Stunning Open Catalan Game in the Round 4 of the World Chess Championship 2010 between Anand an Topalov!
Viswanathan Anand vs Veselin Topalov
“Catalan Nine Tails” (chessgames.com game of the day Nov-08-10)
Anand-Topalov World Chess Championship 2010 · Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04)
[Event “Anand-Topalov World Chess Championship”]
[Site “Sofia, Bulgaria”]
[Date “2010.04.28”]
[EventDate “2010.04.23”]
[Round “4”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Viswanathan Anand”]
[Black “Veselin Topalov”]
[ECO “E04”]
[WhiteElo “2787”]
[BlackElo “2805”]
[PlyCount “63”]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2
Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.e4 Nb4 13.O-O
O-O 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.d5 Qd6 16.Ng4 Qc5 17.Ne3 N8a6 18.dxc6 bxa4
19.Naxc4 Bxc6 20.Rac1 h6 21.Nd6 Qa7 22.Ng4 Rad8 23.Nxh6+ gxh6
24.Qxh6 f6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Be4 28.Rxe6 Nd3
29.Rc2 Qh7 30.f7+ Qxf7 31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7 1-0
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