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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%).
Press release
The seven game of the match for FIDE World Champion was played on 20 May at the State Tretyakov Gallery’s Engineering Building. The opponents continued their theoretical dispute in the Slav Defence. Boris Gelfand, who played White, was the first to move away from the lines that had been tried out before, opting for the most principled continuation, 6.c5. A complicated strategic fight ensued, with nearly all pieces remaining on the board.
Experts note that the World Champion did not play energetically enough and failed to equalise. Black’s main problem was his bad light-squared bishop, which never made it through the fence of black pawns. Gelfand skillfully built up pressure on the queenside and managed to penetrate his opponent’s camp with his pieces via the open c-file, putting Black in a very poor position. Vishy Anand’s desperate attempt to sacrifice a piece and launch an attack against his rival’s king brought no success, and he resigned on move 38.
To recap, this is Gelfand’s first win against Anand in events with classical time control over the past 19 years – since 1993. The match score is now 4-3 in Gelfand’s favour. The next, eighth, game will be played 21 May. Viswanathan Anand will play with white pieces.
Extensive analysis of the games is available in our round seven report.
Has he got something up his sleeve? Boris Gelfand before the start of round
seven
The World Champion in a game that would bring the first decision of the
match
The theatre is packed on this Sunday afternoon
Some spectators are able to keep their cool during the game – and
some aren't
The arbiters: Hal Bond (Deputy) Ashot Vardapetian (Chief)
When world-renowned chess trainer Mark Dvoretsky studies a position everybody
is interested. Everybody.
Tolya! Guest of honour and commentator in round seven
In the press room: Peter Leko chats with GM Ian Rogers and wife Kathy
A simultaneous exhibition given by GM Ian Nepomniachtchi...
...and one by Russian IM Valentina Gunina, current European
Women's Champion
Mr. Cool giving his opponents some extra time to ponder their positions
Camera man Anton Skrypnik providing images for the live HD video stream
Vijay Kumar, unassuming and kind-hearted (he always brings us Indian spices),is
a
producer for the Doordashan TV channel that reaches about half a billion viewers
Behind the camera in the Europe Echecs reports: Gérard Demuydt
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 round seven
report we see the moment Anand resigns the game and the hug-and-hop jubilation
of Gelfand fans in the press centre.
| 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 |
3.0 |
2678 |
–11 |
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| Boris Gelfand | 2727 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4.0 |
2840 |
+11 |
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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