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World Championship 2012 / Game 1
Published May 11, 2012 | 
A draw – Typical for the first game in a World Championship match. Still – the ‘downside’ of a draw with the white pieces is hardly what Anand wants and Gelfand was in a position to fight for more if he chose. So – a draw it is. With a relatively short match, let’s hope for some fighting spirit in subsequent games.
Kings Chess Tournament 2012
Published March 15, 2012 | |
The Kings Chess Tournament will take place in Romania (city of Medias), June 23 to July 4, 2012.This tournament was previously known as Bazna Kings; also Medias Kings.
There are to be six contestants: One Romanian player is yet to be announced.
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GM Viswanathan Anand (2799)
Current World Champion who will have just finished his World Chess Championship match with Boris Gelfand.
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GM Magnus Carlsen (2835)
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GM Teimour Radjabov (2784)
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GM Sergey Karjakin (2766) |
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2764) |
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London Classic 2011 / Round 4
Published December 6, 2011 |
The US Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura defeated the reigning world champion Vishy Anand in the fourth round of the London Classic Tournament 2011. The game was replete with blunders, but was a superb example of fighting chess on both sides.
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Vishy Anand
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Hikaru Nakamura |
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[Event "London Classic 2011"] [Date "2011.12.06"] [Round "4"] [White "GMAnand"] [Black "GMNakamura"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2758"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. a4 g5 13. Nc4 h6 14. f3 f4 15. Ba3 Ng6 16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rf7 18. a5 h5 19. b6 g4 20. Nb5 cxb6 21. axb6 g3 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. d6 a6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Na5 Kh8 26. Bc4 Rg7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 gxh2 29. Nc4 Qe8 30. Bd5 h4 31. Rf2 h3 32. gxh3 Rc8 33. Ra5 Nh4 34. Kxh2 Nd7 35. Bb4 Rg3 36. Qf1 Qh5 37. Ra3 a5 38. Be1 Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Bxd6 40. Rxa5 Bc5 41. Be2 Bxb6 42. Rb5 Bd4 43. Bd1 Bxf2 44. Bxf2 Nxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxf3 46. Rb1 Rg6 47. Rxb7 Nf6 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. Rb7+ Kh6 0-1 |
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Anand vs Pons / Bilbao 2011
Published October 11, 2011 |
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Viswanthan Anand |
Vallejo Pons |
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Going into the final round both Carlsen and Ivanchuk were tied for the lead. Both drew their respective final games and win (as a tie) the Bilbao Tournament for 2011.
The ‘Battle for the Basement’ was between Anand and Pons.
The current World Champion dug his way out of the cellar in a finely played game. In the final position Black was of course able to win the c7 Pawn, but only at the cost of entering a completely lost King & Pawn ending with White’s King Rook Pawn running down the board either as a threat to Queen, or as a lure to deflect the Black King from targets on other parts of the board.
Click on the board to step through the game.
Rd 6 GM Carlsen, Magnus (2823) – GM Anand, Viswanathan (2817) {Botvinnik Memorial}
Published September 3, 2011 | Viswanathan Anand wins the Botvinnik Memorial with a score of 4.5/6. World number one Magnus Carlsen lost all his games on the second day and finished last with 1.5/6.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Ba4 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. Qg3 d6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Bb3 Nh5 11. Qh4 Nf6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. a4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. Nf4 Re8 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rff1 Nd7 25. g4 d5 26. Rae1 e5 27. Nh5 dxe4 28. Rxe4 Rf8 29. Ree1 g6 30. Ng3 Bf2 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Ne4 Rf7 33. Kg2 g5 34. Nd6 Rf6 35. Nxb7 Rb8 36. Nxa5 Rxb2 37. Rc1 Ra2 38. Nc4 Rxa4 39. Rb1 e4 40. Nb2 Ra2 41. dxe4 Nc5 42. e5 Re6 43. Kf3 Rxe5 44. Be3 Nd7 45. Nc4 Rb5 46. Rd1 Rd5 47. Rc1 Ra4 48. Nd2 Ne5+ 49. Ke2 Nc4 50. Nf1 Ra3 51. c3 Kh7 52. Bd4 c5 53. Be3 Kg6 54. Rc2 Ra1 55. Bc1 Rd7 56. Ng3 Ra6 57. Kf2 Rd3 58. Kg2 Re6 59. h4 gxh4 60. Nh5 Ne3+ 61. Bxe3 Rexe3 62. Nf4+ Kg5 63. Nxd3 Rxd3 64. c4 Rg3+ 65. Kh2 Rxg4 66. Kh3 Rf4 0-1
Shirov vs Anand / Rapids Match / Round 5
Published June 5, 2011 | by National Master Loal Davis
Viswanathan Anand
Anand wins the match.
