World Chess Championship (Game 3)

[AdminX]

Anand must be in deep thinking.

Turnabout is fair play. It's not over till it's over, so now it's Anand's turn to think!

On PlayChess, the clock is stuck in a loop - After counting down 60 seconds from 1:48:00, it goes back to 1:48:00 for Anand!!! Unfair advantage?!

Ted, can you please post the time remaining for both players?

[AdminX]

How about some more audio from Yasser Seirawan 2 while we wait!

[Anil]

On PlayChess, the clock is stuck in a loop - After counting down 60 seconds from 1:48:00, it goes back to 1:48:00 for Anand!!! Unfair advantage?!

Ted, can you please post the time remaining for both players?

Thanks Ted.

BTW, Anands ELO rating fell by 0.4 due to the last 2 drawn matches. Kramnik up 0.4 ELO.

Another site which shows the game moves live: http://www.chessvibes.com/live/

[beachknight]

R3 on chessok gives h5, Rg8 and Rg6, all equal.

best,

[Anil]

R3 on chessok gives h5, Rg8 and Rg6, all equal.

best,

Rg6 by one of the Rybkas on ChessOK seems to be slightly positive:

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4
Weaker was 10...Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bc2 and White has advantage
11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Bb7 Rare move. 14...b4 is typical in this position 15. Bxb5 Bd6 16. Rd1 the only active move is 16...Rg8. 16... Rg8 17. g3 If 17.Rxd4 then 17...Rxg2+! 17... Rg4 Novelty 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxd4
If 19.Rxd4 then 19...Kf8! 20.Bxd7 Rd8 21.Rad1 Rxd7 22.Rxd7 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Rxg3+ 24.Kh2 Bxf3 25.Qe3 Rg2+ 26.Kh3 Qxe3 27.fxe3 Rxb2 and White is not better
(19... h5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Qd3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 h4 24. Rd6 Qc5 25. b4 Rxb4 26. Rxe6 hxg3 27. Rxf6+ Ke7 28. Rf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh7+ Ke6 30. Qg6+ Ke7 Rybka3_8cpu (0:29.27)+0.00|d20)
(19... Rg6 20. a4 Bd5 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxd5 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Rg5 24. Rxg5 Bxg5 25. a5 Bd2 26. a6 Ne5 Rybka3 (0:20.13)+0.29|d15)
(19... Rg8 20. Nxe6 Rybka3 (0:01.10)+0.00|d12)
(19... Rg6 20. a4 Bd5 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxd5 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Nb6 24. Rh5 Be5 25. Rxh7 Rybka3 (0:00.21)+0.06|d11)
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[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15.
Bxb5 Bd6 16. Rd1 Rg8 17. g3 Rg4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxd4 h5 *

[d]r3k3/1b1n1p2/1q2pp2/1B5p/3N1br1/6P1/PP2QP1P/R2R2K1 w q h6 0 20

[beachknight]

Thx Anil. Then Rxd4 is not better than Nxd4.

Well. lets wait Anands continuation move.

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15.
Bxb5 Bd6 16. Rd1 Rg8 17. g3 Rg4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxd4 h5 20. Nxe6 *

[d]r3k3/1b1n1p2/1q2Np2/1B5p/5br1/6P1/PP2QP1P/R2R2K1 b q - 0 20

[Anil]

.. h5 20. Nxe6

Looks like a forced draw line...

19... h5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Qd3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 h4 24. Rd6 Qc5 25. b4 Rxb4 26. Rxe6 hxg3 27. Rxf6+ Ke7 28. Rf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh7+ Ke6 30. Qg6+ Ke7 Rybka3_8cpu (0:29.27)+0.00|d20

[beachknight]

Finally.

19 ... h5

Oh no. 20 Nxe6 that was really quick.