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The World Chess Championship 2012 is being staged in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, between the current World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and the winner of the Candidates tournament Boris Gelfand of Israel. The match is over twelve games and lasts from May 11 to 30. The prize fund is US $2.55 million, the winner getting $1.53 million (60%), the loser $1,02 million (40%).
Round
two: Anand shows his hand with Semi-SlavPress Release by Team Anand at NIIT
The reigning World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand demonstrated his defensive skills precisely and perfectly to draw against Challenger Boris Gelfand in the second game of the World Chess Championship at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow on Saturday night. Anand, the NIIT MindChampion was delightful in his defence with the dark pieces, often making unexpected moves as against the ones suggested by the experts and the chess engines following the game. The pieces and the position however appeared harmonious and Anand hardly appeared in trouble in the Anti-Meran game which lasted 25 moves.
Boris Gelfand at the start of game two of the World Championship
Anand later commenting on the ending position explained: "White did have a slight edge initially but in the end there were many defensive structures for Black.” Gelfand admitted: “I offered the draw as there was no option left. I could not get the slightest idea to mobilize the pieces.”
Cool with a Semi-Slav: World Champion Viswanathan Anand
In the initial stages, it appeared that Gelfand had a slight edge but Anand
soon neutralized it by some quick exchange of pieces, including the queens.
As expected there were no initial surprises by Gelfand as he stuck to his usual
Queen Pawn Opening, while Anand opted for the Slav. He had stuck to the Grunfeld
disastrously and then the Catalan against Veselin Topalov at the last World
Championship at Sofia in 2010.
It was Anand who uncorked a novelty on the 14th turn with a knight move which
left Gelfand thinking. However once the pawns and the pieces were cleared from
the centre, there was not much play left.
Video stream of round two (from the official World Championship site)
Once again the Russian organisers are providing unprecedented
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| Players | Rtng |
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12 |
Tot. |
Perf. |
+/– |
| Vishy Anand | 2791 |
½ |
½ |
1.0 |
2727 |
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| Boris Gelfand | 2727 |
½ |
½ |
1.0 |
2791 |
Days of play, with live commentators on Playchess.com. Note that the games start at 15:00h local time = 13:00 CEST, 07 a.m. New York or here in your location.
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Links
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