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EDITORIAL
Dear readers,
We have a new chess world champion and there
is nobody who can doubt that Magnus Carlsen is
deservedly so. His match victory in Chennai was
both majestic and well merited. As so often, he
hardly made any mistakes. What is less clear is
how to evaluate the performance of Viswanathan
Anand – did the title defender disappoint us or
was he simply defeated by a clearly better oppo-
nent? A glance at the critical games, that is above
all those he won, can help us to answer this ques-
tion. In doing so, we must always bear in mind
what our judgement would have been previously
like, that is to say, without computer help.
We would probably have had a different evalu-
ation of No. 5. We would probably have said
that from a level position Carlsen gradually
outplayed his opponent. Nowadays we recog-
nise with crystal clarity that 45...¦c1+ misses
the clear draw (45...¦a1!); later the rook ending
is even defensible, but this was a very difficult
task over the board and we can hardly reproach
Anand for not managing it.
Things look somewhat different for No. 6
– there is no way that Anand should ever have
lost it, because here first and foremost the posi-
tion was absolutely simple. Things kick off with
the careless 23.£g4 and then continue with
38.£g3, when Anand gives up a pawn instead
of playing passively. That is precisely the pres-
sure which Carlsen exerts. He has all too often
been seen conjuring up some brilliant idea
which was hidden up his sleeve. In order to
avoid that, players try to take the situation into
their own hands and try to take control when
what the position requires is simply wait and
see tactics. Later Carlsen gives up his queenside
pawn in order to win on the other side of the
board with a truncated pawn structure, see dia-
gram after 58.¦c8. We can see that Black loses
his queenside and that on the other wing he has
only isolated pawns, none of which is passed.
It is simply an act of pure genius to create with
...h3 a dangerous f-pawn, which is worth more
than all of the white pawns together. Admit-
tedly, White is not yet lost at this point. Anyone
considering matters uninfluenced by engine
evaluations would pour unrestricted praise on
Carlsen’s endgame artistry and wonder where
Anand’s mistake actually was.
So, after all that has been said, Carlsen forced his
opponent into making mistakes and that is rec-
ognised by Anand too. Nevertheless the Indian
was disappointing. He hung on to 1.e4 for too
long (though in retrospect it must be said that
Anand is after all an e4-player); for things looked
totally different in the only game with 1.d4. De-
spite the fact that it did not turn out to be a suc-
cess for him, this was the first time that Carlsen
was under any real pressure. Actually this would
have been Anand’s only realistic chance of
achieving any clear superiority in the opening.
And especially in the early games Anand
should have played more aggressively. He per-
haps agrees with this now, but with his knowl-
edge Anand should have been able to recognise
this at the time. After all, what is experience if it
is not the knowledge concerning such matters?
Your Rainer Knaak
ChessBase Magazine #158 | 3
ChEssbAsE MAgAzInE
COnTEnTs Of ThE DVD
TOP TOURnAMEnTs
World Championship, Chennai:
After a muted
start the WCh match delivered great games, which
have all been annotated for the DVD. The annota-
tors are Krasenkow, Müller, Postny, Stohl, Sumets
and Szabo. In addition the DVD also offers Daniel
King’s video commentary on all 10 games.
OPEnIngs
(see also booklet from p. 10)
Schandorff:
Caro-Kann 3.Nc3
Illingworth:
Sicilian Paulsen
Kuzmin:
Sicilian 2...d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
Oleg Romanishin al-
ready played 4.c4 in
the seventies. now
that the move is back
in fashion, Alexey
Kuzmin has investi-
gated it
Antic:
French 3.Nc3 Nf6
Moskalenko:
French 5...Ba5
Daniel King demonstrates all 10 games in video
Stohl:
Italian Game 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5
Ivanchuk had a go with
the Italian game in the
WCh against Kramnik.
Igor stohl spots a
trend in 6.e5, improve-
ments for both sides
are to be expected
European Team Championship Warsaw.
The
European Team Championship started with a
hecatomb amongst the favourites, with the most
amazing result probably being Turkey’s victory
over Russia. Even Azerbeijan at first gave away
one point or another, but then the Azeris quite
unspectacularly played their way to the top of the
table and reached the title with a concluding 2:2
draw against Armenia. Adams, Andreikin, Bartel,
Berg, Edouard, Jones, Laznicka, Radjabov and
Volokitin have annotated games of their own and
there are additional annotations by Krasenkow,
Marin, Meulders, Mikhalchishin, Postny, Stohl,
Sumets and Szabo as well as an opening survey by
Marin.
