World Chess Campionship 2012

Hmm interesting Qf3 then pick h5?

There's a neat little trick in that line:

🙂

today, even it is draw, but it was a good draw!

Originally posted by vipiu
today, even it is draw, but it was a good draw!

Originally posted by Fat Lady
I agree. Lots of chess played today.

Super game.

I see Boris is going for the Qb7 idea I gave above. 😉

It's over! Anand defended perfectly and got a hard fought draw.

This one definitely kept us on the edges of our seats.

Good game.
I've seen them blown at our level with the Queen player pushing too hard
convinced there is a win.

Something like this...

excellent game. do you guys think anand had it all worked out when he accepted to give queen for knight & rook?
or was he completely taken by surprise when gelfand played c5?

Originally posted by watchyourbackrank
excellent game. do you guys think anand had it all worked out when he accepted to give queen for knight & rook?
or was he completely taken by surprise when gelfand played c5?

Interesting point made :-

(The two players in the press conference). One question to Anand: "Your wife seems to appear in the press center half a minute before the game ends. Does she have paranormal abilities to tell when this is going to happen?" Anand's answer: "I don't know how she does it."

Is Gelfand always looking at Anand when they are playing? Isn't that some type of psycho-mind game?

Round 10 underway

...and it's over. The position looks drawish but I would have liked to see if Anand could break through the queenside after a3.