Chess: Kamsky puts the squeeze on Anand
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Your support makes all the difference.TWO DOWN with three to play is an unenviable position, but Gata Kamsky showed his fighting spirit by winning the sixth game against Viswanathan Anand in Sanghi Nagar to keep his hopes alive in the match, writes William Hartston. In a sharp line of the Sicilian, Anand's 12 . . . Qh5 invites the white pawns to advance. 13. g4? would be met by 13 . . . Bxg4] 14. hxg4 Nxg4, but by exchanging knights first, Kamsky gained time to push the pawn. The danger for White is that when the position becomes open, his own king will be the more exposed.
Anand tried to tempt such an outcome with 20 . . . e5, but Kamsky kept control of the game masterfully. Exchanges led to an endgame with opposite coloured bishops. These often have a drawish tendency, but with rooks on the board, can enhance winning prospects. Kamsky's winning plan was a beautiful squeeze. 35. a6] came just in time (35 . . . Rxc6 36. axb7 is fatal) and his 41. Ke3]] is glorious, giving up his a-pawn, apparently his greatest asset, in order to activate the king. Black can hardly move a piece, while doing nothing lets White pick up the g-pawn and win as he pleases.
White: Kamsky
Black: Anand
1 e4 c5
2 Nf3 Nc6
3 d4 cxd4
4 Nxd4 g6
5 Nc3 Bg7
6 Be3 Nf6
7 Bc4 Qa5
8 0-0 0-0
9 Bb3 d6
10 h3 Bd7
11 f4 Rac8
12 Qf3 Qh5
13 Nxc6 Bxc6
14 g4 Qa5
15 Rad1 b5
16 g5 Nd7
17 f5 Bxc3
18 bxc3 Ne5
19 Qf4 Nc4
20 Bd4 e5
21 fxe6 fxe6
22 Bf6 Qc7
23 Bxc4 bxc4
24 Rxd6 Bxe4
25 Rxe6 Qxf4
26 Rxf4 Bf5
27 Ra6 Rf7
28 h4 Bxc2
29 Rd4 Bf5
30 a4 Rb7
31 Kf2 Re8
32 Kf3 Kf7
33 Rc6 Bd3
34 a5 Re6
35 a6 Rbe7
36 Rxe6 Rxe6
37 Rd7+ Ke8
38 Rd8+ Kf7
39 Rd7+ Ke8
40 Rxa7 Be4+
41 Ke3 Bb7+
42 Kd4 Bxa6
43 Kd5 Rb6
44 Kc5 Re6
45 Rxh7 1-0
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