5/14/2012 – Sunday is a rest day in Moscow – opportunity for us to catch up on the masses of material pouring in. We bring you videos with rest day reflections by GM Daniel King on Playchess, a round two report by French chess magazine reporter GM Robert Fontaine, and game two analysis by chess trainer Andrew Martin. In addition some wonderful photos by Anastasia Karlovich and Alexey Yushenkov.
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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%).
Video reports and coverage
Rest day reflections by GM Daniel King on Playchess
King: In spite of the tangible tensions that were there in the first two drawn
games, they were not exactly to the taste of a lot of chess fans around the
world who are looking for more exciting encounters. I am sure the match will
catch fire as some point. To satisfy the blood lust of a lot of you out there
I am going to show you a game from the World Championship match from two years
ago between Anand and Topalov, which was a very different kind of encounter.
– Daniel King goes on to show us game four of the match in 2010.
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 the round two
report we see the arrival of players, a short résumé of the game,
the press conference with the home prep of Vishy 17…Bf5, and small interviews
with Joel Lautier regarding this start of the match.
IM Andrew Martin on game two
The English chess trainer has a dedicated following of chess enthusiasts
who simply like his style. "Andrew Martin's analysis fits me best,"
writes Karl-Heinz Isleif from Tokyo, Japan. "He makes sense, and
no one is easier to understand and to follow. But what made you say he's
from London, when he sounds like the guys down in Melbourne?" –
Sorry, Karl-Heinz, Andrew was born in West Ham, London, and is pure Brit.
He is a professional chess teacher and head trainer of the English youth
team. He trains eight schools: Yateley Manor, Aldro, Millfield, Sunningdale,
Waverley School, St Michael’s Sandhurst, Wellington College, Salesian
College.
For a full bio and a list of the training DVDs he has produced for ChessBase
visit this
page in our online shop.
Photo gallery
Vishy! The World Champion in a post game press conference
Typical posture of Boris Gelfand when he is pondering a position
Anand and Gelfand discuss the second game while chief arbiter Ashot Vardapetyan
from Armenia and deputy Hal Bond from Canada look on
The challenger Boris Gelfand from Israel
Press Officer of Russian Chess Federation Mark Glukhovsky
FIDE Press Officer Anastasia Karlovich (Ukraine)
Tournament photographer Eteri Kublashvili
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the RCF, and aide to the
President of the Russian Federation, Arkady Dvorkovich
General Director of the State Tretyakov Gallery Irina Lebedeva
A private moment between Anand and wife Aruna
Photos by Anastasia Karlovich and Alexey Yushenkov
Scoreboard
Players
Rtng
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Tot.
Perf.
+/–
Vishy Anand
2791
½
½
1.0
2727
Boris Gelfand
2727
½
½
1.0
2791
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.
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there
and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase
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