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Thursday, October 30, 2008
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WCC R11: Fighting draw, Anand wins World Championship by 6.5:4.5It was a game of almost unbearable tension. Anand switched to 1.e4, Vladimir Kramnik went for do-or-die complications, Anand obliged, and for a couple of hours nobody knew what would happen. In the end, Vishy Anand prevailed, got a slightly better position and Vladimir Kramnik offered a draw. Anand remains World Champion.Viswanathan Anand has retained his world title by drawing Vladimir Kramnik in the 11th game of the World Championship match in Bonn, Germany. The final match score is 6½-4½ for Anand.It was a task he had never managed to do before: beating Viswanathan Anand with...
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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WCC Bonn: Analysis of game "An astonishing game," says Malcolm Pein. "Kramnik got his kind of position with a tiny edge and a clear plan. He appears to do very little, but he does it very well." Later Kramnik admitted: "I didn't have to do anything, and the position was winning". It brought him his first win over Anand in this World Championship match. Kramnik after his tenth round victory. Photo Cathy Rogers Vladimir Kramnik has left his run late – maybe too late – in his World Championship match in Bonn against Viswanathan Anand but at least he has shown that he will not give up his world match title without a fight.Over the past few days,...
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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WCC Bonn: Analysis of game nine It was a critical moment in the World Championship match between Anand and Kramnik. The Challenger was three points behind, with four games to go, and desperately needed to initiate a last-minute comeback with a win. And he came very close to making it, with the black pieces.He came very close to winning today, but in the end Vladimir Kramnik had to accept that his ending agains Viswanathan Anand was a draw. After the 9th game the Indian is now leading the World Championship match 6-3, and just needs a draw to retain his title.While many expected a not too interesting game today (Anand was supposed to play...
Saturday, October 25, 2008
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WCC R08: Draw in 39, Anand one point from victory For the first time in this match, Kramnik said, he had a tangible advantage. Not enough, though, for a much-needed win. "The game will be a draw," said his friend GM Evgeny Bareev in the press room. How did he know? By the colour of Anand's sweater. Anand now has 5.5 points and needs just one more from the remaining four games to retain his title.Publish Po...
Saturday, October 25, 2008
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WCC R07: Draw in 37, Anand leads by 5:2 Playing with the white pieces (at half-time they switch colours) Vishy Anand played 1.d4 for the fourth time in this match, got a Slav and a clear advantage, but agreed to a draw when a pawn up, since Vladimir Kramnik had set up a fortress that the white king could not penetrate. Anand leads by three points and requires 1.5 points for victo...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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After winning the 6th match game today, reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand increased his lead even further. Three points down, challenger Vladimir Kramnik finds himself in a hopeless situation half-way the match. Before the game Anand was leading 3.5-1.5 and everybody wondered: would Kramnik go for a win, or would he follow the advice of Kasparov, who said “he should just worry about surviving [...] after such a blunder in game five, then decide on a game plan for the final six games”? Following the opening of the sixth round, it appeared that Kramnik was having similar thoughts as Kasparov’s, when he went for the Classical Nimzo-Indian...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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WCC R05: Anand wins with black in 35 moves "Anand the Brave!" writes Levon Aronian in his assessment of game five of the World Championship. "Not many people would repeat the same risky line against Kramnik, but he did just that." Another sharp game ensued, and Anand gained the advantage. Kramnik faltered in a tough position and the World Champion had won a second valuable point.Levon Aronian's take on game fiveAnand the Brave! Not many people would repeat the same risky line against Kramnik, but he did just that. And his confident approach was very well rewarded. It is a known that Anand likes spicy positions, and with less skilled...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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World Chess Championship 2008 - Round 5Vladimir Kramnik vs. Vishy Anand [ Result 0-1 ]Game Analysis [ Video ] Click To Play If you liked the article kindly Digg it, Stumble it, Add to Technorati, bookmark it and please consider subscribing through "Subscribe by Email" and have articles & a Everyman Chessbase eBook delivered right to your inbox! OR "Subscribe to Chess Blog Feed" in a Fead Reader of your choice OR Subscribe to a href="http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/ChessBlog"...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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World Chess Championship 2008 - Round 4Vishy Anand vs. Vladimir Kramnik [ Result 1/2-1/2 ]Game Analysis [ Video ] Click To Play If you liked the article kindly Digg it, Stumble it, Add to Technorati, bookmark it and please consider subscribing through "Subscribe by Email" and have articles & a Everyman Chessbase eBook delivered right to your inbox! OR "Subscribe to Chess Blog Feed" in a Fead Reader of your choice OR Subscribe to a href="http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/ChessBlog"...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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World Chess Championship 2008 - Round 3Vladimir Kramnik vs. Vishy Anand [ Result 0-1 ]Game Analysis [ Video ] Click To Play > If you liked the article kindly Digg it, Stumble it, Add to Technorati, bookmark it and please consider subscribing through "Subscribe by Email" and have articles & a Everyman Chessbase eBook delivered right to your inbox! OR "Subscribe to Chess Blog Feed" in a Fead Reader of your choice OR Subscribe to a href="http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/ChessBlog"...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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World Chess Championship 2008 - Round 2Vishy Anand vs. Vladimir Kramnik [ Result 1/2 - 1/2 ] Game Analysis [ Video ] Click To Play If you liked the article kindly Digg it, Stumble it, Add to Technorati, bookmark it and please consider subscribing through "Subscribe by Email" and have articles & a Everyman Chessbase eBook delivered right to your inbox! OR "Subscribe to Chess Blog Feed" in a Fead Reader of your choice OR Subscribe to a href="http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/ChessBlog" rel="dofollow"SMS Alerts" & Get Article Headlines & Updates...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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World Chess Championship 2008 - Round 1Vladimir Kramnik vs. Vishy Anand [ Result 1/2 - 1/2 ] Game Analysis [ Video ] Click To Play If you liked the article kindly Digg it, Stumble it, Add to Technorati, bookmark it and please consider subscribing through "Subscribe by Email" and have articles & a Everyman Chessbase eBook delivered right to your inbox! OR "Subscribe to Chess Blog Feed" in a Fead Reader of your choice OR Subscribe to a href="http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/ChessBlog" rel="dofollow"SMS Alerts" & Get Article Headlines...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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World Chess Championship 2008 - Round 5 | Vladimir Kramnik vs. Vishy Anand (0 - 1)Viswanathan Anand increased his lead today in the World Championship match after Vladimir Kramnik blundered on move 29. The score is now 3.5-1.5 for Anand. Who would have thought that Vladimir Kramnik would lose not just one, but two games with the white pieces in this match? It’s a rare thing for someone who’s considered one of the most solid players around. But it happened today; in what was probably already a slightly worse position for him, he took a pawn that was poisened but the reason why only became clear 11 half-moves later.By then most journalists...
