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 resigned
Vishy Anand going for complications and aggressive lines
Kasparov'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 afraid. I didn't see the whole thing, but when I came back from a meeting and saw the position after 22..Rg7 I thought Kramnik had had it. At first glance it looks like the game was well played by both players. Just looking at it I'm not sure why Kramnik couldn't play 33.Kb3. Maybe he can give up his queen and still draw with the a-pawn." On-the-fly comments from Garry Kasparov, recorded by Mig Greengard.
And game three is under way
And game three is under way
At move 36 Kramnik has just 1 min 31 sec left, Anand 4 min 24 sec
And after 41 moves Kramnik sticks out his hand in resignation
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1 comments:
hiii,
It is good to see the posts of WCC 08, its a nice post, hope to see posts of all rounds of the championship......thank you
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