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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: Gelfand - Anand (Mexico City 2007) Reply #2 - 09/24/07 at 08:29:10	Post Tools	Print Post
	The Catalan has started popping up in the 2100-2300 range now. I hate it! I've always secretly dreaded the Catalan but until now, nobody seemed to know how to play it as White. Now everyone is playing the critical moves. I'm going to have to do some serious studying to survive this Catalan craze.


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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: Gelfand - Anand (Mexico City 2007) Reply #1 - 09/23/07 at 12:23:32	Post Tools	Print Post
	"Analysis" of Marin: 3) Gelfand,B (2733) - Anand,V (2792) [E06] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6!? This move was played only once before. Since for the time being both sides are playing a watch and wait game, Black prepares in advance the thematic central break ...e5. 11.Rd1 [White will fail to prove an advantage with this neutral move. We can only try to guess which was Anand's novelty over the game Speelman - Browne, Wijk aan Zee 1983, where White obtained the better chances with 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Rd1 ] 11...Nbd7 12.Ba5 Qb8 13.b4 e5 14.Nbd2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 c5 17.bxc5 Bxc5 18.N2b3 Ba3 19.e4 Ne5 20.Nf5 1/2-1/2 Seems your hunch is right...

	If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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HgMan God Member Offline Demand me nothing: What you know, you know Posts: 2330 Location: Up on Cripple Creek Joined: 11/09/04 Gender:	Gelfand - Anand (Mexico City 2007) 09/23/07 at 03:28:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	An interesting encounter yesterday, and an intriguing new try against this rather popular Catalan line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 All standard stuff, but then Anand plays: 10...Bd6 11. Rd1 (maybe not the best way to face this: 11.Bg5, perhaps?) Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 e5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. N2b3 Ba3 19. e4 Ne5 20. Nf5 1/2-1/2 As always, White is better in the Catalan if s/he can prevent ...c5 or ...e5, whereas Black has probably equalized if either advance is managed. Any thoughts on how White might respond to 10...Bd6 ? Given that the especially peculiar 10...Ra7 is currently the fashionable line, maybe 10...Bd6 will be seen more frequently...

	"Luck favours the prepared mind." --Louis Pasteur
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