Rd3 Anand(2817) – Kasimdzhanov(2687)

 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.

(Anand 3.5 -Kasimdzhanov .5 )
r1bq1r1k/pp3ppB/2p5/3p4/5Qn1/2P2N1P/PPP2PP1/1K1R3R b KQkq – 0 161. 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 1-0310nod2f4

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