Veselin Topalov vs Viswanathan Anand

Corus A · 2007 · Queen's Indian Defense · 1-0 in 35 moves

The Game

White Veselin Topalov
Black Viswanathan Anand
Result 1-0
Event Corus A
Site Wijk aan Zee NED
Round 8
Date 2007.01.21
Opening Queen's Indian Defense (E15)
Moves 35
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

2rqr3/p5pk/2p1p2p/1pQ1Rp2/PP1P3P/2BN2P1/5K2/8 b - - 3 35

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 b6
  4. 4.g3 Ba6
  5. 5.b3 Bb4+
  6. 6.Bd2 Be7
  7. 7.Bg2 c6
  8. 8.Bc3 d5
  9. 9.Ne5 Nfd7
  10. 10.Nxd7 Nxd7
  11. 11.Nd2 O-O
  12. 12.O-O Nf6
  13. 13.e4 dxe4
  14. 14.a4 Nd5
  15. 15.cxd5 Bxf1
  16. 16.d6 Bxg2
  17. 17.dxe7 Qxe7
  18. 18.Kxg2 f5
  19. 19.b4 Qd7
  20. 20.Qe2 Qd5
  21. 21.f3 exf3+
  22. 22.Nxf3 h6
  23. 23.Re1 Rfe8
  24. 24.Qc2 Rad8
  25. 25.Bd2 Qd7
  26. 26.Kf2 Rc8
  27. 27.Bf4 Qd5
  28. 28.Re5 Qd7
  29. 29.h4 Ra8
  30. 30.Bd2 Rac8
  31. 31.Qc4 Kh7
  32. 32.Bc3 Qd6
  33. 33.Ne1 b5
  34. 34.Qc5 Qd8
  35. 35.Nd3

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