5/15/2012 – Game three came tantalizing close to a first decisive result, but alas, the audience was left wanting once more. Surprised by Gelfand's Grünfeld in game one, Anand came prepared with an offbeat variation, seeking to just play chess. After a deeply passed pawn on d6 it seemed he would be victorious, but Gelfand saved the game. Daniel King shows us how Anand could probably have won. Update.
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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
three: Anand tantalizingly close to first win
A well fought, fantastic struggle ended without much fanfare, the World Champion
Viswanathan Anand perhaps playing it safe in the dying stages of game three
of the World Chess Championship to draw the game against Boris Gelfand.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand at the start of game three
The position was complex and appeared promising for the NIIT MindChampion
Anand, but experts commenting on the game could not come to any firm conclusion,
and only analysis by chess engines later should provide more insights into the
game. It was one of those very rare times that Anand found himself in time trouble,
and impending checkmate threath with both Gelfand’s rooks patrolling his
seventh rank, had him settling for a draw with repetition of moves. The game
lasted 37 moves and literally had the followers on the edge of their seats for
most part.
Challenger Boris Gelfand confronted with Anand's deviation in the Grunfeld
Unlike the first two games, this game was razor sharp, needing both players
to play precisely to maintain some semblance of balance. Gelfand’s Grunfeld
was met with deviation on move three by Anand, but the 43-year-old Israeli GM
had more than done his homework. The speed with which he belted out the moves
giving a strong indication that he was all along on the home turf.
Anand ponders while the photographers do their thing
The audience in the theatre, the players on the stage
Anand castled on the queenside, but it was Gelfand who was on the attack in
the initial stages. His queen and rooks along with the knight kept the pressure
on Anand’s king. Anand ‘s pieces on the kingside were undeveloped,
for which Gelfand had sacrificed a pawn. Anand however exchanged off the queens,
bishops and knights and appeared better to try and probe for victory. However
a cautious 35th rook move by Anand had the game petering into a draw.
The scores now stand level at 1.5-1.5 in the 12 Game Match series in progress
at the Tretyakova Gallery at Mosocw.
Press Release by Team Anand at NIIT, photos by Anastasya
Karlovich
Game three commentary
IM Malcolm Pein comments on the games on TWIC
and live during each game via Twitter #telegraphchess.
Daniel King comments on game three
Daniel King analyses a critical position in the third game
Andrew Martin comments on game three
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 three
report we see the arrival of players, a short résumé of the game,
the press conference, and interviews with Jan Timman and Valentina Gunina, the
winner of the
European Women's Championship, and Viktor Bologan, the winner
of Taça Cuca.
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.
Scoreboard
Players
Rtng
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Tot.
Perf.
+/–
Vishy Anand
2791
½
½
½
1.5
2727
Boris Gelfand
2727
½
½
½
1.5
2791
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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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chess server Playchess.com.
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