VAN FOREEST vs ANAND – ROUND 1 TATA STEEL MASTERS 2019

This game is from round 1 of the Tata Steel Masters 2018, fully annotated. It is between Jorden Van Foreest with White against Viswanathan Anand with Black.

This game features a Caro-Kann Defense. To learn more about the Caro-Kann Defense, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Van Foreest,Jorden (2612) - Anand,Viswanathan (2773)

81st Tata Steel Masters 2019 Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2019

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Qc7 B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack [5...Qd6 6.Ne2 g6 7.0–0 Bg7 8.Bf4 Qb6 9.Qb3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 0–0 11.h3 Re8 12.Rfe1 Qa5 13.Nf3 e6 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.a4 Nbd7 16.Nc1 Nf8 17.b4 Qd8 18.Nb3 b6 19.a5 Nh5 20.Bh2 Afek,Y (2325)-Pronold,H (2315)/Werfen 1991/TD/1–0 (44); 5...a6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Nc6 10.0–0 Be7 11.Rae1 0–0 12.h3 Bh5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Qc2 Bg6 16.Rc1 b5 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Bg3 Bg5 19.b3 Qc5 20.c4 Smith,D (2009)-Perk,E (2057)/Dresden 2006/CBM 111 ext/0–1 (53)] 

6.h3 Covers g4 [6.Ne2 e6 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.Bxd6 (8.Bg3 Nc6 9.Nd2 Bd7 10.0–0 Bxg3 11.Nxg3 Rc8 12.f4 Ne7 13.Qe2 0–0 14.Nf3 a6 15.Ne5 g6 16.h4 Nf5 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Kh1 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Rac1 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Qe7 Glueck,G-Artz,F/Mannheim 1990/GER/½–½ (55)) 8...Qxd6 9.Nd2 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Re1 Rab8 13.Ng3 b5 14.a3 a5 15.Ne5 Rfc8 16.Nh5 Ne8 17.Re3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qe7 19.Rg3 g6 20.Qf3 Kh8 Guadalpi,D (2260)-Flouzat,J (2225)/France 1998/CBM 064 ext/1–0 (31); 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Bd6 10.0–0 Bh5 11.Bh4 Bg6 12.Bg3 0–0 13.Rfe1 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Rfc8 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Qd4 b5 19.a4 a6 20.Ra2 Rab8 Schwing,H-Zimmerer,M/Badenweiler 1988/GER/½–½] 

6...g6 Secures f5 

7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Ne5 Nc6 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Bxf5 

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10...gxf5 [10...Qxb2? is a blank shot 11.Nxc6 gxf5 12.Ne5+-] 

11.Nd3 e6 12.Nd2 Rg8 Black threatens to win material: Rg8xg2 

13.0–0 0–0–0 14.a4 Ne4 15.Rc1 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Nxd6 17.b4 White has a new backward pawn: c3 

17...Kb8 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.Qe3 Ne7 20.f3 Consolidates e4 

20...Ng6 21.Ne5? [¹21.a5³ would keep White alive] 

21...f4–+ 22.Qe1 Nf5 23.Nxg6 

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23...Rxg6 [23...fxg6?! 24.Rf2=; 23...hxg6?! 24.Nb3³] 

24.Rf2 [24.c4 Ne3 25.Rf2 Rdg8–+ (25...dxc4?! 26.Nf1 e5 27.Nxe3 fxe3 28.Qxe3 exd4 29.Qe4–+) ] 

24...Rdg8 25.c4 

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25...Ne3 [¹25...Nh4 keeps an even firmer grip 26.Kf1 Nxg2–+] 

26.cxd5?? a blunder in a bad position. .  [26.g4 fxg3 27.Re2–+] 

26...Nxg2 27.Qe5 Qxe5 28.dxe5 

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28...Ne1+ [28...Ne1+ 29.Kf1 Nd3–+]  0–1