Monday, October 20, 2008
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Anand and Kramnik on the stage in round three. Photo Cathy Rogers By GM Ian Rogers After a slow start, the ongoing World Championship match in Bonn between Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand has become an engrossing contest, with the Indian leading 2-1 after three games.Anand and Kramnik have between them won every title worth winning over the past decade but there was always a suspicion that mutual respect would cause the players to be overly cautious.Although the first game served to heighten these fears, and the abrupt end to the second also generated criticism, the ultra-violence shown in the third game has already made it clear...
Monday, October 20, 2008
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WCC R04: Draw in 29 moves Vladimir Kramnik solved all opening problems posed by Anand in this Queen's Gambit Declined, and then, with his position basically safe, undertook some tentative attacking attempts. But Anand's position was also secure and so the players agreed that there was nothing left in the position to play for. The draw came after 29 moves.Vladimir Kramnik in the press conference after round fourVishy Anand giving his take of the game If you liked the article kindly Digg it, Stumble it, Add to Technorati, bookmark it and please consider subscribing through "Subscribe by Email" and have...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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WCC R03: Anand wins with black First blood. World Champion Vishy Anand played a daring new idea in the Slav, put pressure on his opponent, and wound down to an endgames where he had a tremendous attack in return for two pawns. Both players were down to minutes on their clocks, but made the time control, after which Vladimir Kramnik resignedVishy Anand going for complications and aggressive linesKasparov's take on the game"Great choice by Vishy! [With 8..a6] he dragged Kramnik into this nightmare instead of allowing him to play slowly. It was good preparation and also good psychology to kick some sand in Kramnik's face and show him he wasn't...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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WCC R02: Anand plays 1.d4, game drawn after 32 fighting moves Vishy Anand surprised his opponent Vladimir Kramnik – and the world – with the move 1.d4 in his first white game of the World Championship in Bonn. The position became complicated and Anand started pressing for a win. However in time trouble the Indian GM decided to accept his Russian opponent's draw offer.GM Levon Aronian's take on game twoWhat a wonderful day! Of course we all can pretend that it was an "expected surprise" and that Anand's choice of opening did not make us believe, for one moment, that there is something wrong with the live broadcast. But...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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WCC R01: Draw in 32 moves The World Championship in Bonn started with an Exchange Slav in which Challenger Vladimir Kramnik was a pawn up, but the World Champion Viswanathan Anand had plenty of counterplay and held the draw in what seemed to be a fairly effortless first game.Game one Kramnik-Anand drawnThe World Chess Championship started at 15:00h in Bonn with a brief opening ceremony and national anthems. Vladimir Kramnik played a solid Exchange Slav and was soon a pawn up, but Vishwanathan Anand had plenty of counterplay and held the draw in what seemed to be a fairly effortless first game.GM Levon Aronian's...
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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In the introductory discussion on Berlin Defence, we saw different structural patterns that might arise as a result of this defence by Black. Hope those features are clear in your head now.Without wasting any time, we will start our study of different variations. The Main Variations in this defence revolves around Black's fifth move alternative, mainly Variation A: 5...Be7 and Variation B: 5...Nd6.Let's start with Variation A: 5...Be7. Follow carefully:Well, the next one, Variation B: 5...Nd6 is the most widely played response by Black under these circumstances. So let's see what it has in store for White. Pay very very serious attention. This...
Friday, October 10, 2008
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Before We Start Hello Chesslovers,It's time to get very very serious now. Until now, we have been discussing those variations in the Ruy Lopez which are now less encountered in real games. The reason being the continuous improvements that has taken place due to the hard work and dedication of great players and masters in this opening. Somehow, both sides was able to find refutations and there was a need for improvement. So, improvement has taken place.......From now on Ruy Lopez will not be just fun!, it will be full concentration + tremendous brainstorming + very hard work + complete dedication + an open mind, and all these will generate...
Thursday, October 09, 2008
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Hello and welcome everybody.Today we will study the two remaining variations on the Classical variation of the Ruy Lopez and we will see how White can gain advantage from the position that arrives during the course of play.Last time we discussed Black's first fourth move alternative, 4...Nge7.Now we will study another reply from Black, Variation B: 4...Nd4. Pay attention:So the position still favours White!!Now let's move on to the next possible reply from Black, Variation C: 4...Nf6:Variation C: 4...Nf6 is the most critical in the Classical Variation of the Ruy Lopez and the most obvious reply for Black too. White has to play cautiously when...
