[Event "Biel"] [Site "masterchessopen.com"] [Round "0"] [White "Zapata, A."] [Black "Anand, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Bf5 { This lazy move supporting the knight on e4 was given as a theoretical novelty in the respected 'Informator' publication; } ( { reporting the grandmaster encounter A. Miles-L.Christiansen, San Francisco 1987, which continued } 5...Bf5 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.d3 Bg6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7+ 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Rae8 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.d4 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Qd7 16.c3 b6 17.Rxe8 Rxe8 18.Re1 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Kf8 20.g3 { 1/2-1/2. Anand had apparently briefly looked in the book and decided to copy the example. However, he did not know the friends had agreed a draw in advance, and that when Black had made his fifth move the Englishman Tony Miles had started to smile and clean the e2-square with his fingers. Such things are not reported in serious chess books, and this led to Anand's humiliation. } ) {#r} 1-0