Vassily Ivanchuk vs Viswanathan Anand

Linares16th · 1999 · Caro-Kann, Advance · 1/2-1/2 in 26 moves

The Game

White Vassily Ivanchuk
Black Viswanathan Anand
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Linares16th
Site Linares
Round 1
Date 1999.02.21
Opening Caro-Kann, Advance (B12)
Moves 26
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

3r2k1/1p3ppp/2n1p1n1/2r1P3/R1q1QP2/2N3P1/1PB1R2P/5K2 b - - 5 26

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c6
  2. 2.d4 d5
  3. 3.e5 Bf5
  4. 4.Nf3 e6
  5. 5.Be2 c5
  6. 6.O-O Nc6
  7. 7.c3 cxd4
  8. 8.Nxd4 Nge7
  9. 9.Nxf5 Nxf5
  10. 10.Bd3 Be7
  11. 11.Re1 d4
  12. 12.a3 dxc3
  13. 13.Nxc3 O-O
  14. 14.Qf3 Nh4
  15. 15.Qe4 Ng6
  16. 16.f4 Qb6+
  17. 17.Kf1 Rfd8
  18. 18.g3 Na5
  19. 19.Rb1 Rac8
  20. 20.Be3 Qb3
  21. 21.Bxa7 Bxa3
  22. 22.Re2 Bc5
  23. 23.Bxc5 Rxc5
  24. 24.Bc2 Qc4
  25. 25.Ra1 Nc6
  26. 26.Ra4

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