Viswanathan Anand vs Peter Svidler

Linares16th · 1999 · Grünfeld Defense · 1-0 in 31 moves

The Game

White Viswanathan Anand
Black Peter Svidler
Result 1-0
Event Linares16th
Site Linares
Round 6
Date 1999.02.27
Opening Grünfeld Defense (D97)
Moves 31
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

r4n1Q/3rpkN1/p5p1/q3n3/3P2P1/2p5/PP2B3/R4RK1 b - - 3 31

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 g6
  3. 3.Nc3 d5
  4. 4.Nf3 Bg7
  5. 5.Qb3 dxc4
  6. 6.Qxc4 O-O
  7. 7.e4 a6
  8. 8.e5 b5
  9. 9.Qb3 Nfd7
  10. 10.h4 c5
  11. 11.e6 c4
  12. 12.Qd1 Nb6
  13. 13.exf7+ Rxf7
  14. 14.h5 Nc6
  15. 15.hxg6 hxg6
  16. 16.Be3 Bf5
  17. 17.Ng5 Rf6
  18. 18.g4 Be6
  19. 19.Nce4 Bd5
  20. 20.Qd2 Rd6
  21. 21.f3 Bxe4
  22. 22.fxe4 Nd7
  23. 23.Qh2 Nf8
  24. 24.e5 Rd7
  25. 25.Ne6 Qa5+
  26. 26.Bd2 Nxe5
  27. 27.Be2 c3
  28. 28.Bxc3 b4
  29. 29.Nxg7 bxc3
  30. 30.Qh8+ Kf7
  31. 31.O-O+

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