World Chess Championship (Game 11)

[emerson4301972]

Kramnik offered a draw!!! Anand World Champion!!!

He he , Just practicing

[AdminX]

Game Over Baby, GM Viswanathan Anand is the Unified World Chess Champion! The Title is now whole once again!

Draw Agreed!

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. f5 Qc5 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qe5 12. O-O-O exf5 13. Qe3 Bg7 14. Rd5 Qe7
15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Qf4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Kb1 Qe1+
21. Nc1 Ne7 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bh6 24. Rf2 Bf4 1/2-1/2


I want to thank all of you for watching and commenting on the games. I hope that most of you enjoyed it. Also thanks to everyone who assisted me with updates to these threads. Anil, thank you very much for your Rybka 3 and Susan Polgar analysis post and time updates.

[Terry McCracken]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. f5 Qc5 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qe5 12. O-O-O exf5 13. Qe3 Bg7 14. Rd5 Qe7
15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Qf4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Kb1 Qe1+
21. Nc1 Ne7 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bh6 24. Rf2 *

[d]2r2kr1/1p2np1p/p6b/5p2/8/8/PPP2RPP/1KN2B1R b - - 0 24

I expected 24. Rd7..another surprise?!

[Anil]

Game Over Baby, GM Viswanathan Anand is the Unified World Chess Champion! The Title is now whole once again!

Draw Agreed!

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. f5 Qc5 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qe5 12. O-O-O exf5 13. Qe3 Bg7 14. Rd5 Qe7
15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Qf4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Kb1 Qe1+
21. Nc1 Ne7 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bh6 24. Rf2 Bf4 1/2-1/2


I want to thank all of you for watching and commenting on the games. I hope the most of you enjoyed it. Also thanks to everyone who assisted me with updates to these threads. Anil, thank you very much for your Rybka 3 and Susan Polgar analysis post and time updates.

Yay!!!! Anand finally draws the game and wins the match. He retains his title and also becomes the undisputed WORLD CHESS CHAMPION!

Congratz to Anand and a lot of thanks to Ted for his excellent match coverage. Also, thanks to all others who contributed by posting great comments and views to make the match lively and interesting.

[emerson4301972]

I hope Kramnik will fight to the end, he has more centralized king and more developed and active pieces. Anand's Bishop and the other rook still hasnt moved

[Terry McCracken]

Game Over Baby, GM Viswanathan Anand is the Unified World Chess Champion! The Title is now whole once again!

Draw Agreed!

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. f5 Qc5 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qe5 12. O-O-O exf5 13. Qe3 Bg7 14. Rd5 Qe7
15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Qf4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Kb1 Qe1+
21. Nc1 Ne7 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bh6 24. Rf2 Bf4 1/2-1/2


I want to thank all of you for watching and commenting on the games. I hope that most of you enjoyed it. Also thanks to everyone who assisted me with updates to these threads. Anil, thank you very much for your Rybka 3 and Susan Polgar analysis post and time updates.

Thanks Ted, I'm a bit surprised Kramnik had no real fight left in him...sad in a way to see him lose the match this way.

Anyway it's Over!

Congratulations Anand, The New and Only World Chess Champion!!

[swami]

Congrats to Anand!

Well played games.

[Steve B]

Amazing really
this has to be the shortest match ever for a World Championship
only 11 games
usually things just start heating up after only 11 games

i guess this would be true even if it went the full 12
short matches like this are not so good really
should have been best of 24 or something similar especially if this was to unify the title

Astonished Regards
Steve

[Terry McCracken]

Amazing really
this has to be the shortest match ever for a World Championship
only 11 games
usually things just start heating up after only 11 games

Astonished Regards
Steve

I agree it's too short a match but that's what Kramnik wanted and both agreed.

I hope that isn't indicative to WCC in the 21st century?

Now a proper World Chess Championship of 24 games is beckoning!

No More Quickies Regards

Terry

[Steve B]

Now a proper World Chess Championship of 24 games is beckoning!
No More Quickies Regards

can you imagine if the early Karpov-Kasparov matches only went a dozen games??
Kapsy might have never won the title
he didnt come on strong until midway in those matches and usually trailed from the get go

Fully Agreed Regards
Steve