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4/8/2012 – It's a rapid chess knockout event with absolute world-class players. In a blitz Armageddon tiebreak game player A chooses the Petroff with the black pieces, and on move four he falls into a deep think – for almost two minutes! Can you guess who the player was – hint: one of the fastest in the world – and how the game ended? Watch this exciting Easter video with wonderful commentary.
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Anand spent 1:43 min on move four – in Armageddon blitz!
It happened at the Intel/PCA Rapid Chess Grand Prix, back in 1994, with the
likes of Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Ivanchuk, Shirov, Korchnoi, Timman at the
start. In round one Vishy Anand, wearing oversized glasses (we all did that
at the time) played two draws against Ilya Smirin. An Armageddon blitz game
was required. Smirin getot white on a coin toss, and with six minutes on his
clock, to Anand's five, he has to win.
Enough said – just sit back watch the game unfold, and listen to the
superb commentary by Maurice Ashley and Daniel King. It sent shivers down the
backs of a mainly lay audience in New York – and down our backs too, when
we watched it again 18 years later.
Here's the wonderful game for you to study and analyse:
We remind you that both commentators are star authors of our Fritz Trainer
series. If you enjoyed their commentary of the Smirin-Anand blitz you might
consider some one-on-one lessons from them:
"Simple yet aggressive!" Enjoy this new exciting DVD by Simon Williams. Let the famouns Grandmaster from England show you how to gain a very exciting yet well founded opening game with the London System (1.d4 d5 2.Bf4).
