World Chess Championship 2010

[slymaster]

Viswanathan Anand (India) vs Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)
2787 vs 2804

Game 1 (24th April)
Win for the challenger Topalov -playing white.
0-1

Game 2 (25th April)
Win for the defending champion Anand -playing white
1-1

Game 3 (27th April)
Draw
1,5 vs 1,5

Game 4 (28th April)
Win for Anand -playing white
2,5 vs 1,5

Game 5 (30th April)
Draw
3 vs 2

Game 6 (1st May)
Draw
3,5 vs 2,5

Game 7 (3rd May)
Draw
4 vs 3

Game 8 (4th May)
Win for Topalov -playing white

Game 9 (6th May)
Draw

Game 10 (7th May)
Draw

Game 11 (9th May)
Draw

Game 12 (11th May)
Win for Anand - playing black

Score
6,5 vs 5,5

[slymaster]

Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 30 D86 Gruenfeld Simagin
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 43 E04 Catalan
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 46 D17 Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 32 E04 Catalan

Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2787 0 1 ½ 1 . . . . . . . . 2½ 2900
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2805 1 0 ½ 0 . . . . . . . . 1½ 2700

[slymaster]

Great recovery from Vishy after blundering in game 1.
Lets see what Topalov can do in game 5 with white.
Game 4 was just brilliant from Anand. First the novelty which did not help Veselins time account and then his attack.
Liked it a lot.

Topalovs insisting on the Sofia rule is a bit childish imo.

[spaceman70]

Sly,

Can this be viewed over the internet somewhere, would love to watch the games?

[Dicie]

Sly,

Can this be viewed over the internet somewhere, would love to watch the games?

http://www.anand-topalov.com/bg/live.html

[slymaster]

Powercut (12-15min) at the venue. Dark ages..

[Dicie]

Powercut (20-30min) at the venue. Dark ages..

Russian bloke fell off the bike...

[slymaster]

Powercut (20-30min) at the venue. Dark ages..

Russian bloke fell off the bike...

Tactics from the bulgarian side.

[slymaster]

Live commentary by: Zurab Azmaiparashvili

Azmaiparashvili made chess news in 2004 when, at the closing ceremony of the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calviá, he was arrested by local police and subsequently held in custody for several days. The attitude of the event's organizers towards Azmaiparashvili had apparently been soured when, upon his arrival in Spain, he had attempted to secure himself two hotel rooms, claiming he was entitled to one in his capacity as a FIDE vice-president, and another as a player at the event. This sour mood seems to have brought him extra attention at the closing ceremony when he approached the stage, apparently in an attempt to inform FIDE officials that the organizers had neglected to award a prize named in honour of Georgian former Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili. He came into conflict with security officials, and a scuffle broke out resulting in injuries both to Azmaiparashvili and a security agent. There are conflicting claims about the exact nature of said scuffle: a press release from the Olympiad organizers placed the blame squarely on Azmaiparashvili's shoulders, saying that after he had tried to gain admittance to the stage on several occasions he "without any previous provocation, assaulted the agent with a head butt to his mouth".[4] FIDE, on the other hand, blamed over-zealous policing, saying in their press release that "Despite his clear VIP identification, he was severely beaten up by several security guards".[5] Azmaiparashvili was due to appear in court on 22 July 2005, but all charges were dropped shortly beforehand.[6]

Azmaiparashvili had been criticized earlier in 2004 over arrangements for the 2004 Women's World Chess Championship when female Georgian players Lela Javakhishvili and Ana Matnadze accused him of behaving "in a hostile and intimidating manner, using inappropriate and vulgar language and bringing to tears our mothers
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Now thats one for the DRA!

[spaceman70]

Sly,

Can this be viewed over the internet somewhere, would love to watch the games?

http://www.anand-topalov.com/bg/live.html

Cheers Dicie.

[slymaster]

[Dicie]

Live commentary by: Zurab Azmaiparashvili

Azmaiparashvili made chess news in 2004 when, at the closing ceremony of the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calviá, he was arrested by local police and subsequently held in custody for several days. The attitude of the event's organizers towards Azmaiparashvili had apparently been soured when, upon his arrival in Spain, he had attempted to secure himself two hotel rooms, claiming he was entitled to one in his capacity as a FIDE vice-president, and another as a player at the event. This sour mood seems to have brought him extra attention at the closing ceremony when he approached the stage, apparently in an attempt to inform FIDE officials that the organizers had neglected to award a prize named in honour of Georgian former Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili. He came into conflict with security officials, and a scuffle broke out resulting in injuries both to Azmaiparashvili and a security agent. There are conflicting claims about the exact nature of said scuffle: a press release from the Olympiad organizers placed the blame squarely on Azmaiparashvili's shoulders, saying that after he had tried to gain admittance to the stage on several occasions he "without any previous provocation, assaulted the agent with a head butt to his mouth".[4] FIDE, on the other hand, blamed over-zealous policing, saying in their press release that "Despite his clear VIP identification, he was severely beaten up by several security guards".[5] Azmaiparashvili was due to appear in court on 22 July 2005, but all charges were dropped shortly beforehand.[6]

Azmaiparashvili had been criticized earlier in 2004 over arrangements for the 2004 Women's World Chess Championship when female Georgian players Lela Javakhishvili and Ana Matnadze accused him of behaving "in a hostile and intimidating manner, using inappropriate and vulgar language and bringing to tears our mothers
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Now thats one for the DRA!

Andy Jenkins refuses to comment that he was present at the time of the "attack"

[spaceman70]

K to C6 was my move.

[spaceman70]

King to f3?

[slymaster]

King to f3?

A draw is a draw. But as long as Topalov insists on the Sofia rule...
On the other hand "The Rocket" would have given the win to Veselin after move 12.

[spaceman70]

Ke3?

[spaceman70]

King to f3?

A draw is a draw. But as long as Topalov insists on the Sofia rule...
On the other hand "The Rocket" would have given the win to Veselin after move 12.

[spaceman70]

Rc7, more attacking play.

[slymaster]

Rc7, more attacking play.

I really cant see anything different than a draw.
But hey I am no GM.

[slymaster]

Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 30 D86 Gruenfeld Simagin
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 43 E04 Catalan
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 46 D17 Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 32 E04 Catalan
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 44 D17 Slav Defence

Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2787 0 1 ½ 1 ½ . . . . . . . 3 2877
Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2805 1 0 ½ 0 ½ . . . . . . . 2 2715