Tuesday, September 25, 2018

BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 2 – ANAND vs RAGGER


This game is from round 2 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Viswanathan Anand with White against Markus Ragger with Black.

Today’s game features a Giucco Piano.

Anand,Viswanathan (2771) - Ragger,Markus (2686)
43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Batumi (2.1), 25.09.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 0–0 6.Bg5 h6 C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3 
7.Bh4 Be7 8.Nbd2 d6 9.a4 Nh5 10.g3 Nf6 11.Bxf6! Bxf6 12.h4 

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12...Ne7N [12...h5 13.Nh2 g6 14.g4 hxg4 15.Nxg4 Bxh4 1–0 (69) Sethuraman,S (2646)-Inarkiev,E (2689) Riadh 2017] 
13.Nh2 d5 14.Bb3 [14.exd5= Nxd5 15.Ng4] 
14...c6 15.Ng4 Qd6 16.Qf3 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 g6 18.h5 g5 19.Qf3 Bg7 20.g4 Rad8 21.Ke2 a5 22.Rhd1 Rd7 23.Nf1 Rfd8 24.Ne3 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Bxf6 26.Ba2 Bg7 27.b4 axb4 28.cxb4 dxe4 29.dxe4 Rd4 30.b5 Rxd1 31.Nxd1 Bf8 32.Ne3 cxb5 33.axb5 Nc8 34.Bd5 Black must now prevent Ra8. 
34...Nd6 35.b6 Rc8 36.Ra7 Rb8 37.Kd3! Hoping for Nc4. 
37...Nc8 38.Bxb7 Nxb6 [38...Nd6±] 
39.Bd5!+- Rd8 40.Rb7! Nc8 

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41.Rb8! Re8 

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42.Bc6! Bd6 43.Ra8 Rf8 44.Nf5 Threatens to win with Bd5. 
44...Ne7? [44...Bc5 45.Nxh6+ Kh7] 
45.Nxd6 White is clearly winning. 
45...Nxc6 46.Rxf8+ Kxf8 47.Nf5  1–0

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