World Chess Championship (Game 1)

[AdminX]

After a long think Anand plays Bg6. Kramnik at the board pondering his reply.



[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 "38"]
[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 Bg6 *

[d]2r3k1/5ppp/2r1p1b1/p2p4/3P1B2/4PP2/PP4PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 20

[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 "40"]
[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 Bg6 20. b3 f6 *


[d]2r3k1/6pp/2r1ppb1/p2p4/3P1B2/1P2PP2/P5PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 21

Kramnik,V - Anand,V, World Chess Championship 2008 2008
2r3k1/6pp/2r1ppb1/p2p4/3P1B2/1P2PP2/P5PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Rybka 3:

21.Re2 Bd3 22.Rd2 Bb5 23.Rad1 Kf7 24.Bg3 Rc3 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.e4 Kd7 27.exd5 exd5 28.Kg1 g5 29.Re1 Rc2
+/= (0.36) Depth: 6 00:00:00 0kN
+/= (0.37) Depth: 19 00:00:38 1556kN

[Anil]

Kramnik played 21. e4?!

[AdminX]

Notice how the display board is not correct!?

[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 "46"]
[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 Bg6 20. b3 f6
21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rc2 *

[d]3r2k1/6pp/4ppb1/p7/3PPB2/1P6/P1r3PP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 24

Kramnik,V - Anand,V, World Chess Championship 2008 2008
3r2k1/6pp/4ppb1/p7/3PPB2/1P6/P1r3PP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Rybka 3:

24.a4 Rc3 25.d5 exd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.exd5 Rxb3 28.Bc7 Bc2 29.Bxa5 Rd3 30.Ra1 Rd1+ 31.Rxd1 Bxd1 32.Kf2 Bxa4 33.Ke3 Kf7 34.Kd4 Ke7 35.Bb4+ Ke8 36.Be1
= (0.16) Depth: 17 00:00:00 0kN
= (0.15) Depth: 19 00:00:09 247kN

[AdminX]

[Terry McCracken]

Nice coverage, Ted.

For the moves one can use: (Free and Live)
http://chessok.com/broadcast/live.php?k ... pgn&game=0

Thanks for the link! It's updated much faster!

Terry

[Anil]

Nice coverage, Ted.

For the moves one can use: (Free and Live)
http://chessok.com/broadcast/live.php?k ... pgn&game=0

Thanks for the link! It's updated much faster!

Terry

You are welcome. First game seems to be a draw. Good for Anand with black, I guess.

[gerold]

Draw for sure now.

[Anil]

Draw for sure now.

Ted, why is Kramnik in cross-hair? Is this why he played for a draw with white?

[AdminX]

It's now 5:23PM in Bonn, DE and Anand looks like he's ready to go home.