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Playing the white pieces in game 11, Viswanathan Anand, after a complicated struggle, navigated the game into the safe harbor of a drawn position to retain the title of Classical World Chess Champion and take his rightful position amongst the game's greats. Congratulations Vishy! |
Continue reading "WCC Bonn Round 11: Vishy Anand World Chess Champion!" »
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It's the stuff champions are made of--in a absolute do-or-die situation Kramnik tallied his first win of the match to continue to fight on for the title of World Chess Champion. Anand essayed a Nimzo-Indian in response to Kramnik's 1. d4 but ran into trouble both on the board and on the clock. It ain't over yet! |
Continue reading "WCC Bonn Round 10: Not So Fast!" »
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With the World Championship hanging in the balance, Vishy Anand managed to recover from a clearly worse position with the white pieces and hold the draw. Kramnik will need to run the table in the next three straight games to force the match into tiebreaks. If Anand can win or draw game 10, the match will conclude before 12 games are completed. |
Continue reading "WCC Bonn Round 9: Anand Ekes Out a Draw" »
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With each passing round the World Championship Match is moving inexorably toward its conclusion. In order for Kramnik to send the match to tiebreaks he would have to hold Anand to only one draw over the next four games. After round 8 it's Anand 5.5 Kramnik 2.5. |
Continue reading "WCC Bonn Round 8: 39-Move Draw" »
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The two players agreed to a draw after white's 37th move. Anand, playing white for the second game in a row because the midpoint of the match has been passed, did have a positional and material (one pawn) advantage but agreed to a draw as the position was blocked. |
Continue reading "WCC Bonn Round 7: Draw; Anand 5.0 Kramnik 2.0" »
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Anand has stunned Kramnik with yet another win--his third in the last four games. The World Champion has extended his lead in the match to an almost insurmountable 4.5-1.5. Kramnik will need nothing short of a miracle to turn this ship around. |
Continue reading "WCC Bonn Round 6: Anand Wins Again" »
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GM Levon Aronian, the world's number seven ranked player mused during his analysis of round 5, "Did [Anand] summon the spirit of great Mikhail Tal to aid him? There is no other explanation than that there is something magical or surreal going on in Bonn." Two straight wins with black during a world championship match is a rare thing indeed. Anand now leads 3.5-1.5. |
Continue reading "WCC Bonn Round 5: Anand Does it Again With Black!" »
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The Eastern Maine Open will be played on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at the University of Maine Orono Memorial Union in the Bumps Room. The tournament will offer four sections (Open, U1400, U1000, U600) with prizes in each and additional prizes for classes expert through class G. Hope to see you in Orono this Saturday! |
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In a relatively uneventful Queen's Gambit Declined, Kramnik managed comfortable equality with the black pieces and the players agreed to a draw after 29 moves. One-third of the match is complete; with eight games remaining Anand holds a 2.5-1.5 lead. |
Continue reading "WCC Bonn Round 4: Kramnik Draws With Black" »
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Playing the Slav Defense, Viswanathan Anand came up with an innovation that had Kramnik well behind on the clock. Anand made his first 18 moves in 20 minutes, it took Kramnik an hour and 20 minutes to do the same. Home preparation paid off and Kramnik resigned before making his 42nd move. Anand leads the match 2-1. |
Continue reading "WCC Bonn Round 3: Anand Wins With The Slav" »
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Exactly as in Game 1, both players made 32 moves in Game 2 before agreeing to a draw. The difference today was that Anand, typically a 1. e4 player, ventured 1. d4 in his first game with the white pieces. Could this be a harbinger of more Queen pawn games to come? |
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The World Chess Championship began today in Bonn, Germany between defending Word Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. As expected, both players were feeling each other out and the game fizzled out to a draw after Black's 32nd move. |
Continue reading "World Chess Championship Bonn, Germany Round 1" »
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The Maine Rating Floor Open and Rated Beginners Open (RBO) played at Bowdoin College on October 11, 2008 attracted 40 players. Winners were Jason Spector, Joel Knight and Andrew Seavey in the Open, Reserve and RBO sections respectively. |
Continue reading "Draws Abound, Spector Sound at Maine Rating Floor Open" »
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