So Anand beat Topalov and also the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull which forced him to a nightmare journey: 40 hours in the van from Frankfurt to Sofia, Bulgaria (Topalov's hometown). Anand asked to postpone the start of the match in three days, but his request was refused, he was awarded only 24 hours. Not surprisingly, in the first game Anand not playing at its best, and lose quickly with the Grunfeld defense of a Black
but India does not give in, and balances in the 2nd game of the match immediately, with a convincing victory playing Catalana.
After a draw in the third, Catalan is still in 4th and Anand wins again. The match seems to be already finished. Topalov is time to reverse the inertia of the match: he can not win the 5 th with White, but get two draws with Black in the 6th and 7th, then to win with White in the 8th, playing with tenacity and determination admirable an ending with a pawn, but with the bishops of opposite color that everybody was easily provided for and in the end make a mistake and Topa Anand manages to get the point: 4-4, back in a tie, beautiful match.
followed by three more draws and you go to the last match with Topalov inertia for all: he is playing with white, Anand's younger than 5 years old so it should have a better resistance to fatigue the match, did 40 hours of travel by van to reach Sofia ... Instead, the unbelievable happens. First
Anand surprised Topalov playing for the first time in the match Donna's Gambit declined, Lasker variation (the more solid, the choices are solid).
At 16 °, Anand chose a little off beat (16 NF6 ...) and it is now clear that Topalov for the home preparation is over and now is the time to choose the plan for the middle game. Topalov chose to give the bishop Campochiaro to give the Black a weak isolated pawn on c5. However, as we shall see later, this pedestrian never run real loads, because Black can arrange the pieces in a very harmonious and create excellent counterplay on the opponent's king.
At this point, White is forced to spend a few moves to consolidate the state of their King and to avoid tactics on the first rank and the column d. With 25. ... BA6 Anand offers a "silent agreement", but Topalov avoids repetition and continues to play, finding a good home for your horse in c4. But the pressure of Alfa
black on the long diagonal is strong ... Precisely this question was overlooked by Topalov, and to prevent the thrust of Black e4, he decides to play e4. The breaking of the central white pawn chain by Anand therefore start with the simple push f5 and 30 ... 31 ... e4.
Topalov, amazingly, chooses to take e4 and f5 twice - as if this were not enough spending little time on both moves - ending in a dramatic attack Battery Black Women Torre-Bishop.
The match seemed already finished (Anand himself has admitted in a press conference that he could not find any defense for White), but Topa is some notable moves and can prolong the battle.
However, Anand is just a matter of finding the best moves in a position of superiority and our human world champion in this matter demonstrates well how a computer to calculate, as demonstrated by the perfect 34 ... Qe8!, 41 ... Kh7! and 48. ... C4!. At 56 ° Topalov was forced to abandon the match and the final score is thus 6,5:5,5 for Anand.
match Anand called this "the hardest I've ever played." On
ChessBase you can find a very complete press review on Anand's victory, with video links and very interesting.
Also on ChessBase, even the ' analysis of the 12 th game by the GM Giri.
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