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Anand–Gelfand Game 12: The Battle Continues

by scribe | May 28, 2012 | 2010 world championship, 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games, positions

In the 2010 World Championship match, Vishy Anand went into the final game deadlocked with Veselin Topalov. It seemed as if the best he could hope for was a tie and a playoff… but then he unexpectedly ended the match with a stirring victory as Black! Could...

Counting down the hits

by scribe | Nov 15, 2010 | 2010 world championship, games, people, positions, tournaments, translations

A couple days ago I figured out how to get WordPress to tell me which posts on this site have gotten the most viewers. Just in case you would like to see what your fellow readers like to read about, here are my top 15 posts by popularity, along with links. Also, I...

Game 12 — Shocker in Sofia!

by scribe | May 11, 2010 | 2010 world championship, current news, endings, games

The match for the world championship is over, and the new champion is the same as the old champion: Vishwanathan Anand! In my last post I estimated that there was about a 5 percent chance that Anand would pull off a last-gasp victory as Black. That was surely a little...

Game 11 — Positional battle, another draw

by scribe | May 9, 2010 | 2010 world championship, endings, games, tournaments

After a blazing start, with three decisive games in the first four, the last two-thirds of the Anand-Topalov match has turned into a war of nerves. Today’s game was no exception. It was played almost entirely on a strategic level, with tactics only in the...

Game 10 — Everybody’s tired; Salt and pepper

by scribe | May 7, 2010 | 2010 world championship, endings, games

The tenth game of the world championship match could have been Topalov’s chance to break through and place Anand in an almost untenable position. Anand lost the thread in the middlegame and drifted into an inferior endgame, with a bishop and knight against...

Game 9 — Another dramatic draw

by scribe | May 6, 2010 | 2010 world championship, endings, games

Here’s the thing about Veselin Topalov — he just can’t play it safe. For today’s game, Vishwanathan Anand prepared a variation of the Nimzo-Indian where he gives up a queen for two rooks. Topalov didn’t have to venture into the...
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