Saturday, June 13, 2009

Three Games of Chess.

Time again to get back to old pass times. Poring over chess books and long forgotten games. Pondering over the ifs and buts of each move and variation. Any writing some html once again :-).
I am posting the games won by Anand in last world championship between Anand and Kramnik (jokingly called drawnik). Spend long hours in the night trying to analyze live Internet feed and commentaries from grandmasters at that time. There were a few hitches, especially due to the artificial delay of half an hour enforced by the organizers. But I feel that following live chess (much like other sports) should be feasible if we have the required technology and enough commercial interest.
Why choose only the games won by Anand. I know it is probably a little unfair but I didn't like the idea of putting all 11 games in the blog post. So had to choose some arbitrary shortlist. Anand's brand of tactical attacking chess is something I admire (and understand more) than the slow positional maneuvers of the school of Russian masters to which Kramnik belongs (in the footsteps of Petrosian, Karpov). Anyway, enough chatter. Time for silence and analysis....


Game No 3:
17-Oct-08 : Kramnik(W) vs Anand (B)
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation





Game No 5
20-Oct-2008 : Kramnik(W) vs Anand (B)
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation




Game No 6
21-Oct-2008 : Anand (W) vs Kramnik (B)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation