[Event "Chess Masters Final 2011"]
[Site "Bilbao/Spain"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura , Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen , Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[Annotator "Romain Edouard"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 c5 14. Qa3 Kf8
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bb5 $146 Nd7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. O-O a5 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Rc3 a4
21. h3 Rab8 22. Rd2 Rb4 23. Rdc2 c4 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Rbb8 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7
27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Nd2 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 d4 $1 30. exd4 Rb4 31. Rd3 Kd6 32. Nf3 Bd5
33. Kh2 Be4 34. Ra3 f6 35. Ra6+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Rd7 Bc6 38. Rd6 Bxf3 39.
gxf3 Ke7 40. Rd5 Ke6 41. Rd8 Ke7 42. Rd5 Ke6 43. Rd8 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters Final 2011"]
[Site "Bilbao/Spain"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasili"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. c3 $146 Bf8 12. Rxe8 Qxe8 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Nxd6 15. Nbd2 Be6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa3 Nac4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Bg2
Re8 21. Re1 Bc8 22. Qc2 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qe8 24. Nf3 c6 25. Bf1 h6 26. Nd2 Nxd2
27. Qxd2 Bf5 28. f3 g5 29. Kf2 f6 30. Qe3 Qh5 31. Qe7 Qxh2+ 32. Bg2 Bh3 33.
Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Masters Final 2011"]
[Site "Bilbao/Spain"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Romain Edouard"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{My apologizes for commenting only this game today, but if there is something
to say out of the other two, it is clearly too deep for me! Beside chess, I
can only say that it is purely understandable for Ivanchuk not to take any
risks since he's leading the tournament, and perfectly understandable for
Nakamura as well, after what happened in round nine.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3
dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 (6. Nb1 {was Aronian-Vallejo, in round 1 in Sao
Paulo.}) 6... Ba6 {A rare but quite logical move.} (6... Nf6 {or}) (6... e6 {
are the two main options played.}) 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ng3 c5 9. d5 $146 Be7 $6 {Not
only strange, but also not so good.} (9... exd5 10. exd5 Nf6 {should be played.
I suppose Anand had some cool idea prepared here, since he played very fast
and the computer likes Black!}) 10. Bf4 exd5 11. Qxd5 $5 (11. exd5 {should
also be good.}) 11... Qxd5 12. exd5 Nh6 (12... Nf6 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15.
d6+ Kd8 16. Ne5 {followed by 0-0-0 is definitely good for White.}) 13. O-O-O
O-O 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Nf5 Bf6 (15... Bg5+ 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. h4 $16) 16. Nxh6+
Kg7 17. Nf5+ Kg6 (17... Kh8 18. d6 $16) 18. g4 c3 19. bxc3 bxc3 {A logical
move. Somehow Black needs the b-file in order to get some tactical
possibilities. That's why, even not taking into account the fact 20.d6 seems
to win easily, I cannot understand Anand's next move.} (19... Bxc3 20. Ne7+ Kg7
21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. d6 $16) 20. Bxa6 $4 {Developing Black's knight, who will
happily jump to b4, while the b8 squares will be free for the rooks.} (20. d6 {
seems crushing, and I have no idea on what Black can do:} Bxf1 21. Rhxf1 Nd7 {
(the only difference I see with Bxa6, but anyway, the knight is supposed to go
to b4!)} 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. g5 $18) 20... Nxa6 21. d6 h5 $2 {A weird move!
Opening the lines in favour of White. Most probably Black were afraid of
something after 21...Rab8. I guess Anand also saw something, since he took on
a6. But I cannot see it myself!} (21... Rab8 $1 {just draws, for example:} 22.
d7 Rb2 23. N3h4+ Kg5 24. f4+ Kxg4 25. Rhg1+ Kxf4 26. Rgf1+ Kg5 27. Rg1+ Kf4 $11
) 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Rd5 Nb4 (23... Rfb8 {seems like the good choice again, but
it seems White still wins, even though it is complicated:} 24. Rf5 (24. Rxh5+
Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. g5 (26. Ng5 Bxg5+ 27. Rxg5 Rb2 {and Black will get a draw.
}) 26... Bg7 27. Nxg7 (27. Rh7 $2 Rb2 $19) 27... Kxg7 28. Kc2 Rb2+ 29. Kxc3
Rab8 30. Nd2 Ra2 {with enough counterplay for a draw.}) (24. Nc6 hxg4 25. Nxb8
Rxb8 26. Ne1 Rb2 27. Nd3 Nb4 28. Nxb4 cxb4 29. Rg1 b3 30. Rxg4 Bg7 $11) 24...
Bxe7 (24... Rb2 25. Nd5 {seems winning for White since no tactic is working.})
25. dxe7 Nb4 26. gxh5 $1 Na2+ 27. Kc2 Rb2+ 28. Kd3 c2 29. Ng5+ $1 Kh6 (29...
Kg8 30. h6 c1=R 31. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 32. Kc3 Rb6 33. h7+ Kh8 34. Rxf7 Na2+ 35. Kc4
Rb4+ 36. Kxc5 Rc8+ 37. Kd6 Rbb8 38. Ne6 Nc3 39. Nf4 $18) 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+
Kh6 32. Rf8 $1 c1=Q 33. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 34. Kc4 Rbb8 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Nd8 $18) 24.
Rxh5+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 26. g5 Bd4 27. Rg1 (27. Rd1 $1 {seems stronger to me:}
Na2+ $8 (27... Rfb8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Rxd4 $18) 28. Kb1 Rab8+ 29.
Kxa2 Rb2+ 30. Ka3 Rfb8 31. N5xd4 cxd4 32. Nxd4 Rd2 33. Rc1 Rxd4 34. Rxc3 Rxd6
35. Rch3 $18) 27... Rab8 28. g6 Nd3+ $2 ({After} 28... fxg6 29. N5xd4 Nd3+ $1
30. Kc2 cxd4 $1 {White should be better, but it's not entirely clear. It looks
like the game should carry on with} 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Rhh6 Nb4+ 33. Kd1 d3 34.
Ne5+ Ke8 35. f4 Rb7 36. Rg3 $16) 29. Kc2 Nf4 30. N3xd4 cxd4 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32.
g7+ Kg8 33. gxf8=Q+ (33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. gxf8=N+ $8 (34. gxf8=Q $2 Rb2+ 35. Kd1 $8
Rb1+ $11) 34... Rxf8 35. Rg4 Ne6 36. Nc6 $18 {Total domination! I don't know
whether Anand failed to realize that Ne7+ matters, or whether he simply missed
the knight promotion! I suppose the first option is much more probable.}) 33...
Kxf8 34. Nxd4 Nd5 $6 (34... Rb2+ $8 35. Kxc3 Rb6 {and Black will recover a
pawn, which is not entirely lost, though it should be.}) (34... Rb6 35. Rb1 $1
$18) 35. Nb5 $5 (35. Rb1 $18) 35... Rc8 36. Rg4 a5 37. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 38. Rc4 Ke8
39. dxc7 1-0

