Anand outwits Ivanchuk

CHENNAI, SEPTEMBER 7: Viswanathan Anand got off to a flying start to his two-game quarter-final series with Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine by...

CHENNAI, SEPTEMBER 7: Viswanathan Anand got off to a flying start to his two-game quarter-final series with Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine by winning the first game with black pieces in the World Chess Cup at Shenyang on Thursday.

Gilberto Milos of Brazil did well to hold Sergei Movsesian of Armenia to a draw in the first game in another exciting quarterfinal. On move 20, Milos launched an aggressive Kingside pawn storm against the Sicilian Defence of his Czech opponent. Milos, however, had castled kingside and had an exposed King. The flank attack was countered by Movsesian with a break in the centre. After 39 moves, Movsesian had an extra pawn in a Queen, double rook and bishop ending but that was not enough.

Boris Gelfand of Israel won two pawns in the middle game against Ye Jiangchuan of China in Kings Indian Defence and reached an opposite coloured bishop ending. After 65 moves, Gelfand was poised to convert his material advantage into a win.

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In women’s section, Wang Yu of China drew with teammate Xu Yuhua while Wang Pin of China lost to N.Zhukova. China’s Qin Kanying held Hoang Thanh Trang of Vietnam to a draw.

The Moves
Ivanchuk-Anand

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. f4 0-0 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Re1 Bc8 16. e5 de5 17. Bc6 Qc6 18. fe5 Nd5 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. Nd5 Qd5 21. Bb6 Bb7 22. Bc5 Bh4 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qe4 25. Qe4 Be4 26. Bd6 Bc2 27. Bb8 Bd1 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Na5 Rb2 30. g3 Be7 31. Nc6 Bf8 32. Rd8 g5 33. h4 gh4 34. gh4 Rc2 35. Nb8 Kg7 36. Rd4 a5 37. Nd7 h5 38. Nf8 Kf8 39. Rd8+ Kg7 0-1.

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