 24. Rad1 (24. Qxb7 $5 Rxc3 25. Rb1 a6 26. a4 Bc6 27. Qb2 $11)
24... Qf7 25. Rxc4 (25. Rd8 Be8 $1 26. R1d4 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Qxh5 28. Qxb7 Qd1+
29. Kh2 Qg4 $17) 25... Bxc4 26. a3 {The middlegame is not encouraging, pawns
a3, c3, e5 and h5 are potentially very weak.} Rc8 27. Rd4 Kh7 (27... Bd5 28.
Qh3 Qc7 29. Rd3 $15) 28. Bd2 Bd5 29. Qh3 b5 30. a4 (30. Qh4 Rc5 31. a4 (31. f3
a5 $17) 31... Be4 32. axb5 Rxb5 $17) 30... bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 (32. Rb4
a5 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Qh4 Bb3 $17) (32. Ra3 Qb7 $1 33. Qd3 Rh4 $17) 32... Bxc4
33. Qh4 Bb5 34. c4 (34. Qb4 Qxh5 35. Qxb5 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxd2 $17) 34... Be8 35.
c5 $2 {Anand plays this endgame without his usual esprit, the situation was
not so critical yet.} (35. Qd8 $1 Qxh5 36. Be3 Qg6 (36... Qf7 37. Qa8 $11) (
36... Bc6 37. Qd6 $11) 37. Qa8 a5 38. c5 a4 39. c6 f4 40. c7 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Bd7
42. Bc5 (42. Bxf4 Qf5 43. Bg3 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 42... Qg6 43. Kg1 Qb1+ 44.
Kh2 $11) 35... Qd7 36. Bc3 Qd3 37. Qd4 (37. Bd4 a5 $17) (37. Bb4 Qd5 $17) 37...
Qxd4 38. Bxd4 a5 39. c6 $2 (39. f3 $5 Bxh5 40. c6 Be8 41. c7 Bd7 42. Kf2 a4 43.
Bc5 f4 $17) (39. f4 a4 40. Bb2 Bxh5 41. c6 Be8 42. c7 Bd7 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Ba3
Bc8 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. Kd4 $15) 39... Bxc6 40. f3 f4 $1 (40... Be8 41. g4 $15) 41.
Bb2 (41. Bc3 $2 a4 42. Bd2 a3 $19) 41... Be8 42. Bc1 a4 43. Bxf4 a3 44. Be3
Bxh5 {White must have misjudged the consequences of this endgame. The
assymetry of the pawns plays in the hands of the side with a spare pawn.} 45.
Kf2 (45. g4 a2 46. Bd4 Be8 47. f4 g6 48. Kf2 h5 49. Kg3 Ba4 50. Kh4 Kh6 51. Bc3
Bd1 52. gxh5 gxh5 $19) 45... Be8 46. Bd4 Bc6 47. Bc3 a2 48. g3 h5 49. g4 (49.
Kg2 g5 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Ke3 h4 52. Kf2 h3 $19) (49. f4 Kg6 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Bb2
Kg4 52. Kf2 h4 53. gxh4 Kxf4 $19) 49... h4 (49... h4 50. f4 g5 $1 51. f5 (51.
