Wch G3: Easy draw for 'Kramnikian' Anand
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Schedule
April 24 – 17.00 EEST (16:00 CET) - Game 1 April 25 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 2 April 26 – Rest Day April 27 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 3 April 28 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 4 April 29 – Rest Day April 30 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 5 May 1 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 6 May 2 – Rest Day May 3 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 7 | May 4 – 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 8 May 5 – Rest Day May 6 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 9 May 7 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 10 May 8 – Rest Day May 9 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 11 May 10 – Rest Day May 11 – 15:00 EEST (14:00 CET) - Game 12 May 12 – Rest Day May 13 – Tie breaks |
Videos
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We saw a very quiet game today, which included some psychological warfare from the World Champion. He went for a passive line in the Slav defence which Vladimir Kramnik had used to draw with Black against the same opponent in the infamous Elista match in 2006. Anand not only copied the variation, but also the main idea that was introduced by Kramnik back then: the early Rg8 move, to protect g7 and free the f8 bishop. After winning a Catalan ending with White, this relatively easy draw with Black definitely had some Kramnik flavour too: Game viewer by ChessTempoAt the press conference Topalov had Antoaneta Stefanova sitting next to him, for doing Spanish translations. She stated that "it's in the regulations" that one can't offer a draw directly, but only through the arbiter. But this is not true; the official World Championship regulations don't mention the draw offer at all. Update: What she probably meant was that it is in the 'Sofia regulations'.
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The press, with TV and photo cameras, in action...
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...covering the 2010 World Championship...
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...and one of those is the ChessVibes camera!
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Topalov tried, but couldn't get much with the white pieces today
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The press conference with Veselin Topalov, Antoaneta Stefanova, Radoslav Atanasov, Boris Kutin and Viswanathan Anand
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Topalov, not a hundred percent satisfied today
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Anand, no reason to complain
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Former World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova from Bulgaria joining
Links
- Official website
- Rules & regulations (PDF)
- The Week in Chess with analysis by IM Malcolm Pein and reports by Mark Crowther
- Anish Giri annotating for Chessbase
- Europe-Echecs, also reporting from Sofia
- GM Ian Rogers blogging for the USCF
- Rogers writing for Crikey
- GM Kevin Spragget blogging
- GM Susan Polgar with live commentary
- Chessdom (also live commentary)
- Crestbook (GM Sergey Shipov, live commentary in Russian)
- GM Dejan Bojkov analysing the games
- Die Zeit's coverage