Master game · French Defense
Anand, Viswanathan vs Ponomariov, Ruslan, 2007
XX Ciudad de Leon. A French Defense game with annotated key positions you can drill.
White
Anand, Viswanathan (2786)
Black
Ponomariov, Ruslan (2717)
Event
XX Ciudad de Leon
Date
2007
Opening
C18a French Defense
Result
1-0
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. h4
h6 9. Bd2 c4 10. Qg3 Bd7 11. h5 g5 12. f4 f6 13. Nh3 Qc7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O
Be8 16. Rae1 Rd7 17. Qh2 f5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Nd8 20. Rf4 Rg7 21. Rh4 Nh6
22. Nh3 Qe7 23. Nf4 Qxa3 24. Rh3 Qf8 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 Qe7 27. Ra1 a6 28.
Be1 Rg8 29. Qh4 Qxh4 30. Bxh4 Bf7 31. Bf3 Nc6 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. Bf6 Na7 34. Ke2
Nb5 35. Kd2 Nc7 36. Rb1 Kc6 37. Be7 Ne8 38. Nh3 b5 39. Ra1 Kb7 40. Bg5 Rh8 41.
Nf4 Ng8 42. h6 Nc7 43. Rh1 Rh7 44. Bh5 Bxh5 45. Rxh5 Kc6 46. Ng6 Ne8 47. Nf8
Rh8 48. h7 Ng7 49. Ng6 1-0
Key positions
The masters found these critical moments. Drill them in spaced repetition to internalise the ideas.
23. Nf4!
29. Qh4!
30. Bxh4!
35. Kd2!
42. h6!
43. Rh1!
46. Ng6!
48. h7!
49. Ng6!
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