[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "GM Levon Aronian (ARM)"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand (IND)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Grivas,Efstratios"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.01.15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 {All well-known moves by now...} 12. Ng5
{Diagram #} ({White has tried} 12. b4 {but after} c5 $1 13. bxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Nxc5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. f4 Nd5 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Bxh7+
Kh8 21. Bd3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxb5 Bxa3 {the draw is near,
as in Topalov,V-Kasimdzhanov,R London 2012.}) 12... c5 $1 ({A strong novelty.
Anand stated that this was his preparation for his match vs. Boris Gelfand for
the FIDE WC in 2012. Previously} 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. f3
Ngf6 16. b4 $44 {had been seen in Wojtaszek,R-Negi,P Germany 2012. He also
stated that he didn;t remembered all the details in his analyses, but
netherless it wasn't that hard to work them out!}) 13. Nxh7 (13. Bxh7+ {was
the obvious alternative - Anand said that 'we found compensation everywhere'.
A sample line could be} Kh8 14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 $44 {.}) 13... Ng4 $1 14.
f4 $6 ({In view of what happened, I think that White should have opted for} 14.
h3 {. But then} Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 {looks quite fine for Black:} 16. Be4 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 f5 18. Qxe6+ Kxh7 19. Qxd7 {and now Black can force a draw with} Bb8 20.
Kg1 cxd4 21. exd4 Bh2+ ({or play for more with} 21... Rce8 $5) 22. Kh1 Bb8 $11
{.}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 ({After} 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. exd4 Ndf6 17. h3 Qxd4+ 18.
Kh1 Bc5 $1 19. hxg4 Nxg4 {Black's attack should decide - the black queen will
finally land on the h-file!}) 15... Bc5 $1 {A great move, easily overlooked!}
16. Be2 $2 ({Good or bad White had to opt for} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxf8 (17. Qe2
Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxd3 19. Qxg4 Kxh7 20. Qg3 a6 $17) 17... Nxd3 18. h3 Qd4+ 19. Kh1
Ndf2+ 20. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 21. Kh2 Kxf8 {, where Black has the more pleasant
position but White retains fair chances to hold.}) 16... Nde5 $3 {Diagram #} ({
Anand doesn't seem to care about Aronian's pawns - his light pieces are
dancing around them! Note that this is the third black piece under attack!
Also that} 16... Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bxf2 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 {would be
'just' better for Black!}) 17. Bxg4 (17. fxe5 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qg1+ $1 19. Rxg1
Nf2#) ({or} 17. Nxf8 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qg1+ 19. Rxg1 Nf2# {was the point of 16...
Nde5!!.}) 17... Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 19. Nxf8 {Diagram #} (19. Ng5 {fails to} f5
20. h3 Rf6 {and White is helpless...}) 19... f5 $1 ({Anand said that he was
very pround of this move. Now the black queen is ready to come to the h-file.} 
19... Qh4 $2 {would be too naive:} 20. Qh7+ Qxh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. h3 {.}) 20.
Ng6 {Stopping ...Qh4 for the moment...} Qf6 {'To be honest I didn't see a
defence' said Anand...} 21. h3 Qxg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 $6 ({The endgame is
lost after} 23. Rf3 Nf2+ 24. Kh2 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Nd3 {. White
decided that he had seen enough...}) 23... Be3 $1 {Diagram # And it's over, as
24...Qxh3+ cannot be met... Anand reminded us of the similarity of this game
to Rotlewi-Rubinstein: 'It was the same concept: bishop on b6, bishop on b7,
and Rubinstein's version was even ... Rxc3-h3, but essentially the same idea: .
..Qh4 and ...Qxh3 - all these ideas work'. The game is given for replay in the
dropdown menu on the top left of this JavaScript player.} 0-1

