Position after46…Qe5

If Anand wins this game, he would tie for 1st with Aronian and Carlsen. This would be a remarkable come back for Anand considering he was on the bottom of the standings earlier in the tournament.

GM Anand (2799) – GM Kramnik (2799) [C42]
27.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0–0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0–0–0 Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qf5 Qc4 16.Kb1 g6 17.Qh3 h5 18.Nd2 Qe2 19.Rde1 Qg4 20.Qh2 d5 21.f3 Qa4 22.g4 Bd6 23.Qf2 hxg4 24.fxg4 Qxg4 25.Reg1 Qh5 26.Nf3 Re7 27.Bg5 Ree8 28.Be3 Re7 29.Bg5 Rd7 30.Nd4 Nxd4 31.Qxd4 Bf8 32.Qe3 c6 33.Qh3 Rd6 34.Bf4 Re6 35.Rg5 Qh8 36.h5 Rae8 37.Bd2 Bc5 38.Rg3 Re2 39.Kc1 Qg7 40.a3 Bd6 41.Rgg1 Bc5 42.Rg3 Bd6 43.Rg4 R8e6 44.hxg6 Rxg6 45.Rxg6 fxg6 46.Be3 Qe5 += 47.Qh7+ Kf8 48.Bd2 White has more than enough compensation for the pawn. In addition, this has to be a very uncomfortable position to play as Black. 49.Qxb7 Rh2 Anand has chances to win here with Qa8+ then Qxa7 but it is not over any time soon 50.Re1 This move is also strong. Kramnik has his work cut out for him to save this game. 50…Qf2 51.Kb2?! This is an extremely risky move. He is basically sacrificing his Bishop to the attack on the Black King. However, there is no mating attack that I can see of. 52…Qxd2 52.Rf1+ Kg8 53.Qf7+ Kh8 54.Qxg6 = Qg2 55.Qe8+ Qg8 56.Qxc6 Bf8 57.Qa8 Bc5 58.Qxg8+ Kxg8 59.Rf5 Rd2 60.c4 Kg7 61.b4 Be7 Basically, only White has a shot to win here. It is enough to convert though. 62. 1/2

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