Thanks Ted for your thorough coverage of the match!
Kramnik really has his work cut out for him! If Anand can take the next game or certainly not lose a game then Anand will reunify Chess!!
Go Vishy! Regards
Terry
P.S. I missed today's game, too bad, it looked like a hell of a fight!
Yes sir Terry, I agree. I am pulling for Anand and he sure did come thru today. Still I have to give Kramnik credit for his 18. Bf4! move. It more than made up for the time he (Kramnik) spent on it. In all what a great game we saw today.
"Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions."
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Ted Summers
JuLieN wrote:
First victory with black for Anand against Kramnik since they started playing together in 1989!
Actually, Anand has beaten Kramnik with black even earlier this year (2008) in Nice, France. I think that might be a rapid event. I know that in Belgrade 1997, Anand won with black against Kramnik in a classical time control. However, I might be missing a classical time control victory with the black pieces after 1997.
In general, top players have typically beaten others at the top with both colors. Kramnik typically does not play as ambitiously with black, so we might see less wins of his with black against the elite.
"Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions."
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Ted Summers
