Anand Takes Commanding Lead With Second Consecutive Win

The World Chess Championship Match is beginning to turn into a rout. In today's game, the sixth of the match, Viswanathan Anand won with White to run his lead to 4.5-1.5 over Vladimir Kramnik. Anand has won three games, while Kramnik has yet to score.

White: Viswanathan Anand
Black: Vladimir Kramnik
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Bd2 0-0 9.h3 b6 10.g4 Qa5 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Rg1 Rac8 17.Bg2 Ne7 18.Bb4 c5 19.dxc5 Rfd8 20.Ne5 Bxg2 21.Rxg2 bxc5 22.Rxc5 Ne4 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nd3 Nd5 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Bc1 f5 27.Kd1 Rc8 28.f3 Nd6 29.Ke1 a5 30.e3 e5 31.gxf5 e4 32.fxe4 Nxe4 33.Bd2 a4 34.Nf2 Nd6 35.Rg4 Nc4 36.e4 Nf6 37.Rg3 Nxb2 38.e5 Nd5 39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Nc4 41.fxg7 Kg8 42.Rd3 Ndb6 43.Bh6 Nxe5 44.Nf6+ Kf7 45.Rc3 Rxc3 46.g8Q+ Kxf6 47.Bg7+ Black resigns.

After tomorrow's rest day, Anand will be back at the board with the White pieces again, as the color order reverses now that we've reached the mid-point of the match. Kramnik will need to find something special to pull off a comeback, while Anand needs to score just 2 points in 6 games to retain his title. Based on the way the match has gone so far, it's hard to see much hope for Kramnik; Anand has thoroughly outplayed him thus far.