I really can't keep up with them, they are moving so fast! We're already on move 16!

Gosh 16 moves already. I was expecting it to be at move 4 or 5 ...

Hahha good morning Trysts. You too.

Is this a semi-Slav?

where do you watch it trysts?can you give a link?

http://moscow2012.fide.com/en/live?g=20120515

Now, when they played this opening in game two, it was drawn on move 25 after about 3 hours of play.

Good morning, keju

Yes.

Let's hope we have a crackling gathering today too!

Are the isolated queen pawns a normal feature of that opening?

No , it is not a usual position

I wish I knew the queen pawn openings so that I could follow this stuff better but I'm pretty much an e-pawn person. Still, I can follow the middle-game positional play. Timman's commentary is definitely better than Short's (for me at least). Hope there is not too much Russian art today.

Amazing position , 7 pieces and one pawn on d-file.That rarely happens.

After about 40 minutes, we are at move 19. Here is how game two's position looked on move 19:

Well, that didn't work

Ya Michael wow, it's a photo-opportunity

It's the thought that counts

Okay, here is game two, and you can see how different the position is at the same point in today's game:

Gelfand keeps getting good chances game after game. I like white's position here, the two bishops look good and Anand's rook looks awkward on c5?