World Chess Championship (Game 6)

[AdminX]

Kramnik played Nd5
[d]2r3k1/6pp/8/3nPP2/p7/P5RP/1n1B1N2/4K3 w - - 0 39

Anand played f6
[d]2r3k1/6pp/5P2/3nP3/p7/P5RP/1n1B1N2/4K3 b - - 0 39

[JuLieN]

Now that's clearly a third victory for Anand, and Kramnik will never be able to come back in this match.

I feel sorry for Kramnik, because he's clerly not playing at his best level, making many blunders. That's sad because he's ill (he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, wich necesitated surgery last year), and had the force to come back and prepare for this match during months.

When one remember that this player is the one who defeated Kasparov, and the only one that got the GMI title without gaining the IM one first, one can only feel sad. Especielly when everyone seems to cheer for his opponent (I like Anand too, but we should cheer for best chess, not for one of those two gentlemen).

[swami]

Ted, did Anand play e5?

Kramnik yet again made the BIGGEST Blunder.


Engine thinks white is at + 3.36

Anand,V - Kramnik,V, WCC 2008 Bonn 2008
[d]2r3k1/6pp/8/3nPP2/p7/P5RP/1n1B1N2/4K3 w - - 0 1

Analysis by bright-0.3a:

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39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.fxg7 Rg8 42.Nf6 Nxf6 43.exf6 Nc4 44.Rc3 Nxd2 45.Rc6+ Kf7 46.Kxd2 Rb8 47.Kd3 Rb3+ 48.Rc3 
  +-  (2.97)   Depth: 16/35   00:00:07  45786kN
39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.fxg7 Rg8 42.Nf6 Nxf6 43.exf6 Kf7 44.Rc3 Kxf6 45.Bc1 Nd1 46.Kxd1 Rxg7 47.Bf4 Rg2 48.h4 
  +-  (3.34)   Depth: 17/40   00:00:23  137mN
39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.fxg7 Rg8 42.Nf6 Nxf6 43.exf6 Nc4 44.Rc3 Nxd2 45.Rc6+ Kf7 46.Kxd2 Rb8 47.Kd3 Rb3+ 48.Kd4 Rg3 49.Rc3 
  +-  (3.36)   Depth: 18/45   00:00:49  286mN

[AdminX]

Ted, did Anand play e5?

Kramnik yet again made the BIGGEST Blunder.


Engine thinks white is at + 3.36

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Anand,V - Kramnik,V, WCC 2008 Bonn 2008
[d]2r3k1/6pp/8/3nPP2/p7/P5RP/1n1B1N2/4K3 w - - 0 1


[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.10.21"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. g4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Rac8 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Bb4 c5 19. dxc5 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21.
Rxg2 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Bc1 f5 27. Kd1
Rc8 28. f3 Nd6 29. Ke1 a5 30. e3 e5 31. gxf5 e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd2 a4 34.
Nf2 Nd6 35. Rg4 Nc4 36. e4 Nf6 37. Rg3 Nxb2 38. e5 Nd5 39. f6 *

[d]2r3k1/6pp/5P2/3nP3/p7/P5RP/1n1B1N2/4K3 b - - 0 39
+- (2.97) Depth: 16/35 00:00:07 45786kN
39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.fxg7 Rg8 42.Nf6 Nxf6 43.exf6 Kf7 44.Rc3 Kxf6 45.Bc1 Nd1 46.Kxd1 Rxg7 47.Bf4 Rg2 48.h4
+- (3.34) Depth: 17/40 00:00:23 137mN
39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.fxg7 Rg8 42.Nf6 Nxf6 43.exf6 Nc4 44.Rc3 Nxd2 45.Rc6+ Kf7 46.Kxd2 Rb8 47.Kd3 Rb3+ 48.Kd4 Rg3 49.Rc3
+- (3.36) Depth: 18/45 00:00:49 286mN

[Anil]

Looks like game over after f6

Anand 1 - Kramnik 0

Score: 4.5 to 1.5 - Anand leads

[AdminX]

Ted, did Anand play e5?

Kramnik yet again made the BIGGEST Blunder.


Engine thinks white is at + 3.36

Anand,V - Kramnik,V, WCC 2008 Bonn 2008
[d]2r3k1/6pp/8/3nPP2/p7/P5RP/1n1B1N2/4K3 w - - 0 1


[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.10.21"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. g4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Rac8 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Bb4 c5 19. dxc5 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21.
Rxg2 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Bc1 f5 27. Kd1
Rc8 28. f3 Nd6 29. Ke1 a5 30. e3 e5 31. gxf5 e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd2 a4 34.
Nf2 Nd6 35. Rg4 Nc4 36. e4 Nf6 37. Rg3 Nxb2 38. e5 Nd5 39. f6 *

