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Anand,V (2781) - Fritz 6 [D34]
Siemens Man-Machine Re-match Frankfurt GER (2), 03.07.1999
My play in the first game showed me that I was quite tired, so no
1.e4 1.Sf3 Sf6 2.c4 e6 3.Sc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Sc6 7.Lg2 Le7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Lg5 cxd4 10.Sxd4 h6 11.Le3 Te8 12.Tc1 Lf8 13.Sxc6 bxc6 14.Ld4
Ld7 15.e3 Tb8 16.Dc2 a6 17.Tfd1 Sh7 18.Sa4 Sg5 19.h4 Se4 20.Sc3 c5 This
took me completely by surprise. I now calculated 21.Sxd5 21.Sxe4
[21.Sxd5 Lf5 22.Lc3 Sxg3 23.e4 Sxe4 24.Sf6+ Sxf6 25.Dxf5 De7 26.Lxf6= I saw
this line, but was not a 100% sure. I then saw that 21.Sxe4 would lead to
an ending that I was certain I could hold. So I decided to call it quits.]
21...cxd4 22.Txd4 Lf5 [22...dxe4 23.Dd2] 23.Tcd1 De7 24.Txd5 Lxe4
25.Lxe4 Dxe4 26.Dxe4 Txe4 27.T1d2 a5 28.b3 a4 29.bxa4 Txa4 30.Tc2 This
ending must be really difficult to win. Karpov told me in Dortmund that he
also thought it was drawn. Still I wasn't prepared for what the program was
about to do!! 30...La3 I couldn't believe my eyes. Was he going for
Bb2? 31.Td7 Lb2 32.Kg2 Trying not to breathe, though the machine wouldn't
suspect anything anyway! 32...Txa2 33.Tdd2 The audience laughed so
hard that Mathias Wüllenweber proposed a draw. Now I had to go to the
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