Anand, Viswanathan (2779) - Radjabov, Teimour (2728) [B33], Rapid Match, Mainz (5) 2006

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Anand, Viswanathan (2779) - Radjabov, Teimour (2728) [B33]
Rapid Match, Mainz (5) 2006
Notes by Boris Schipkov

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5

6. Ndb5
The Lasker-Pelikan System. Emanuel Lasker was the only World Champion who made 5...e5 in the World Chess Championship match, Black obtained a small edge after 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5! 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3! 10. bxc3 Bd6, Schlechter,C-Lasker,E, GER/AUT 1910.
6...d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
In the game Tarrasch,S-Janowski,D, Vienna 1898 White continued 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 f5 10. Qh5 b5 11. Naxb5! axb5 12. Bxb5 Bb7 with a sharp position.
8...b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7
The old 10...f5 was played in the first time in Tal,M-Shamkovich,L, Riga 1955 according to the ChessBase Mega Database 2006, 10...f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qf3 (13. Nc2) 13...Bg6?! (13...Be6=) 14. h4!? e4 15. Qh3 h5 16. Nc2 O-O 17. Be2, and White was better.

11. Bd3
The legendary Novosibirsk Sicilian 10...Bg7, solid as a rock and keen as a sword. Novosibirsk players researched and applied this line with great success in 80s-90s years of the XX century: Victor Kim (the stem game Dvoirys-Kim) and Anatoly Vaisser (Yurtaev-Vaisser) played 10...Bg7 in 1980, I made this fabulous move in 1981, Vasilij Malyshev - in 1984. Javier Ochoa de Echaguen from Spain also used 10...Bg7 in 80s. Alexander Karpov and Pavel Maletin from Novosibirsk as well have played this variation. It is interesting that Jorge Pelikan from Argentina employed 10...Bg7 in 1972: 11. c4 b4 (11...f5!) 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Qf3 O-O 14. g4 a5 15. b3 Ra8 16. Be2 Be6, Fraile,J-Pelikan,J, Buenos Aires 1972.
11...Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 f5 15. Nc2 Rb8

16. exf5
In the 4th game the match Black got a minimal advantage after 16. Re1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Nb4 Qc7 20. Bb3 a5 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. a3 Be6, Anand,V-Radjabov,T, Mainz (4) 2006.
16...e4 17. Re1 Bxf5 18. Ne3
Or 18. Nb4 a5 19. Nd5 Qe5 20. Bc2 Bg6. Weaker is 18. Bf1 a5 19. Qd5 Qe5 20. Rad1 b4! 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. Rd2 bxc3 24. bxc3 f5 25. h3 Bh5, and Black has two powerful bishops in Berczes,C-Bokros,A, Hungary 2006.
18...Bg6 19. Nd5 Qe5 20. Bc2 a5
With nice counterpay.

21. f4
The chances are even after 21. f3 f5 22. f4 Qe6 23. Bb3 Kh8 24. Nc7 Qf6 25. Ne6 1/2, a draw in Goloshchapov,A-Maletin,P, Moscow 2005.
Qe6 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. a3
Black has no problems after 23. Rad1 f5 24. Qe2 Qf7 25. Rd2 Rfc8 26. a3 b4! 27. axb4 axb4 28. Nxb4 d5! 29. Nxd5 Rxb2, Bologan,V-Nedev,T, Panormo 2001.
23...f5 24. Bb3 Qc8 25. Qf2
25. Ne3 is possible.
25...Qc5 26. Rad1
25. Ne3 deserves attention.
26...Bf7!
Stronger than 26... Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 b4 28. axb4 Bf7 29. g4 axb4 30. cxb4 fxg4 31. Rxe4 Bxb2 32. Kg3 h5.

27. Bc2?!
Better looks 27. Re3.
27...Bxd5!
The best reply.
28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Rxd5 b4!
Black seizes the initiative on the queenside thanks to his mighty bishop.

30. Rxc5 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rbc8!
Black gains a small but stable advantage with the text.
32. Rxc8
32. Rxa5 is met by the fork 32...Bxc3.
32...Rxc8 33. Rd1 Bf8 34. Kf1?!
Better is 34. Rd5.
34...Rxc3 35. Ba4 Rxa3 36. Bd7 Ra2 37. Re1 Bb4 38. Re2 Bd2 39. Kf2?!
More precise is 39. g4.

39...a4!
Winning. Now Teimour Radjabov is one of the best specialists in the Novosibirsk Variation 10...Bg7. He won 3 and drawn 4 games in 2004-2006 with performance rating 2855.
40. Bxf5 e3+ 41. Kf3 a3
White must give his bishop for this pawn.
42. g3 Rb2 43. Be6 Kg7 44. Rg2 a2 45. Bxa2 Rxa2 46. Rg1 Bb4
White resigned. 0-1

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