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
eleven – Anand draws with a Nimzo Indian
The 11th game of the World Chess Championship was a tantalising one, having
its exciting moments initially, which perhaps raised hopes of a positive result
for fans of reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand.
In former times people would sharpen their swords or oil their guns before
a battle...
Anand at the start of the game (after playing 6...c5)
Boris Gelfand mulling over Anand's suprise move 8...Bd7
Boris Gelfand appeared to have been caught off-guard on the eighth move with
a rare continuation by Anand, who had once again opted for the Nimzo Indian
Defence. Gelfand pondered long and hard (for about 50 minutes) on this move,
causing a buzz of excitement and many wondered whether the Indian ace had something
exciting to unleash from his home preparation. Gelfand appeared troubled, gesticulated
nervously and stayed hunched for a long time on the board. Quite clearly the
move had rattled him but the Israeli GM kept his cool and solved his problems
on board to once again steer the game to a draw after 24 moves.
The final minutes of game eleven – Boris Gelfand ponders after 22...Be8
Gelfand has played 23.Rb3 and Anand looks very relaxed about his prospects
After 24...Rd7 Gelfand has accepted the draw offer by Anand
The twelve-game match has just one more game remaining, to be played on Monday
after a rest day on Sunday. The match is delicately poised with a 5.5-5.5 score,
and a victory by either would mean the world title. Anand will be wielding white
and in case of a draw, the tie break games are scheduled to be played on May
30th.
Anand finds himself in a similar situation as in Sofia in 2010, where the
score was tied 5.5-5.5 and he scored a thrilling victory over Veselin Topalov
in the final twelfth game to retain the crown. Anand first won the title in
2000, then lost it the next year. He regained back the title in 2007 in Mexico,
and since then successfully defended it in 2008 and 2010.
Game eleven analysis by GM Gilbert Milos
Game ten analysis by Malcolm Pein
IM Malcolm Pein comments on the games on TWIC and
live during each game via Twitter #telegraphchess.
Analysis of game eleven by GM Daniel King on Playchess
Video commentary by Andrew Martin
GM
Robert Fontaine and his video producer Gérard Demuydt are in Moscow,
producing video reports and interviews after each round for the French chess
magazine Europe Echecs. We are grateful
to receive the reports very soon after the end of the games, so that we are
able to publish them on the same day. It is also great to catch a glimpse of
the many interesting personalities that visit the World Championship.
A prominent visitor: World numer two Levon Aronian (right) chats with
Robert Fontaine
GM Max Dlugy, Press Officer of RCF Mark Glukhovsky, World numer three
Vladimir
Kramnik, Dmitry Jakovenko, and Peter Svidler, the English language commentator
Video report by Vijay Kumar for Doordarshan Indian TV Network
Pictures by Anastasya Karlovich in Moscow
Video stream of the round (from the official World
Championship site)
Once again the Russian organisers are providing unprecedented
coverage,
with a HD video stream of the action and commentary by visiting grandmasters. |
One of the camera people responsibe for the HD video broadcast of the event
Scoreboard
| Players |
Rtng |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Tot. |
Perf. |
+/– |
| Vishy Anand |
2791 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
5.5 |
2727 |
–10 |
| Boris Gelfand |
2727 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
5.5 |
2791 |
+10 |
Remaining schedule
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.
| Sun |
May 27 |
Rest day |
|
| Mon |
May 28 |
Game 12 |
Sam Collins |
| Tues |
May 29 |
Rest day |
|
| Wed |
May 30 |
Tiebreaks |
|
| Thurs |
May 31 |
Closing |
|
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