Hello chess lovers! Surenhere with
another fascinating game! The 2017
Zurich Chess Challenge started with
an exhibition game played between the
main sponsor of the event Russian
businessman and chess maecenas Oleg
Skvortsov  and the 15th world chess
champion Viswanathan Anand. The game was
played in a rapid time control with
time odds Skvortsov had 40 minutes
for all moves, plus a 20 second increment while
Anand had 20 minutes and the same
increment. Skvortsov who doesn't have
an official FIDE rating is a player
with around 2300 strength and in his
active playing days was known to be
great attacker! But before starting our
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further ado let's get started with our
game and see what happened on the board!
Skvortsov who was playing with white
pcs opened up with 1.e4 and Anand
responded with 1... e5. 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 we have the Italian game
3... Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 White goes for the classical line 5...ed4 in here White
is either recapturing with the c pawn or
is playing e5 but Skvortsov chose a very
off bit line 6.b4 move which leads to huge
complications 6... Bb6
7. e5 and in
return we have 7...d5 Anand is counterattacking White bishop 8. exf6 dxc4
9. Qe2+ Be6 10. b5 white is playing very
aggressively and with his opening moves
is demonstrating that is not being
afraid of the former World Chess
Champion right now the knight on c6 is
under attack but Anand made a powerful
move and instead of moving it on a safe
square he played 10... Nb4 with this
move he is sacrificing his knight on b4
but in return will gain powerful
postpones on d and c files here Skvortsov
captured on g7 or
he could also capture on b4 but he
went for cb4 only after11. fxg7 Rg8 and only now we have
cb4 the peace sacrifice is
accepted Anand managed to gain this
powerful monsters and now let's see
what's going to happen next. Here we have
Qf6 Anand is preparing castling
queen-side white castles king-side but
first wave Qg7 with a direct
mating threat and only after g3 Anand
castled queen-side! If we have a look
at the position white as an extra piece
but as a compensation Black is 
leading in development has a powerful
Bishop pair and two monsters a4  by
Skvortsov white proceeds with his
attack the threat is a5 and d3 by
Anand we have a hanging Queen and aRook
on a1, Qb2 White is
neutralizing both threats but in here
Anand's response was shocking believe it
or not but he captured on g3 yes it
turns out that everything is ready for a
below and Anand goes for it. By the way
I have to tell you that Qg3
is engine's second preferred choice as a
first move the engine is preferring
Qg4 but of course even with Qg3
there's nothing wrong. We have it, a
fascinating Queen sacrifice and now
let's see what's going to happen on the
board 17. hxg3 Rxg3+ 18. Kh2 Rxf3
so far so good but in here
Skvortsov made a mistake and played
14.Bg5 yes he understood that he
should cover this g file but covering it
with a bishop is a wrong decision
instead it was better to play Queen g7
now if 19... Rh3+ 20. Kg2 Bd4 21. Qg5 f6
then 22.Qg7 yes all the time
the queen is safeguarding this essential
g8 square not allowing Rg8 and now
if you play a move like Rg8 then of
course this won't give you anything in
the end of the day it's
White who is winning. That's why after Qg7
Black should play 22... Rd7 23. Qh8+ Rd8
Of course in here
the players can go for a threefold
repetition and draw the game or White
can even go Qd8+
and try his luck in the endgame but
still Black has a compensation and
though according to the engine White has
a slight advantage but White has to be
very careful one wrong step and white
can easily lose the game. Let's go back
but in our game after Rf3 we
have this Bg5 move and as I have
already mentioned this is a mistake now
comes 19... Bd4 20. Qd2
Rg8
The rock is occupying the g-file and
White is in trouble
Ra3 which is losing on the spot
well Rg1 could have prolonged
White's resistance though after Rh3+
and then h6 it's very
difficult to save this position, Black 
has a huge advantage and a devastating
attack. But in our game we have Ra3
which is even worse and is losing on the
spot now comes h6 and this is what
Black wants to kick away the bishop from
the g-file and checkmate white King for
example if Bh6 then Rh3#
Here Skvortsov played 22.
Rg1 but after 22... Rh3+ 23. Kg2 Rxg5+
he resigned! Now if 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Nc3 d2
the endgame is hopeless for White! If 25.Nc3 then d2 is coming White
can't save this position or after 23... Rh3+ 24. Kf1 then this is
even worse white king can get checkmated on the spot, with an imminent mating
threat. That's why understanding that his
position is hopeless after Rg5+
White resigned. A very very
impressive attacking game played by
Viswanathan Anand. In the end of the
video as usual want to
sharpen your tactical skills please take
a look at this position and try to find
the winning move for white I will wait for
your answer in the comments section.
Thanks for watching here are more
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Good Luck!