World Team Championship Antalya:
Ukraine
notched up one win after another and led the
WCh for teams by three clear points. The eternal
top favourites were, after a defeat by the USA,
well on their way to throwing away another
title. However, after a slip-up by the leading
team against the Netherlands, it was their direct
encounter which decided matters: Russia just
won and collected gold. With games annotated
by Friedman, Krasenkow, Meier, Mikhalchishin,
Sumets, Szabo.
Krasenkow:
Semi-Tarrasch
Sumets:
Schlechter Variation
Gutman:
Nimzo-Indian 4.f3
The 9th WCh game
was hotly discussed.
Did Anand have a clear
advantage after the
opening? Lev gutman
presents extensive
analyses
Postny:
Nimzo-Indian 4.Qc2
Marin:
Nimzo-Indian 4.e3
Szabo:
King’s Indian Fianchetto
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fEbRUARy/MARCh
bOOKLET
DVD COLUMns
King: Move by Move
This time Daniel King has chosen the game Pol-
gar-Rasmussen (Warsaw 2013, Caro-Kann) for
training. In the new interactive video format you
have the opportunity to find the correct moves
and there is also feedback on other moves.
Reeh: Tactics – “Back rank pieces and open h-
file matters”
Oliver Reeh’s article contains an introductory text
and a video in interactive format and in addition
31 games studded with many training questions.
Müller: Endgames – “Recent rook endings”
Karsten Müller’s article contains two introduc-
tory texts, 22 annotated endgames, many training
questions and four videos. Of course the rook
endings from Anand-Carlsen have a special role
to play. In addition the endgame expert has re-
corded two endings in the new interactive format.
Rogozenco: Strategy – “Exchanging pieces”
Dorian Rogozenco’s article is devoted to the
subject of “Exchanging pieces”. In a video the
grandmaster explains a few basics and then it is all
about answering training questions.
Knaak: The opening trap
This time Rainer Knaak’s opening trap (including
a Fritztrainer video) contains a trap in the English
Opening.
Opening videos
(see also p. 25)
Bojkov: Sicilian 2...e6 3.b3
Marin: Queen’s Gambit Exchange Variation
Shirov: Semi-Slav Botvinnik Variation
Editorial
Contents
3
4-5
Top tournament
6-8
World Championship, European Team
Championship, World Team Championship
ChessBase Rankings 2013
9
Leinier Dominguez may not be player of the year, but with
average performance of 2791 he is the rising player of 2013
Openings
Introduction to the DVD articles
Masthead
Tactics
Nine combinations to solve
Power Play 20
10-21
19
22
23
service
New products
with videos of the DVDs by Col-
lins, King, Lilov, Müller, Nielsen, Pähtz, Pert
Complete booklet
in PDF format
Overview
of previous opening articles
Overview
of previous video opening articles
Daniel King has made intensive use of the new interactive
video format for his new Power Play DVD
Endgames
Nine endgame exercises to solve
Opening videos introduced
24
25
ChessBase Magazine #158 | 5
TOP TOURnAMEnTs
CARLsEn Is WORLD ChAMPIOn
The WCh match between Anand and Carlsen
in Chennai in India created world-wide inter-
est in the sport of chess such as had not been
experienced for a long time. In the challenger’s
home country almost the whole nation shared
the excitement of their hero. In view of the
credentials of both players which were so dif-
ferent in many respects, the outcome of their
duel seemed open to many experts. And yet the
match began surprisingly with two short and
bloodless draws, in which Anand had the pos-
sibility of going for more than the half point.
Precision and willpower made the difference in an
unequal duel
For Carlsen the WCh really got started in the
fourth game when he won a pawn in the open-
ing, but then had to defend precisely and he
gave away his advantage in the endgame with
an inaccuracy. But from then on Carlsen was,
as he himself said later, “in the match”.
Things were quite different for the title de-
fender. The fifth game would become the key
game. Anand, whose highest priority had pre-
viously been considered to be the avoidance
of mistakes, saw himself put under pressure
in the endgame in typical fashion by Carlsen.
In the position in the diagram 45.¥b1-h7 had
been played. Now 45...¦a1 would have forced
the liquidation to a drawish rook ending.
However, Anand continued with 45...¦c1+
and after 46.¢b2
¦g1
47.¥g8+
¢c6
48.¦h6+
¢d7
49.¥xb3 a rook ending had arisen which
demanded the greatest precision from Black.
But Anand was not up to the task and finally
gave away the game on move 51. The following
sixth game, with its victory for the challenger,
was almost something of a duplicate. Once
again Anand had to defend a worse endgame.
The game seemed to be already drawn but then
Carlsen found an ingenious idea and Anand
lost once more. In round 9 the world champion
mobilised for a final time all his forces and
attacked on the kingside. But Carlsen had cal-
culated precisely and beat off Anand’s mating
attack at the last moment. A further mistake by
Anand ended this game too and left the final
triumph to Carlsen by a very clear margin of 3:0.
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