Out of six games Anand won three; two of these wins were with the black pieces.
Game Five was a Caro Kann defense. By move 35 (DIAGRAM) Anand dominated the board – again. White was reduced to complete passivity. Beginning with move 35, Black started to nibble. It turned into gnawing, and finally swallowing the black King. In the final position all of White’s pieces are stymied on the back row while his King is caught in a mating net.
Congratulations to Anand for an excellent match.
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8. Qf3 e6 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nd2 Nge7 12. Nb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. O-O Be7 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. g3 b6 17. Nf4 g6 18. Nh3 O-O 19. Qf4 Qe2 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Rd2 Qg4 22. Qxg4 hxg4 23. Ng5 a5 24. f3 Rc4 25. Kf2 Rfc8 26. fxg4 Nh6 27. Rad1 a4 28. Na1 Nxg4+ 29. Kf3 Nh6 30. Kf4 Nef5 31. Nf3 b5 32. Ne1 f6 33. exf6 e5+ 34. Kxe5 Ne3 35. Rb1 Re8+ 36. Kf4 Rc6 37. Kg5 Re4 38. Kxh6 Rg4 39. Rf2 Nf5+ 40. Rxf5 gxf5 41. Kh5 Rc7 0-1
Shirov vs Anand / Rapids Match / Round 3
Published June 4, 2011 | by National Master Loal Davis
The final position (DIAGRAM) says it all. Shirov is again pushing Pawns trying to throw Anand off balance. Anand centralizes, develops, and dominates the entire board, left/right/center. In the final position, White is stuck with his King in the center of the board and no good way to get out. Attempting to castle Queenside runs into an open ‘c’ file and an ‘a5′ break. White’s ‘e’ Pawn is doomed, and Black is one move away from complete piece mobilization. I’m not sure it would help, but Shirov needs to relax a bit.
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. h3 Qb6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nf3 d4 13. Ne4 Bb5 14. Qd2 Nbc6 15. a3 Ng6 16. b4 Be7 17. Bb2 Rfd8 0-1
Game Four was a draw.
Anand vs Shirov / Rapids Match / Round 2
Published June 3, 2011 | by National Master Loal Davis
There is a rapids match taking place in Leon between Anand and Shirov / June 3/4/5.
The Anand-Shirov match will be played under the FIDE Active Chess rules. It will be a six games match. Two games will be played each day. Each player will have 45 minutes per game + 30 seconds increment after each move. All six games will be played, even if the match winner has been already decided. If the result after six games is 3-3, a five minute games tiebreak match of two games will be played immediately after the sixth normal game. If there is still a tie, the Armageddon system will be played: five minutes for White, four minutes for Black, and Black will be considered the winner if there is a draw.
Game One was a draw.
In Game Two Shirov pushed Pawns; Anand developed pieces. What a ‘blowout’. Anand’s capture of the ‘e6′ Pawn on move 17 was supported by a potential Bishop check on ‘g4′ which would skewer the piece back. There was some ‘rapids vacillation’ around move 24; although Anand’s Nd5 at move 28 could probably have been played earlier, there was nothing lost – and it was a beauty (DIAGRAM). Sledge hammer blows with Anand sacrificing the kitchen sink landed a well delivered checkmate.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. d5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qb6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nxg5 Bc5 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Nxe6 Ne5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Be2 Raf8 20. O-O Rhg8 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Qxh6 Bc8 24. Qh4+ Ke6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qh5 Kf6 27. Qh4+ Ke6 28. Nd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Qb6 30. Qh5 Qb8 31. Rfd1 Rf6 32. Rxe5+ Qxe5 33. Bg4+ Rxg4 34. Qe8# 1-0
Rd3 Anand(2817) – Kasimdzhanov(2687)
Published March 28, 2011 | A match between the reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand and his second and former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan…The match consisted of four games with the time control of 25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Bd3 d5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. h3 Bxf4 15. Bxh7 Kh8 16. Qxf4 Nxf2 17. Ng5 f6 18. Nf7 Rxf7 19. Bg6 Nxd1 20. Qh4 Kg8 21. Re1 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Be6 23. Rxe6 Qb6 24. Kc1 Qg1+ 25. Re1 1-0
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- Announcement on Grand Prix
- FIDE President at "Maribor for Peace"
- FIDE World Chess Championship Match - Round 5
- FIDE President's working visit to Astana
- Art at the World Chess Championship Match
- "Chess in Schools" in Dharamshala
- U. N. Women meets with FIDE
- Meeting of Dalai Lama the 14th with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
- Olympiad and Congress Invitation
- Meeting with the President of Bulgaria Mr Georgi Parvanov