Anand's Immortal
Anand's Immortal is a chess game played by Levon Aronian as White against Viswanathan Anand as Black in Round 4 of the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
The game is considered one of Anand's greatest masterpieces; Chess.com staff ranked it as the third-best chess game of all time, behind Kasparov's Immortal and the Opera Game.
The game
White: Aronian Black: Anand Opening: Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation;1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8
;12. Ng5?!
;12...c5!
;13. Nxh7 Ng4
This calls to mind the similar 20...Ng4 from the game Rotlewi versus Rubinstein.
; 14. f4?
;14...cxd4 15. exd4 Bc5!
;16. Be2 Nde5!!
;17. Bxg4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 19. Nxf8
;19...f5!
;20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 Qxg6 22. Qe2
;22...Qh5 23. Qd3 Be3! 0-1