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Improve Your Chess: Highly Instructive Games - Karjakin-Anand Wijk An Zee 2006

Opening:

Sicilian Najdorf English Attack

Player(s):

Karjakin, Anand

Teacher's library
Karjakin
Anand
game analysis

In a model of pre-game computer preparation, Anand plays a major sharp line in the Sicilian Najdorf English Attack. At home, he finds a brilliant improvement over an Informant suggestion with 24..Nc7! But even that does not end the game, as several sharp (also likely prepared) moves follow leaving him with a completely won position. After a few more attempts to defend, Karjakin goes down to an Anand mating attack.