2/24/2013 – The first round of the four-player category 21 event saw two games with unusual openings. Vladimir got a small advantage against Boris Gelfand but could not turn it into a full point; while Fabiano Caruana relinquished his advantage in time trouble against Vishy Anand and had to fight for 65 moves to secure the draw. Round one report with video commentary and postgame analysis.
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In one of the strongest tournaments of the year the World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) is facing the former title-holder Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), last year’s World Championship challenger Boris Gelfand (Israel) and the rising star Fabiano Caruana (Italy). At the Savoy Hotel, Paradeplatz, Zurich, the four masters are playing a double round-robin tournament from 23 February to 1 March 2013.
Vishwanathan Anand vs Fabiano Caruana saw a somewhat unusual variation of the Sicilian Najdorf where White plays 6.Be3 – as Caruana had done against Anand just ten days ago in Baden Baden, and against Naiditsch two weeks ago in the same event (the game against Anand was drawn, Caruana beat Naiditsch in this line). Caruana got a slight advantage and was clearly playing for a win. In spite of time trouble he spurned a repetition and then dropped a pawn. On move 41 he then overlooked a way to regain it with a clear draw, and had to suffer Anand's attempts to take the full point himself. The World Champion played on until move 65 but was unable to break down his young opponent's defence.
Vladimir Kramnik vs Boris Gelfand (above in the postmortem) started 1.Nf3 c5 2.b3, something Kramnik had used successfully against Gawain Jones at the London Chess Classic last December. Against Gelfand he gained a slight advantage, but was unable to make headway against last year's World Championship challenger. The game ended with repetition on move 59 in a clearly drawn position.
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Impressions on round one by Vijay Kumar
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