Anand beats Kramnik, Carlsen leads 8/12 @ Corus Wijk Aan Zee 2010

World Champion Viswanathan Anand was in his elements as he outplayed arch rival Vladimir Kramnik in the 12th and penultimate round of the Corus Super Grandmaster Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. The win over Kramnik’s Petroff takes Anand to clear fourth spot with 7.0 points, half a point behind Kramnik and Shirov. World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen (8.0) following his draw with black pieces against Peter Leko, moves into sole lead with just one round to go.

Even as the end of the tournament is round the corner, Vishy Anand showed great fighting qualities that made him the world champion. Taking up the gauntlet, Anand handled Kramnik’s Petroff with elan, sidestepping a draw by perpetual check at half way mark. A flurry of exchanges later, Kramnik found himself an exchange up, but with the menacing mate on the back rank along with twin passed pawns in the centre. Anand’s huge positional advantage that allowed little compensastion for black, forced the resignation of Kramnik shortly after the first time control.

Crucial final pairings that would decide the title are :

Caruana-Carlsen, Kramnik-Karjakin, van Wely-Anand, Shirov-Dominguez.

Indians had a mixed day in Group B matches, with Harikrishna holding Sutovsky, while Parimarjan Negi went down to Nyback.

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Viswanathan Anand – Vladimir Kramnik

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qc1 Na5 18. Qe3 Bf8 19. c4 Qd8 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Qg3 Nc6 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. d5 Na5 26. Bxc7 Bc2 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Be5 Qg6 35. Bg4 Rxc4 36. Qxb3 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6 39. f4 Bxe5 40. fxe5 gxh6 41. Qe3 Qb1 42. d6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Qf4 Rf1 45. Bf3 1-0

Peter Leko – Magnus Carlsen

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. e5 Qxf3 17. gxf3 dxe5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe5 Nd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rxf3 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 Rxf2 25. Rd7 Re2 26. Rxb7 Rc8 27. Kd1 Rcxc2 28. Rxe7+ Rxe7 29. Kxc2 Re5 30. b4 a5 31. bxa5 Rxa5 32. a4 h5 33. Kb3 1/2-1/2

Emil Sutovsky – Pentala Harikrishna

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qc7 8. Qf3 Bg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 e6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc7 16. O-O-O Rd8 17. Bb3 Bg6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Kxc2 Kc8 21. g4 h6 22. Rh5 Rg8 23. Be3 b6 24. f4 c5 25. Kd3 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. c4 Kc6 28. Rh1 b5 29. cxb5+ Kxb5 30. Rc1 Bb6 31. b3 a5 32. Rc4 Ra8 33. Kd3 Rd8+ 34. Ke2 Rh8 35. Rc3 Ra8 36. a4+ Kc6 37. Rd3 Rd8 38. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

Tomi Nyback – Parimarjan Negi

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 Qa4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nf3 f6 13. Be3 Nc4 14. Qd3 Nd6 15. Bxc5 Qxe4 16. O-O Bf5 17. Qd2 h5 18. Rce1 Bh6 19. Qd1 O-O 20. Bxd6 exd6 21. Nd4 Qxd5 22. Bxh5 Be4 23. Qg4 Qxh5 24. Qxe4 Bd2 25. Rb1 Bxc3 26. Rxb7 Rae8 27. Qd3 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Rf7 29. Qxa7 Qd5 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qd4 Re2 32. a4 Qe6 33. h3 Re4 34. Qa1 Re5 35. a5 Rg5 36. Qc3 Qd5 37. g3 Qxa5 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Rb1 Rh5 40. h4 g5 41. g4 1-0

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