Just Fantastic! Anand Wins By Castling Kingside

Viswanathan Anand (2781) vs Peter Svidler (2713)
Linares (1999), Linares ESP, rd 6, Feb-27
Gruenfeld Defense: Russian. Hungarian Variation (D97)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Ng5 Rf6 18. g4 Be6 19. Nce4 Bd5 20. Qd2 Rd6 21. f3
Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nd7 23. Qh2 Nf8 24. e5 Rd7 25. Ne6 Qa5+ 26. Bd2 Nxe5 27. Be2 c3
28. Bxc3 b4 29. Nxg7 bxc3 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. O-O+
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