Video commentary and impressions from Moscow
5/23/2012 – Believe it or not we have more on the World Championship. First our most prolific trainer and commentator GM Daniel King asks whether the 17-move win by Anand in game eight was the shortest in World Championship history (spoiler: it was!). He looks at the second shortest game – from 1886! Then GM Robert Fontaine takes us on a fascinating video tour of the chess-riddled Russian capital. Enjoy.
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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%).
GM Daniel King's rest day wrap-up
One of our most prolific authors, trainers and commentators, Danny King muses in this video on the question: was Anand's 17-move win over Boris Gelfand the shortest in World Championship history? Warning spoiler: yes it was. Danny has dug up the previous record holder: Steinitz vs Zukertort in 1886, which was a 19-move win. He goes back to look at that game to compare and contrast the different styles of play.
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About the author:
Born 1963, Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years and has represented his country in numerous competitions, amongst others in the historic win by the English over the Soviet Union in 1990 in Reykjavik. King is the author of more than 15 chess books and has wealth of experience as a trainer, assisting many of England’s leading players. He is also well known for his broadcasting on TV, radio and the internet, commentating major chess events. To the delight of chess fans worldwide, he hosts his monthly "Powerplay" show on the world's largest chess server, Playchess.com. He contributes to ChessBase Magazine, with the popular column "Move by Move". King has also produced the highly praised PowerPlay DVD series for ChessBase. King lives in London.Video impressions of Moscow
GM
Robert Fontaine and his video producer Gérard Demuydt are in Moscow produced
video reports and interviews after each round for the French chess magazine
Europe Echecs. In this edition they
roam the streets of the Russian capital and provide us with interesting cultural
insights. Highlights: a Robocomuter match (a full ChessBase report will follow)
and impressions of the Blond vs Brunette match, on which we have already reported
pictorially. The commentary of this 4½ minute video is in French, but
it has been neatly subtitled in English by the authors.
Scoreboard
| Players | Rtng |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Tot. |
Perf. |
+/– |
| Vishy Anand | 2791 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
4.0 |
2727 |
–7 |
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| Boris Gelfand | 2727 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
4.0 |
2791 |
+7 |
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.
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Links
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