5/17/2012 – In the fifth game Anand and Gelfand played 17 moves of theory, after which White deviated from the previous 2009 game and seemed to get a small advantage. However Anand allowed his Israeli challenger to trade down and after ten more moves there was nothing left to play for. Full report with pictures and videos, as well as double analysis by GM Romain Edouard and IM Malcolm Pein.
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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
five: drawn in 27 moves
The wait wasn’t long for enthusiasts expecting the King Pawn Opening
from World Champion Viswanathan Anad. Playing with white in the fifth game,
Anand opened with the king pawn for the first time in this twelve-game World
Championship match against challenger Boris Gelfand.
Boris Gelfand before the start of game five
The surprise element as expected was missing with the Israeli GM too having
anticipated this move by Anand. Gelfand counter surprised Anand by skipping
his favourite Petroff Defence and instead opted for the Sveshnikov Variation
of the Sicilian Defence.
World Champion Anand played 1.e4 and faced the Sicilian Sveshnikov
Anand was once again not his usual self, and it was another slow and safe approach
by the Indian, who is fighting in the Classical World Championship format for
the third time, having defeated Vladimir Kramnik in 2008 and Veselin Topalov
in 2010. It was once again a technical and positional battle which beginners
and amateurs may find difficult to follow, but neither player conceded an inch.
They followed the well analyzed and dissected main line of the Svehnikov and
play was focussed on the queen side with pieces swapped at regular intervals.
After 26 moves each player was left with a queen, rook and opposite colour bishops
which had them unhesitatingly settling for a draw without anything left in the
position.
Ilya Smirin and Alexander Grischuk doing commentary during round five
This was the fifth successive draw in as many games and leaves the score tied
at 2.5-2.5.Gelfand will wield white pieces in the 6th game scheduled on Friday
night.
Game five analysis by GM Romain Edouard
GM Romain Edouard, 21 years old, learnt to play chess at the age
of five. He played his first national youth championship at ten, became
a FIDE Master at 16, an IM at 17, and a GM at 18.
Romain won the French and European U16 Championships in 2006, came
second in the U18 section in European and World Championships in 2007,
and came second in the French Championship 2010 (shared first on points
with Laurent Fressinet).
He has been a member of the French national team since 2009 (except
in 2011). He won several international open tournaments: Bad Wiessee
2008, Zaragoza 2008, Echternach 2009, Andorra 2009, Hastings 2010, Echternach
2010, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, etc. as well as closed tournaments: Grand
Prix de Bordeaux 2007, Antwerp 2011, Nancy 2012.
Romain delivers his analyses of the World Championship in Moscow minutes
after the games have ended, something we greatly appreciate.
Game five analysis by Malcolm Pein
IM Malcolm Pein comments on the games on TWIC
and live during each game via Twitter #telegraphchess.
Analysis of game five by GM Daniel King on Playchess
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.
Andrew Martin comments on game five
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.
Pictures by Anastasya Karlovich in Moscow
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
2.5
2727
–4
Boris Gelfand
2727
½
½
½
½
½
2.5
2791
+4
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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