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Anand vs Smirin | Why did Viswanathan Anand take so much time on the 4th move in this blitz game?

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THIS VIDEO FOR EDUCATION.
Here's the wonderful game for you to study and analyse:
Anand vs Smirin
1:43 mins on 4th move,
the Intel World Speed Chess Tournament.

[Event "New York PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1994.06.??"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilya Yulyevich Smirin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Nxe5 d6 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 dxc4
13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Qb3 f6 17.Qxb7 fxe5
18.Qxc6 Be4 19.dxe5 Kh8 20.Bd4 Rc8 21.Qa6 Nf4 22.f3 Rc6 23.Qa4
Rxc4 24.Qxc4 Bd3 25.Qc6 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Bxf1 28.Rxf1
Qxd4 29.f4 Qxe5 30.g3 Qc5 31.Qe4 Bf6 32.Kg2 Rc8 33.Rf2 Qc6
34.Qxc6 Rxc6 35.g4 h6 36.Kf3 Rc3+ 37.Ke4 Kh7 38.Re2 Rc4+
39.Kf5 Rc5+ 40.Ke6 Rc4 41.Rf2 Kg6 42.h3 Rc3 43.Rh2 Rf3 44.f5
Kg5 45.a4 Kh4 46.Kd5 Ra3 47.Kc6 Rxa4 48.Kb7 a5 49.Kb6 Ra3
50.Kb5 Rxh3 0-1
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Anand vs Smirin | Why did Viswanathan Anand take so much time on the 4th move in this blitz game?

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