World Chess Campionship 2012

Game 12

a Bb5 sicilian!Now this could be something.....🙂

Originally posted by Wilfriedva
Game 12

a Bb5 sicilian!Now this could be something.....🙂

We had one in game 10 and that came to nothing. Anand has sacced a pawn this time though and Gelfand is already half an hour behind on the clock (after ten moves).

Originally posted by Fat Lady
We had one in game 10 and that came to nothing. .

Right.Already forgot that one 😳

Let's hope for the best though 🙂

Apparently the tie-breakers begin 3 hours earlier than the other rounds.

Originally posted by ketchuplover
Apparently the tie-breakers begin 3 hours earlier than the other rounds.

Correct. At 1200 h on Wednesday, May 30th

http://moscow2012.fide.com/en/schedule

I just bet all the world's money on Gelfand 🙂

Originally posted by ketchuplover
I just bet all the world's money on Gelfand 🙂

Is it over yet? If so, who won?

Originally posted by sonhouse
Is it over yet? If so, who won?

Anand won the 4-game playoff.

Theres a 300+ post thread right under this one where many of us gave been discussing the match.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Is it over yet? If so, who won?

Lol vishy won the play-offs. Gelfand had some chances but did use up quite a bit of time. Should it have been Gelfand and not one of the other top-ranked players in the world?

May 2012 rankings

Rank Name Title
1 Carlsen, Magnus
2 Aronian, Levon
3 Kramnik, Vladimir
4 Anand, Viswanathan
5 Radjabov, Teimour
6 Karjakin, Sergey
7 Nakamura, Hikaru
8 Caruana, Fabiano
9 Morozevich, Alexander
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily

They will get their chance in 2013 see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2013