World Championship Match Round 1 Video

World Championship Match Round 1 Video by Andrew Martin.
Draw with Grundfend exchange variation (D85).

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]

{D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+
Nc6 9. d5 {last book move} Qa5 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxa2 13. Rb2
Qa5 14. d6 Ra7 15. Bg5 exd6 16. Qxd6 Rd7 17. Qxc6 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Bf4 Rb7
20. Rc2 O-O 21. Bd6 Re8 22. Nd2 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bf5 1/2-1/2

Anand black magic to retain his title

Once again ,V. Anand retains his title with 1 point margin after winning last game with black pieces. This is second time he win the worldchampion after defeated Topalov in Bulgaria , Topalov home country.

Worldchampioship game 2 - 9

After Round 9, the result is still equal with 4.5 point each player.

Some game to share...

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