[d]2r3k1/6pp/5P2/3nP3/p7/P5RP/1n1B1N2/4K3 b - - 0 39
+- (2.97) Depth: 16/35 00:00:07 45786kN
39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.fxg7 Rg8 42.Nf6 Nxf6 43.exf6 Kf7 44.Rc3 Kxf6 45.Bc1 Nd1 46.Kxd1 Rxg7 47.Bf4 Rg2 48.h4
+- (3.34) Depth: 17/40 00:00:23 137mN
39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.fxg7 Rg8 42.Nf6 Nxf6 43.exf6 Nc4 44.Rc3 Nxd2 45.Rc6+ Kf7 46.Kxd2 Rb8 47.Kd3 Rb3+ 48.Kd4 Rg3 49.Rc3
+- (3.36) Depth: 18/45 00:00:49 286mN

[swami]

Looks like game over after f6

Anand 1 - Kramnik 0

Score: 4.5 to 1.5 - Anand leads

After further analysis:

Anand,V - Kramnik,V, WCC 2008 Bonn 2008
2r3k1/6pp/5P2/3nP3/p7/P5RP/1n1B1N2/4K3 b - - 0 1

Analysis by bright-0.3a:

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39...Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.fxg7 Rg8 42.Nc5+ Kf7 43.Bh6 Nc4 44.Rf3+ Kg6 45.Rf8 Ne7 46.Rf6+ Kh5 47.e6 Nd5 48.Rf8 Ne7 49.Rxg8 Nxg8 
  +-  (3.14)   Depth: 16/32   00:00:00  1295kN
39...Kf7 40.Ne4 Ke6 41.Ng5+ Kxe5 42.f7 Rf8 43.Rf3 Nd3+ 44.Rxd3 h6 45.Bc3+ Nxc3 46.Re3+ Kf4 47.Re8 Rxf7 48.Nxf7 Nb5 49.Rg8 Nxa3 50.Rxg7 
  +-  (3.53)   Depth: 17/47   00:00:22  131mN
39...g6 40.Ne4 Nc4 41.e6 Nxd2 42.Kxd2 Rc4 43.Rg4 Kf8 44.Ng5 Rxg4 45.Nxh7+ Kg8 46.f7+ Kxh7 47.f8Q Rd4+ 48.Kc2 Re4 49.Qd6 Rd4 
  +-  (3.44)   Depth: 17/54   00:00:34  205mN
39...g6 40.Ne4 Nc4 41.Rd3 Nxd2 42.Kxd2 Nf4 43.Rd7 h6 44.Ke3 g5 45.h4 Ne6 46.Re7 Rc6 47.Nd6 Nf4 48.Rg7+ Kf8 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Rxg5 
  +-  (3.53)   Depth: 18/58   00:01:04  383mN
39...g6 40.Ne4 Re8 41.f7+ Kxf7 42.Nd6+ Ke7 43.Bg5+ Kd7 44.Nxe8 Kxe8 45.e6 Nc4 46.Rd3 Ncb6 47.Rd4 h6 48.Bxh6 Ke7 49.Re4 Nf6 50.Bg5 Nbd5 
  +-  (4.24)   Depth: 19/58   00:02:14  813mN

[Anil]

Analysis by Rybka3_8cpu at ChessOK site:

(39... g6 40. Ne4 Nc4 41. e6 Nxd2 42. Kxd2 Kf8 43. Rd3 Nxf6 44. Nxf6 Ke7 45. Nxh7 Kxe6 46. Rd4 Ra8 47. Ke3 Rybka3_8cpu (0:00.42)+4.04|d19)

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.10.21"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. g4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Rac8 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Bb4 c5 19. dxc5 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21.
Rxg2 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Bc1 f5 27. Kd1
Rc8 28. f3 Nd6 29. Ke1 a5 30. e3 e5 31. gxf5 e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd2 a4 34.
Nf2 Nd6 35. Rg4 Nc4 36. e4 Nf6 37. Rg3 Nxb2 38. e5 Nd5 39. f6 Kf7 *

[d]2r5/5kpp/5P2/3nP3/p7/P5RP/1n1B1N2/4K3 w - - 0 40

[swami]

Now that's clearly a third victory for Anand, and Kramnik will never be able to come back in this match.

I feel sorry for Kramnik, because he's clerly not playing at his best level, making many blunders. That's sad because he's ill (he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, wich necesitated surgery last year), and had the force to come back and prepare for this match during months.

When one remember that this player is the one who defeated Kasparov, and the only one that got the GMI title without gaining the IM one first, one can only feel sad. Especielly when everyone seems to cheer for his opponent (I like Anand too, but we should cheer for best chess, not for one of those two gentlemen).

Well, It's just that Anand manages the time in the end better, after all he's strong at blitz. He makes little error even under time pressure, Kramnik had made positional error every single move in the game at the end that engines evaluation fluctuate much.