White has only one drawing move now. I'm speechless.
1. e2e4  1... e7e6  2. d2d4  2... d7d5  3. b1c3  3... f8b4  4. e4e5  4... c7c5  5. a2a3  5... b4c3  6. b2c3  6... b8c6  7. d1g4  7... g7g6 Back in 2004, my friend GM Andrés Rodriguez visited my town and, during breaks of his main activity (playing the game \"Burnout\" on PlayStation 2), he analyzed this obscure sideline of the Winawer with the computer, trying to convince me of its correctness. Naturally my reaction was, as good friends always do, to try to dismiss the line as unplayable, at the same time nicknaming 7...g6 as the \"PlayStation Variation'. What I couldn't imagine is that my friend would be brave enough to start testing it, achieving excellent results and becoming its main specialist. Today, as I witnessed Carlsen playing it, I texted my friend to tell him that finally the PlayStation line gained the deserved spotlight and that he was almost 20 years ahead of his time. 8. h2h4 White has many attempts to refute Black's daring play. Anand goes to a very direct approach. 8... h7h6  9. h4h5  9... g6g5  10. f2f4  10... d8a5  11. c1d2  11... f7f5  12. g4g3  12... g5g4 Black closes the the kingside and now creates the positional threat of closing the queenside as well with ...c5-c4. White must act. 13. d4c5 A natural move and the same idea that was tried in the Giri-Carlsen game, but here Anand had a tempting option. 13... g8e7  14. f1d3  14... a5c5  15. g1e2  15... c6a5  16. g3f2  16... c5f2  17. e1f2 The endgame is more or less equal, but maybe it's easier for Black to play. He will be doing all the pressing from now on. 17... c8d7  18. a3a4  18... e8f7  19. h1b1  19... b7b6  20. d2c1 A typical maneuver in the French. The bishop goes to the a3-f8 diagonal. 20... e7c6  21. c1a3  21... c6d8 An interesting move to maneuver the knight that took me by surprise when I was following the game. 22. a3b4  22... d8b7  23. e2d4  23... h8b8  24. d4b3  24... a5c4  25. d3c4  25... d5c4  26. b3d4  26... b8c8  27. a4a5  27... b6b5  28. b1d1  28... d7e8  29. d4e2  29... a7a6  30. d1d4  30... c8d8  31. a1d1  31... d8d4  32. d1d4 It looks like the game will soon end in a draw, but Carlsen has this extraordinary ability of turning drawish positions into full points. 32... e8c6  33. d4d2  33... g4g3 [%c_effect g3;square;g3;type;Interesting;persistent;true] A very nice move, sacrificing a pawn to bring the rook to life on the g-file. 34. f2g1  34... a8g8  35. e2d4  35... g8d8 [%c_effect d8;square;d8;type;Interesting;persistent;true] 36. b4d6 [%c_effect d6;square;d6;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true] This gives Black some chances. 36... c6e4 [%c_effect e4;square;e4;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] 37. d6b4  37... d8d5 Incredible precision. Carlsen wants to play Nd8-c6. 38. g1f1 [%c_effect f1;square;f1;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] 38... b7d8  39. f1e1 Anand defends well. The king protects the rook and the d4-knight is not pinned anymore. 39... d8c6  40. d4e2  40... d5d2  41. e1d2  41... e4g2  42. e2g3  42... g2f3  43. d2e3  43... f3d1  44. e3d2  44... d1g4  45. d2e3  45... f7e8 [%c_effect e8;square;e8;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] It turns out the draw is not so easy. 46. e3d2  46... c6e7  47. b4e7 [%c_effect e7;square;e7;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] The only way, otherwise the knight lands on d5. 47... e8e7 This is a critical position of the game. The computer indicates a draw, but it took me a long time to understand it without turning the engine on. My conclusion is that a human can easily evaluate the position as losing for White, since the path to safety is very narrow. 48. d2c1 [%c_effect c1;square;c1;type;Mistake;persistent;true] A losing move. 48... e7d7 Now the king joins the party. 49. c1b2  49... d7c6  50. b2a2  50... c6d5  51. a2a3  51... d5c5  52. a3b2  52... g4d1  53. b2c1  53... d1f3  54. c1b2  54... b5b4 [%c_effect b4;square;b4;type;Mistake;persistent;true] The most natural move in the world, but not the best. This allows White to escape. 55. c3b4  55... c5d4  56. c2c3  56... d4d3  57. b4b5  57... a6b5  58. a5a6  58... d3d2  59. a6a7  59... f3d5  60. g3f5 [%c_effect f5;square;f5;type;Mistake;persistent;true] Unfortunately for Anand, the sacrifice doesn't work this time. To be fair, the complications are impossible to calculate. 60... e6f5  61. e5e6  61... b5b4  62. e6e7  62... b4c3  63. b2a2  63... c3c2  64. a7a8q  64... d5a8  65. e7e8q There's only one winning move for Black in this position. What a game $1 65... a8e4 [%c_effect e4;square;e4;type;Mistake;persistent;true] 66. e8d8 