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...
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...
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...
by scribe | May 4, 2010 | 2010 world championship, endings, games
The biggest concern for Vishwanathan Anand, after his heroic defense in game 7, was that he might wear down mentally and physically from the constant pressure from Topalov. That’s exactly what GM Sergei Shipov talks about in his introduction to game 8, and...
by scribe | May 3, 2010 | 2010 world championship, current news, games
When two outstanding chess players play uncompromising chess without serious mistakes, the result is usually the same: a draw. After the blazing start to this match, we now have had three consecutive draws. But I don’t think that chess fans have anything to...
