Match of the day-Anand, V - McShane, L

Ahmed Mohamed Aly

An impressive game by Luke; as Black, he managed to put the World Champion under some heavy pressure and came very close to converting his advantage. However, Anand is a very tenacious player (as I found out myself i

n last year's Classic!) and after a very hard fought game, Luke had to settle for a draw.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 0–0 8.0–0 Bg4 9.Ne5 Be6

10.c5 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.h3 Ne8 13.f4 f6 14.Qb3 Nc7 15.e4 Kh8 16.exd5 cxd5 17.f5 gxf5 18.Bxf5 e6 19.Bd3 e5 20.Bf5 Bxf5 21.Rxf5 Qd7 22.Rf2 exd4 23.Na4 Qc6 24.Bf4 Rad8 25.Re1 Rfe8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Nb6 Ne6 28.Qxd5 Qxc5 29.Qxc5 Nxc5 30.Rc2 Bf8 31.Kf1 Kg7 32.Rc4 Re4 33.Nd5 Kf7 34.Bd2 d3 35.Rb4 Re2 36.Bc3 Rc2 37.Rf4 Ke6 38.Ne3 Rc1+ 39.Kf2 Be7 40.Kf3 b5 41.Rd4 Bd6 42.Bb4 Be5 43.Rd5 Nb7 44.b3 Ra1 45.a3 a5 46.Bf8

Bd6 47.Bxd6 Nxd6 48.Rxd3 Rxa3 49.Nc2 Ra2 50.Nd4+ Ke7 51.Nc6+ Ke6 52.Nd8+ Ke7 53.Nc6+ Kd7 54.Nd4 Ke8 55.Nc6 Kd7 56.Nd4 Kc8 57.Rc3+ Kb7 58.Rc5 Rf2+ 59.Ke3 Rxg2 60.Rd5 Kc7 61.Rc5+ Kd7 62.Rh5 Ke8 63.Nxb5 Nxb5 64.Rxb5 Rg3+ 65.Kf4 Rxh3 66.Kg4 Rc3 67.Rxa5 Kf7 68.Rb5 Kg6 69.Rb8 Rc1 70.b4 Rc4+ 71.Kg3 Kf5 72.b5 Rc3+ 73.Kg2 Kf4 74.b6 Rc2+ 75.Kf1 Rb2 76.b7 f5 77.Kg1 Rb1+ 78.Kg2 Rb2+ 79.Kg1 Rb3 80.Kg2 Rg3+ 81.Kf1 Rg7 82.Kf2 Kg4 83.Kg2 h5 84.Kf2 h4 85.Kg2 h3+ 86.Kh2 f4 87.Ra8 Rxb7 88.Rg8+ Kf3 89.Ra8 Re7 90.Ra1 Re5 91.Ra8 Kg4 92.Rg8+ Kf3 93.Ra8 Re1 94.Ra7 Rd1 95.Ra8 Ke3 96.Kxh3 f3 97.Ra3+ Kf2 98.Ra2+ Ke3 99.Ra3+ Ke2 100.Ra2+ Rd2 101.Ra1 Kf2 102.Kh2 Re2 103.Ra8 Ke3+ 104.Kg3 Rg2+ 105.Kh3 Rd2 106.Kg3 Rg2+ 107.Kh3 Rd2 108.Kg3

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