10.27.08 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!

Match Score

Images courtesy ChessBase.com and uep-chess.com

The match consists of twelve games, played under classical time controls: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

When: October 14 - November 02, 2008
Where: Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn
Prize fund: 1.5 million Euro (= US $2.35 million)
Patron: German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück
Main sponsor: Evonik Industries AG

Schedule

Game 1: Tuesday October 14 Replay Game 1
Game 2: Wednesday October 15 Replay Game 2
Free Day: Thursday October 16
Game 3: Friday October 17 Replay Game 3
Game 4: Saturday October 18 Replay Game 4
Free Day: Sunday October 19
Game 5: Monday October 20 Replay Game 5
Game 6: Tuesday October 21 Replay Game 6
Free Day: Wednesday October 22
Game 7: Thursday October 23 Replay Game 7
Game 8: Friday October 24 Replay Game 8
Free Day: Saturday October 25
Game 9: Sunday October 26 Replay Game 9
Game 10: Monday October 27 Replay Game 10
Free Day: Tuesday October 30
Game 11: Wednesday October 29
Free Day: Thursday October 30
Game 12: Friday October 31
Free Day: Saturday November 1
Tiebreak: Sunday November 2

The demostration board showing Anand's Nimzo-Indian defensive system