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Anand Inches Towards Victory With Another Draw

Thursday October 23, 2008

Viswanathan Anand gained an early advantage in another Slav Defense game (an opening which seems to be the only battleground for World Championships these days), and took a draw in 37 moves. Although Anand was up a pawn, Vladimir Kramnik had successfully reached a drawn position.

White: Viswanathan Anand
Black: Vladimir Kramnik
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 0-0 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Ne1 Bg6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Nd3 Qb6 18.Nxb4 Qxb4 19.b3 Rac8 20.Ba3 Qc3 21.Rac1 Qxe3 22.fxe3 f6 23.Bd6 g5 24.h3 Kf7 25.Kf2 Kg6 26.Ke2 fxe5 27.dxe5 b6 28.b4 Rc4 29.Rxc4 dxc4 30.Rc1 Rc8 31.g4 a5 32.b5 c3 33.Rc2 Kf7 34.Kd3 Nc5+ 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 37.Kxc3 draw agreed

A draw is a fine result for Anand, who expands his lead to 5-2 with just 5 games left to play. Anand will win the match if he can score another 1.5 points in the remaining games. For Kramnik, tomorrow may be his last chance to seriously challenge Anand; he has the White pieces, and a win for him could make the match at least a little interesting going down the stretch.

Comments

November 10, 2008 at 7:25 pm
(1) Bruce says:

Did Anand play both games 6 & 7 as white.

November 10, 2008 at 11:07 pm
(2) chess says:

Yes – they switched the color order in the middle of the match, so Anand played White in both games 6 and 7.

August 23, 2009 at 1:31 am
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