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Alexander Grischuk vs Viswanathan Anand
World Blitz Championship (2007) (blitz), Moscow RUS, rd 6, Nov-21
Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky Variation (E17)  ·  1-0

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Nov-22-07  pawnofdoom: Great game by Grischuk! Amazing how both players could paly so well in such time pressure. 101. ♖f6+ was a great move by Grischuk
Nov-22-07  Udit Narayan: Both players must have been exhausted after this game, especially given the blitz time controls.
Feb-20-08  notyetagm: Position after 88 ♔f5-g6


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<E 83.06 A.Grischuk (2715) - V.Anand (2801) World Blitz Moscow 2007

The Indian world champion lost this blitz game, but with more time he would have found the only move to draw this position with Black. Which one?>

Sep-11-17
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  g15713: The above website requires one to be a member; for those who are not here is a sample line for Black to draw

1... Re5! 2. Kxh6 Kf6! 3. Rb6 Rf5! 4. Rb1 Kxe6! 5. Kg6 Rf6+! 6. Kg7 Rf7+! 7. Kg8 Ra7 or Rc7 or Rd7 can be played

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