[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan AGZE"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit POLW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]

{That was the best game of the event.There was a great tactical fight 
where Anand was on top.This game is from kind of games that any analyse 
can not be final.I just tried to understand what was happened in this 
game,and my analyse, of course, can be improved. In addition this game is 
very interesting because of various balances of pieces which happened in 
the game and variations,and always difficult to evaluate them.I used some 
analysing engines to check my analyses,(I ask excuse from readers,but they
calculate quicker then me!)but they were confused not once in evaluations.
Wedberg: 'This is a facinating struggle with a very intense middle game 
based only on tactics. Anand manages to walk through the mine field Oll is
laying on the board without beeing blown away.'} 
1.e4 {Wedberg} 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 {Wedberg: 'White is a
P up, so Black is forced to demonstrate some kind of counterplay or 
compensation.'} 12...exd4 {'N' Wedberg.} 
    ( 12...Bg4 {Wedberg was the main line here, but} 13.Re1! 
        ( 13.Bc2 d5 ~ {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Wijk 1996/CBM 51/ 
        [Shirov]/1/2-1/2 (53)} )
        ( 13.Be3 exd4 14.cxd4 Nxe4 15.Bd5 Qe8 16.h3 
            ( 16.Qc2 Bxf3! 17.Bxc6 Qe6 18.gxf3 Qg6+ = )
        16...Bf5 17.Re1 Nb4 18.Bc4 c6 19.Na3 d5 = {1-0 
        Nijboer,F-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63 (36)} )
    13...Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1 +/- {gave White a clear advantage in 
    Svidler,P-Shirov,A/ Linares 1998/CBM 64/[Svidler] (37)} )
13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Re1!? N {Interesting novelty in modern variation of 
Spanish,which can turn the evoluation of the variation.After 14.Bc2 was 
proved that white has no advantage.} 
    ( 14.Bc2 d5 15.Bg5 
        ( 15.e5 Ne4 16.Be3 f6 ~= {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Georgiev,K/Porz GER
        1998 (63)} )
    15...Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Bxd4 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Piket, 
    J/Groningen NED 1998 (18)} )
14...d5 {Wedberg: 'Oll wants to clearify the situation in the centre.'} 
    ( 14...Nxd4 {Black had chance to take back the pawn, but continue for 
    initiative,like after14.Bc2.} 15.Nbxd4 Bxd4 16.h3 
        ( 16.Bxf7+ Rxf7 17.Qxd4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nh5 {and Black has a 
        counterplay.} )
    16...Bxf3 17.Qxf3 {pherhaps Anand knew about this position,when he 
    played 14.Re1(this move, of course,the result of home preparation)and 
    hoped to get some advantage here with the pair of bishops,and active 
    pieces.} )
15.exd5 
    ( 15.e5 Ne4 ~= )
15...Nxd5 16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 {'!' Wedberg. White should play this way,because
black threatened to take on-d4(without capturing on-f3).} 
    ( 17.Nc3 {Wedberg} 17...Bxf3 18.gxf3 
        ( 18.Qxf3 Nxd4 19.Qxd5 Nxb3 20.Qxb3? Bxf2+ -+ )
    18...Ncb4 $132 )
17...Bg6 18.Nc3 Ndb4 {/\ Nd3} 19.Bg5 Qd7 {White has pawn up,but the 
compensation of black is clear-kingside of white is vulnerable,black 
pieces are very active.} 
    ( 19...Qd6 20.Ne4 
        ( 20.Ne4 {Wedberg} 20...Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qg6 22.Rf4 +/- )
    )
20.d5 Qd6? {/\ Qg3 Logical,but wrong,because of next perfect reply of 
Anand.#} 
    ( 20...Na5! 21.Ba4 
        ( 21.Ne5 Qd6 22.Ba4 
            ( 22.Rxa5 Bxa5 23.Be7 Qxe7 24.Nxg6 Qxe1+ 25.Qxe1 hxg6 {and 
            that is not clear how white can use uncomfortable places of 
            black soft pieces.} 26.Ne4 
                ( 26.Bc4 Nc2 )
            26...Nc6! )
        22...Nd3! )
    21...Qd6 $36 {black has clear compensation for the pawn:} 22.Ne5 Nd3! 
