Anand vs. Gelfand WCC 2012 started

[JuLieN]

Now the chess retransmission is interrupted as the russian TV will now show... a movie!!! So no screenshots for the next two hours...

I think it's a 12 minute short history of chess?

You're right And it was actually very interesting. It's back to live now.

[JuLieN]

[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Result "*"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7
8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Rc1 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4
Nxe4 14.Bxe4 *

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Nap time*:


* Yes, that's a cheap one, I'm not proud...

[JuLieN]

[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Result "*"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7
8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Rc1 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4
Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qxd6
Nxd6 19.Nd4 *

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We're heading to yet another draw....

[JuLieN]

[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Result "*"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7
8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Rc1 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4
Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qxd6
Nxd6 19.Nd4 Rfe8 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Bc5 *

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Getting closer to a draw.

[JuLieN]

[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Result "*"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7
8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Rc1 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4
Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qxd6
Nxd6 19.Nd4 Rfe8 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Bc5 h5 (21. ... h6) 22.Rfd1
Rac8 23.Kf1 *


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Yes, Gelfand looks a bit thoughtful... According to Nigel Short, he has not defeated Anand since... 1993 (!!!)

[JuLieN]

Surprise, surprise... it's yet another 25-moves draw...

[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7
8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Rc1 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4
Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qxd6
Nxd6 19.Nd4 Rfe8 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Bc5 h5 (21. ... h6) 22.Rfd1
Rac8 23.Kf1 f6 24.Bb4 Kh7 25.Rc5 1/2-1/2

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Seriously, you wanna continue?


Gee!


Yay, we played one more move than yesterday!

[stevenaaus]

Second game, and it's nap time already.
that *is* worrying. These two have played out the occasional draw

Maybe Boris' tactic is to pretend to fall asleep and then KO him in the last round ?

[gleperlier]

Second game, and it's nap time already.
that *is* worrying. These two have played out the occasional draw

Maybe Boris' tactic is to pretend to fall asleep and then KO him in the last round ?

When will the players have to play 40 moves before a draw can be agreed ?

Gab

[Jack Lad]

BG should have won game 2 but he played passively with 6. b3 and another quick boring draw.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 {Rare move}
[d] rnbqkb1r/1p3ppp/p1p1pn2/3p4/2PP4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6
Instead 6. c5! is more aggressive and should be winning for white.
6. c5 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O Bd6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. Qa4 a5 20. Bb1 Bb4 21. Red1 Bd6 22. a3 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Nd2 Bf8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 g6 27. Qh4 Rd7 28. Bxh6 Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Rad8 and a nice bishop sac by white follows...
[d] 3r2k1/1bqr1p2/2p1p1pQ/p7/3P4/P6P/1P3PP1/1BRR2K1 w - - 1 30
30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Rg7 32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rc5 a4 35. f3 Kg6 36. Kf2 Rgd7 37. Rc4 c5 38. Rxc5 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Rxd4 40. Ke3 Rd6 41. Rc4 Bc6 42. Rd4 Re6+ 43. Kf2 Bb5 44. Rd2 Bc6 45. h4 Rf6 46. Rd8 Be4 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Rb8 Bd5 50. Rb5 Bc6 51. Re5 Kh6 52. Ke3 Bb7 53. Rb5 Bc6 54. Rc5 Bb7 55. Rc4 Bc6 56. Kf2 Bb5 57. Rc2 Bd7 58. Re2 Bb5 59. Re4 Bc6 60. Re3 Bd5 61. Rd3 Be4 62. Rd7 Ba8 63. Ra7 Bc6 64. Rc7 Bd5 65. Rd7 Bc6 66. Re7 Bd5 67. Re5 Ba8 68. Ra5 Bc6 69. Ra7 Rd6 70. Ke3 Kh5 71. Rh7+ Kg6 72. Re7 Rf6 73. Re5 Kh6 74. Rc5 Bb7 75. Rc4 Bc6 76. Kf2 Kh5 77. Rc5+ Kh6 78. Ra5 Be8 79. Ra8 Bc6 80. Ra6 Kh5 81. Ra5+ Kg6 82. h5+ Kh6 83. Ke3 Re6+ 84. Kf4 Rd6 85. Ke5 Rd8 86. Ra6 Rd5+ 87. Kf4 Rd4+ 88. Ke3 Rd6 89. g4 Kg5 90. Ra5+ Rd5 91. Ra7 Rd6 92. Rg7+ Kh6 93. Rg8 Bb7 94. f4 Re6+ 95. Kf2 Rb6 96. Kg3 Rxb2 97. f5 Rg2+ 98. Kf4 Rf2+ 99. Ke5 Kh7 100. Rg6 Re2+ 101. Kf6 Rb2 102. g5 Kh8 103. Ke5 Bc8 104. Rf6 Re2+ 105. Kd6 Kg8 106. Rg6+ Kf7 107. h6 Rd2+ 108. Ke5 Re2+ 109. Kd4 Rd2+ 110. Ke3 Rd3+ 111. Kf4 Rd1 112. h7 1-0
[d] 2b5/5k1P/6R1/5PP1/p4K2/P7/8/3r4 b - - 0 112
That is how the game should have been played.

[gleperlier]

BG should have won game 2 but he played passively with 6. b3 and another quick boring draw.
Instead 6. c5! is more aggressive and should be winning for white.

I am not a strong player, but I don't think one can say that a 6th move is winning. You can say "white are better" for example.

Gab