Position after 14. Bf4
GM Ivanchuk (2751) – GM Anand (2799) [B86]
06.03.2008 / Linares – Round 13
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 0–0 11.f5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 b5 13.fxe6 Bxe6 14.Bf4 += Qc5 15.Qd3 b4 16.Ne2 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Nf4 += Qxe5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nxd5 Rad8 22.Rad1 Bd6 23.Bf4 1/2
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
now this looks very drawish
Anand trying to trade Queens to hurry the draw along.
I can’t wait until Kramnik destroys him.
Carlsen wins a lot of games and in some of the others he has been very fortunate, and even now he trails Anand!
He must be doing something right out there.
Btw, Kramnik himself is known for trading queens quickly – remember Kasparov-Kramnik match 2000!
Trading queens doesn’t make positions easier: this is a dogma for players of lower level.
Trading Queens can absolutely make your position easier depending on the situation in the game.
To blindly make that statement definitely shows that it was posted by a “Vishy” fan.
And …. yes … I remember the 2000 match that Kramnik …. WON.
And … he won in actual match play and not through a ridiculous round-robin tournament.