Video commentary and impressions from Moscow

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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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.

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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					4.0	2727	–7
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.

Wed May 23 Game 9 Daniel King Thur May 24 Game 10 Yannick Pelletier Fri May 25 Rest day   Sat May 26 Game 11 Daniel King 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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