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

White has tried 12. b4 but after 12... c5! 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! 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 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 13... Kh8 14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 . 13... Ng4! 14. f4?! In view of what happened, I think that White should have opted for 14. h3 . But then 14... 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 19... Bb8 20. Kg1 cxd4 21. exd4 Bh2+ (or play for more with 21... Rce8!?) 22. Kh1 Bb8= . 14... cxd4 15. exd4 After 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. exd4 Ndf6 17. h3 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bc5! 19. hxg4 Nxg4 Black's attack should decide - the black queen will finally land on the h-file! 15... Bc5! A great move, easily overlooked! 16. Be2? 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... 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!!

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+! 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

19. Ng5 fails to 19... f5 20. h3 Rf6 and White is helpless... 19... f5! Anand said that he was very pround of this move. Now the black queen is ready to come to the h-file. 19... Qh4? would be too naive: 20. Qh7+ Qxh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. h3 . 20. Ng6 Stopping ...Qh4 for the moment... 20... Qf6 'To be honest I didn't see a defence' said Anand... 21. h3 Qxg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3?! 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!

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 [Grivas E.]