World Chess Championship (Game 1)

[AdminX]

GM Seriwan thinks ths game is boring. Clearly this is home prep by Kramnik. He is not really spending any time at the board.

[gerold]

He likes to spend time away from the board.
Thinks he has a draw.
Thanks for your posts.

Best,

Gerold.

[AdminX]

Anand finally takes a walk and leaves Kramnik to ponder.



[d]2r3k1/5ppp/2r1p3/p2p4/3P1Bb1/4P3/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - a6 0 18

[Anil]

Did Anand surprise Kramnik by playing a5? Looks like a draw, unless something incredible happens!

[AdminX]

Did Anand surprise Kramnik by playing a5? Looks like a draw, unless something incredible happens!

I don't think so ..., both are back at the board now.

[brianr]

Rybka2.2n2 scored 15. ... Qc8 vs Rc2 an early "blunder" since +1.1 score (ply 19) for Rybka vs 0.00 is very large difference, IMveryHO

[d]3q1rk1/pQ3ppp/2r1p3/3p4/3P1Bb1/4P3/PP3PPP/R3K2R b KQ - 0 15

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Qb4
Rxc6 15. Qxb7 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. O-O a5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Rfe1 *

[d]2r3k1/5ppp/2r1p3/p2p1b2/3P1B2/4PP2/PP4PP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 19

Kramnik,V - Anand,V, World Chess Championship 2008 2008
2r3k1/5ppp/2r1p3/p2p1b2/3P1B2/4PP2/PP4PP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Rybka 3:

19...Rc2 20.b3 Bg6 21.Bd6 R8c3
+/= (0.30) Depth: 6 00:00:00 1kN
= (0.12) Depth: 17 00:02:00 5973kN

[Anil]

Rybka predicting exchange of both Rooks in a few more moves at Depth >20.

[glorfindel]

They have Rybka running on 8 cores at http://chessok.com/broadcast/live.php?k ... pgn&game=0 and the moves live.

[Anil]

Ted, some more snaps please... and any commentary would also be appreciated.