fxg5 Kg6 52. Ba1 Kxg5 $19) 51... exf5 52. gxf5 g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.08"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

{Before this game, I trailed by 2-3 and Karpov only needed a draw to clinch
victory. What should I do? I remembered my previous match against Karpov
(Brussels 1991). Trailing by one point after 4 games, I played calm chess and
still got winning positions in both the 5th and 6th games. I also got some
hope from the 24th game between Kasparov and Karpov in Seville 1987 when
Karpov was in the same situation. Kasparov avoided a theoretical battle and
got no advantage. Karpov, however, was too eager to draw and soon got himself
into hot water. With these thoughts in mind, I went for game 6.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Bg5 {The Trompovsky!! I couldn't really bring myself to play something like
Kasparov's Reti, so this seemed like a good compromise. On the one hand, it
offers interesting positions. Since the theory mostly consists of games of
Hodgson, there are no long forced lines leading to draws (yet!), but lots of
fascinating and creative chess. Perfect, I thought, for today's game.} e6 3. e4
h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. Bc4 $5 {My team was looking for
something off the beaten track, but with some venom. Eventually Yusupov came
up with this idea. White is  going to castle kingside. His knight should go to
e2 (on f3, it would be harassed by g4) and so the idea arose to develop the
bishop first. The knight also has ideas like Ne2-g3-h5.} Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg7 9. Rd1
Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O (10... O-O 11. Qe3 {>< f5, h5 >> /\ f2-f4}) 11. Nb5 $1 {
Black will ignore any queenside thrust like b4-b5 by simply playing his knight
to a5. So I must first provoke weaknesses and only then prepareb2-b4} (11. b4
g4 12. b5 Na5 13. Bd3 h5) 11... a6 12. Na3 {/\ c3, b4} g4 $1 {
Black must expand on the kingside to generate counterplay} 13. f4 (13. b4 $6
Qg5 $1) 13... gxf3 14. Rxf3 Qe7 15. c3 h5 16. Rdf1 Rdf8 17. b4 Na7 {
Not a bad move, but perhaps showing an over-developed sense of danger.} 18. Nc2
Bh6 19. Qe1 Kb8 20. Bd3 Bc6 $1 $132 {Black has played this phase well and his
two bishops and the open g-line give him counterplay.} 21. Nf4 Rfg8 (21... e5
22. Nxh5 $1) 22. d5 (22. Nxh5 f5 $1) 22... Be8 (22... Bxf4 23. dxc6 $1 (23.
Rxf4 exd5 24. Rxf7 Qg5 $15) 23... e5 24. cxb7 $14) 23. Qf2 (23. Nxh5 $2 Qg5 $1
24. Ng3 Qh4 $44) 23... Bg7 (23... h4 $5) 24. Nd4 $1 {
White has succeeded in neutralizing the two bishops} Bd7 25. dxe6 Bxd4 26. cxd4
fxe6 27. e5 Bc6 28. Ng6 {I didnt see any alternatives for White.} (28. Rg3 h4)
28... Qd8 $4 {As soon as he made this move, I saw a grimace on his face -
maybe he missed Nh8xf7, but later it turned out that he hadn't seen 29...Nc8.}
(28... Rxg6 29. Bxg6 (29. Rf8+ Nc8 $1 30. Bxg6 Rxf8 31. Qxf8 Qg5 $19) 29...
Bxf3 30. Qxf3 dxe5 31. dxe5 Nc6 (31... Qxb4 32. Qf6 $13) 32. Qf6 $13) 29. Nxh8
$16 {Suddenly I was back in the match!! I tried my best to calm down realizing
that 3-3 was now a matter of technique.} Bxf3 30. Nf7 Qh4 $8 {After some
t, he came up with this move, but really White only has to play carefully to
rake in the point.} (30... Bxg2 31. Nxd8 Be4+ 32. Qg3 Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 Bxd3 34.
Rf8 $1 $18) 31. Qxf3 (31. Qxh4 $4 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rf2+ $11) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kh1
d5 {Matters could still get complicated if Black can save his h-pawn due to my
stranded Nf7.} 33. Rd1 $1 {
The b-P is not important, White must capture the h-P.} Qxb4 34. Rb1 Qa4 35.
Qxh5 $18 Nc6 36. Qe2 Ka7 37. Qf2+ b6 {/\ Nb4} 38. Rc1 $1 Kb7 39. h3 $1 {
All the precautionary moves and White can go for the e6 pawn.} Rc8 40. Qf6 Nd4
41. Nd8+ $1 {I saw that Nd6 won as well, but Karpov has swindled too many
points from me over the years, so I looked for something easier.} (41. Nd6+
cxd6 42. Qe7+ Kb8 43. Rxc8+ Kxc8 44. exd6 Qc6 45. Bxa6+ (45. Qf8+ Kd7 46. Qg7+
Kxd6 47. Qxd4 $16) 45... Kb8 $16) 41... Kb8 42. Nxe6 {
Here he resigned. I had drawn the match!} (42. Nxe6 Qa3 43. Rd1 $18) 1-0

