1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7!? Anand skip's all the long sharp variations following Be7 and b5 and chooses a seldomly used side line. 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 It's Hard to call such an obvious move a novelty .... but the setup with Nbd7 is so rarely played nowadays that even 9.. .. Be7 has never been played before! 10. f3 White obliged to lose some time. Less effective is... 10. O-O Nc5 11. Rae1 h6 12. Bh4? Nfxe4! and Black wins a pawn without White achieving any compensation. 10... Nc5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h5 h6?! Vishy enjoys moves that determine his opponents character at the board.... He forces White has to choose between a real fight or peacefully sending the Bishop home. 16. Be3? This move is contradicting the conventional wisdom and logic of the Sicilian defense! - Be aggressive and don't shy!! It is a crucial time to ask yourself such questions as "to be or not to be" .... If you are not sure whether to play 16. Bh6!, then it is better you do not challenge Anand in the Sicilian! 16. Bxh6! gxh6 (16... b4!? 17. axb4 Rxb4 with the same position as in the game continuation, however, White has eaten the h6 Pawn already!) 17. Qxh6 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 d5 (18... b4 19. Rh3! d5 20. f4! and Black has no defense against the devastating Rg3+.) 19. g4 dxe4 20. g5 Qf4? 21. Rhg1 and White has demolished Black's King-side. 16... e5! Anand is waiving the red flag and signaling his intention to start anaggressive counterattack. Thanks to the target on a3 Black's attack develops without much hardship. 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nxb3 19. cxb3 b4 Vishy can continue his aggressive play in the same manner that a fearless computer would attack in this position. White has no real counterplay on the King-side, whereas Black's pieces have nice targets on the open "b" file. 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Qc2 Qb7 22. g4 Rxb3 Anand has an extra pawn .... and his attack remains strong. 23. g5 Rb8 24. Bc1 hxg5 25. h6 Qxf3 26. Ka1 Bf8 Anand always tries to find the best squares for his pieces, especially when a forcing continuation is not available. 27. hxg7 Bxg7 28. Rhg1 g4 The Bishop from g7 carefully watches over the King-side while at the same time scoping out the opponents Queen-side with the idea of e5-e4! 29. Rxd6 R3b6 Better seems to be 29... e4! ,but Anand prefers not to allow his opponent any counterplay. 30. Rd3 Qc6 31. Rdg3 Rb4 32. Qe2 a5 33. Qxe5 Re8! The Queen is trapped in the center of the board! 33... Re8 34. Qxa5 Ra8! 0-1 [GM Boris Alterman and Jason Doss]