2012 Men World chess championship

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2012 Men World chess championship between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand of Israel starts on 10 May. Best wishes for Anand
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Go Viswanathan! Jay
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Ahem ...
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yes, Ahem... Go where?
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Go to Israel, of course! Jay

[Dinakaran is wondering what the heck is going on, may be.. :)]
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All the best to the defending world chess champion!
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Few hours more before the start of the 2012 World Chess championship. Anand starts his title defense with white. Go Anand!
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http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8148 wrote:Round one express report

In the most anticipated match of the year, the World Championship got underway with Anand playing white. It was neither the cataclysmic opener of his match against Topalov in 2010, nor a dull draw, though draw it was. The game was a fascinating Gruenfeld, which seemed favorable for the World Champion, however challenger Boris Gelfand neutralized the dangers and they shook hands on move 24.

The World Chess Championship 2012 is being staged in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, between the current World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and the winner of the Candidates tournament Boris Gelfand of Israel. The match is over twelve games and lasts from May 11 to 30. The prize fund is US $2.55 million, the winner getting $1.53 million (60%), the loser $1,02 million (40%).
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Never heard of the winnings being split 60-40 in any competition. Odd.
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The winner and runners-up in a tennis competition get some % of the prize money. Rarely does it go 100% to one person. Think of $1 million as the appearance fee and $.5 million as the winner's prize.
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Atithee wrote:Never heard of the winnings being split 60-40 in any competition. Odd.
But 66% to 33% is fairly common. So, not that much of an outlier case.

Anyway, why am I here, looking at what Viswanathan is up to, though? :)

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Jay is a sports-voyeur. He reads all the cricket posts and chess posts although he claims no interest in them. I am principled about my apathy towards motor sports and golfed sports (except at the Asiad) or whatever they call these. Don't even read the posts. Ok to be fair, I suppose Jay's job as the moderator cum spam-cleaner of the forum requires him to police these fora. That is the official reason. In reality, he just likes sports-voyeurism: reading about sports that he should not be reading about.
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2nd game also ended in draw. Hope with white, we can expect win in 3rd game from Anand
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Game 3 was a draw as well (37 moves).
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In 3rd game Anand had white and he got in some good position against Gelfand where he created some chances, but surprisingly he took too much time and got in time trouble. During time trouble, he probably could not find a continuation and a way to exploit his position and it resulted in a weak move (35. Rh1) leaving both players in equal position resulting in a draw. This was the most interesting draw among the three games so far.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8157 wrote:A well fought, fantastic struggle ended without much fanfare, the World Champion Viswanathan Anand perhaps playing it safe in the dying stages of game three of the World Chess Championship to draw the game against Boris Gelfand.

The position was complex and appeared promising for the NIIT MindChampion Anand, but experts commenting on the game could not come to any firm conclusion, and only analysis by chess engines later should provide more insights into the game. It was one of those very rare times that Anand found himself in time trouble, and impending checkmate threath with both Gelfand’s rooks patrolling his seventh rank, had him settling for a draw with repetition of moves. The game lasted 37 moves and literally had the followers on the edge of their seats for most part.

Unlike the first two games, this game was razor sharp, needing both players to play precisely to maintain some semblance of balance. Gelfand’s Grunfeld was met with deviation on move three by Anand, but the 43-year-old Israeli GM had more than done his homework. The speed with which he belted out the moves giving a strong indication that he was all along on the home turf.

Anand castled on the queenside, but it was Gelfand who was on the attack in the initial stages. His queen and rooks along with the knight kept the pressure on Anand’s king. Anand ‘s pieces on the kingside were undeveloped, for which Gelfand had sacrificed a pawn. Anand however exchanged off the queens, bishops and knights and appeared better to try and probe for victory. However a cautious 35th rook move by Anand had the game petering into a draw.

The scores now stand level at 1.5-1.5 in the 12 Game Match series in progress at the Tretyakova Gallery at Mosocw.
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