[Event "Wch Match 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Romain Edouard"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 $5 {The first surprise. Anand
deviates from the more usual 5...Nbd7.} 6. b3 {The main move nowadays.} (6. Qc2
{is also very popular, while Gelfand already played 6.Bd3 and 6.c5!? in the
past.}) 6... Bb4 $5 {Black considers White's bishop will be misplaced on d2,
since it would be more logical to put it on b2 later.} (6... c5 {is also
possible: a typical reaction against systems with b3.}) 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 $5 {A rare move, which is probably the second surprise of
the game.} (10. Qc2 {is the most popular move.}) (10. e4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 {is
supposed to be fine for Black.}) (10. Re1 $5 {is kind of a last-fashion move,
which both players surely analyzed quite deeply.}) 10... e5 {The most logical
reaction.} (10... Re8 {and 10...h6 have already been played by several strong
players.}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 $5 {A recent idea, but already played twice by
GM Riazantsev.} (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Ne2 {with the idea of Bc3
used to be considered as very slightly better for White, but it seems after}
Ne4 $1 {Black is more or less able to solve all problems:} 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16.
Bc3 Bg4 $1 17. Bxe5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxe2 19. Rd7 Rac8 20. Rdc7 {1/2-1/2 (20)
Najer,E (2638)-Jakovenko,D (2602) Olginka RUS 2011}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4
14. Bxe4 Nf6 $5 $146 {And a third surprise! Until today's game, Black had
never been able to solve all problems in that line.} (14... exd4 15. Rc4 $1 Nc5
(15... Nf6 16. Bb1 $5 Bg4 {(probably not the most accurate move)} 17. Bg5 h6
18. Bh4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 g5 20. Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (46) Riazantsev,A (2688)
-Matlakov,M (2630) St Petersburg RUS 2011}) 16. Bg5 f6 (16... Qe8 $5 {might be
a better move.}) 17. Bxh7+ $1 $146 (17. Bd5+ Kh8 {with the idea of ...Bxh2+
was fine for Black in Riazantsev,A (2710)-Antoniewski,R (2559) Warszawa POL
2011 (65) 1/2-1/2}) 17... Kxh7 18. Rxd4 fxg5 19. Rxd6 Qe7 20. Re1 Ne6 21. Re5
$1 {and White is better according to my friend Houdini.}) 15. dxe5 (15. Bg5
exd4 16. Rc4 (16. Qxd4 $6 Bxh2+ {and White loses a pawn.}) 16... h6 $1 {
transposes into a game (which initially came 14...exd4 15.Bg5 Nf6 16.Rc4):} 17.
Rxd4 (17. Bh4 g5 18. Rxd4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qb6 {is simply OK for Black.}) 17...
hxg5 18. Rxd6 Qe7 19. Bb1 Bg4 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Rxe7 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rfd8 $11 {1/
2-1/2 (37) Goganov,A (2480)-Rublevsky,S (2682) Taganrog RUS 2011}) 15... Nxe4
16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Be3 {White has a symbolic advtantage but the position is a
draw.} Bf5 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Nd4 (19. Rfd1 {looks like a better option at
first sight, but after} Rfd8 $1 20. Bb6 Rdc8 $1 {Black holds easily.}) 19...
Rfe8 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Bc5 h5 $1 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Kf1 f6 24. Bb4 Kh7 25. Rc5 {
Not such a fascinating game, but still quite an interesting one from
theoretical point of view.} 1/2-1/2