    )
21.Kf1!! {That is the only and best move for white.Anand wards off threats
of black like Fritz!} 
    ( 21.dxc6? Qg3+ 22.Kh1 Qxh3+ 23.Nh2 Nd3 $40 {'|^' Wedberg.} )
    ( 21.Kg2 Nd3 22.dxc6 Bxf2! 
        ( 22...Nxe1+ 23.Nxe1 
            ( 23.Qxe1 Bxf2 )
        23...Qxc6+ 24.Bd5 +/- )
    )
21...Na5 22.Be7 Qf4 {'!?' Wedberg.} 23.Rxa5! {Again Anand choose the best.
} 
    ( 23.Bxf8 Nxb3 24.Bxb4 Nxa1 {'<=>' Wedberg.} )
    ( 23.Ra4!? Nxb3 24.Bxb4 Rfe8 {still nothing clear.} )
23...Bxa5 24.Re3!! {'!' Wedberg. Much better than to take on f8 
immediatly.} 24...Bb6 
    ( 24...Rfe8 25.d6! 
        ( 25.Ne2 Qh6 26.Kg2 Nd3 )
        ( 25.d6 {Wedberg} 25...Qh6 26.Kg2 Nd3 27.d7 +- )
    )
25.Ne2 Qh6 26.Kg2 {Wedberg: 'Anand is weawing a net around the Black Q.'} 
26...Bxe3 27.g5 Qxh3+! {Queen sacrifice which leads to very complicative 
position,were black has 2 rooks for queen and knight,but the initiative of
black is very dangerous.} 
    ( 27...Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Bc2 29.Bxc2 Qa6 {again very hard to give 
    evoluation to this position with very unusual material(3 light pieces 
    against 2 rooks),but white has good chances to attack the black king. 
    All programs evaluated this position like black is better,but in my 
    opinion the advantage on white's side.} )
    ( 27...Qh5 {Wedberg} 28.Ng3 +- )
28.Kxh3 Nd3 29.Qa1! {The best place for the queen-in the corner!} 29...
Nxf2+ 30.Kg2 Rfe8 
    ( 30...Rxb3 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Ned4! +- )
31.Qa3 {Wedberg: 'White protects his pieces and keeps the advantage.'} 
31...Nd3 32.Nc3? 
    ( 32.Ba4! Rxb2! 
        ( 32...Bc5 33.Bxc5 Rxe2+ 34.Kg3 +/- Rbxb2 $140 35.Bc2! )
    33.Qxb2 
        ( 33.Bxe8? Rxe2+ 34.Kg3 Bf4+ 35.Kg4 Rg2+ -+ )
    33...Nxb2 34.Bxe8 +/- )
32...Bc1 33.Nd1 Be4 34.Ba4 Ne5? $138 {Black had 3 moves-candidates.To 
choose the best black had to calculate "few" variations.Oll was in 
time-trouble,and hadn't time to calculate the right move.And another time 
34...Ne5 looks logical,but logic doesn't work in crazy positions like this
one.} 
    ( 34...Ra8 $142 ! {I think that Anand understimated this move,while 
    played 32.Nc3.} 35.Bxe8 
        ( 35.Kg3 Bf4+ 36.Kg4 h5+ 37.gxh6 f5+ )
    35...Rxa3 36.bxa3 Ne5!! {and black has better ending.} 
        ( 36...Ne1+ 37.Kf2 Nxf3 38.Nc3 Bxg5 
            ( 38...Nd2 39.Ne2 Bxa3 40.Bxa3 Bxd5 = )
        39.Nxe4 Bxe7 40.Kxf3 Bxa3 = )
    )
    ( 34...Ne1+ 35.Kf2 Nxf3 
        ( 35...Nd3+ 36.Kf1 )
    36.Bxe8 Rxe8 37.Qa4! )
    ( 34...Ra8!? {Wedberg} )
35.Bxe8 Rxe8 36.Kg3 Bxf3 37.Qc3! Bxd1 {I think that here was the hole in 
Oll's calculations:} 
    ( 37...Rxe7 38.d6! {That's the point!In case of} 
        ( 38.Qxc1 Bxd5 39.Qc5 Rd7 {black is ok.} )
    38...Re8 39.dxc7 +- )
38.Qxe5 {Look at the way the queen made in this game!} 38...Ba4 39.b4 {
/\Qxc7,/\Qa1} 1-0

