The game begins at 1430 hrs IST.
The FIDE World Candidates Tournament treated us with three decisive games with white in Round 2 – Kramnik, Svidler and Aronian scored a full point.
Anand held Topalov to a draw and will be looking to get a win today.
And we are a go... the players are ready.. Svidler vs Kramnik is a big game too.
Anand has responded with a5
White can look at several lines right now:
16. Bxd4 Bg4 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. h3 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Nd2 Rfe8 22. Nf3 Nf8 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Rd3 Ba2 25. e5
16. Qxd4 Bg4 17. Nc1 Bc5 18. Qc3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf6 20. Ra3 Qxb2 21. Rb3 Qc2 22. Rxb7 Qxa4 23. e5 Rfe8 24. f4 Reb8 25. Rc7 Ra6 26. Qd3
16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Qb3 Ng4 18. Nc2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qe7 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Ra3 Rfb8 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Rb3 Qe7 24. e5 Rd7 25. Rc1 Rad8 26. Qc5 Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Qxc5 28. Rxc5
16. Bf4 g5 17. Bc1 Nb6 18. Qxd4 Be2 19. Bxg5 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 Rfe8 22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Nf5 Nc5 24. Bc4 Nxe4 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Nxf7 Bc5 27. Rf1 Bd4 28. Bc1 Nxf2 29. Bh6+ Kg6 30. Rxf2 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Bxf2 32. Kxf2
Shakhriyar taking a moment to go over his next move here.
White's pawn structure seems to be a little weak at this stage.
Wow. No one is holding back here.
@raghav, we have put up a live feed that is provided by FIDE. That's about it. But given the interest Vishy vs Carlsen generated, there should definitely have been live telecast on some channel.
Time for Vishy to make a decision, does he exchange the rooks? Or does he withdraw?
His options:
22. ... b5 23. Qxc6 Rc8 24. Qb6 Rxe3 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxe3 Rd3 27. Nxa5 Rxe3 28. axb5 Kg8 29. Nc4 Rb3 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. Rb8 Nd7 32. Rb7 Nc5 33. Rb8 Rb4 34. b3 Rxb3 35. Kh1 Rb4 36. Ne5 g6 37. b6 Na6 38. Rb7 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rb2+ 40. Kh1 Nc5
22. ... Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Qe8 24. Bd4 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Rc1 a4 28. Nd2 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Qd7 30. Rd1 Qe6 31. Qd3 b4 32. Qf3 Rd5 33. Qd3 Qd7 34. Qc4
22. ... Qe8 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Nd5 26. Bf2 Qg6 27. Qc4 Rf8 28. Rd1 h6 29. Kh1 Re8 30. Re1 Nb4 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Kg2 b5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. Qc7 Qe4+ 35. Kh3
22. ... Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bxf6 Qe3+ 25. Kg2 gxf6 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Nc1 Bd2 28. Nb3 Bb4 29. Nc1
Shakhriyar is managing to defend his position quite well at the moment. In the early going, it looked like Anand had a slight advantage. Now, it is a slightly more equal. Vishy needs to put more pressure now.
Black's structure is still better than white. The Bishop and Knight are in pretty solid positions compared to the White's knight which is stuck at b3.
Now Anand controls d1 through his queen and e1 through his bishop. An exciting moment coming up.
White's knight which is stuck at b3 amd he needs to get that moving.
Anand seems to be pretty happy with his position.
Mamedyarov trying to wrest back some control.
Superb aggressive play by Vishy, he is not letting go. Going for the win here.
Anish Giri has some very nice words for Vishy.
And that's it. Superb win for Vishy with black. Precise and aggressive... just like the Vishy of old... the Tiger is back.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. e4 e5 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Kh8 17. e5 Re8 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Re4 22. Re3 Rxe3 23 Bxe3 Qe8 24. Bb6 Qh5 25. Bd4 Re8 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Qc2 c5 28. Nxc5 Rc8 29. Rd1 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Kh1. 0-1
#Candidates2014 Qh5 very sharp line, Vishy must be taking his chances!!by MangoMan via twitter 3/15/2014 10:58:34 AM
#Mamedyarov is in all sorts of trouble against attacking #Anand . #Vishy sees 0-1 after QH5 and white ran out of plans #Candidates2014by aravindhram via twitter 3/15/2014 11:08:49 AM
Five words.Anand Viswanathan.You're great again. #Candidates2014by Soud Seif Soud via twitter 3/15/2014 11:20:50 AM
The killing precision of Anand resembles the way I remember him from 2008. #foreveryoung #Candidates2014by Anish Giri via twitter 3/15/2014 11:27:23 AM
another fantastic game from anand! in other news, looks like aronian may be getting destroyed again... #Candidates2014by Philip Goh via twitter 3/15/2014 11:29:20 AM
Yep @ShahriyarMamedy has resigned and so @vishy64theking will go into the first rest day topping the standings. #Candidates2014by ChessVibes via twitter 3/15/2014 11:34:52 AM
