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I am back with the next game in my Road to World Championship 2021 series.

A beautiful game in the open Catalan finished off with an elegant combination by Viswanathan Anand in his world championship match against Veselin Topalov.

Game Details
Viswanathan Anand vs Veselin Topalov
Anand - Topalov World Championship Match (2010), Sofia BUL, rd 4, Apr-28
Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04)

Notation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2
Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.e4 Nb4 13.O-O
O-O 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.d5 Qd6 16.Ng4 Qc5 17.Ne3 N8a6 18.dxc6 bxa4
19.Naxc4 Bxc6 20.Rac1 h6 21.Nd6 Qa7 22.Ng4 Rad8 23.Nxh6+ gxh6
24.Qxh6 f6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Be4 28.Rxe6 Nd3
29.Rc2 Qh7 30.f7+ Qxf7 31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7 1-0

Full game
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00:00 Intro and story behind this world championship matchup
02:08 Game starts
03:06 Some Catalan themes
06:44 Black goes wrong
07:37 Guess the move #1
13:57 Black resigned
15:15 Alternates to Rad8?
18:01 Outro


Link to the other game with Rd8 as a blunder -    • How would Hikaru play if he was only ...  

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Original Photo - https://www.flickr.com/photos/1448731...
Author - Wolfgang Jekel