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Vladimir Kramnik(2772) vs Vishwanathan Anand(2783) Game 5 today World Chess Championship Match, October 2008 Bonn, Germany Match Score V Anand 2.5 - V Kramnik 1.5 Kramnik 0.5, 0.5, 0, 0.5 V.Anand 0.5, 0.5, 1, 0.5 Kramnik opens with white in the 5th game of the World Chess Championship match. Both the players have displayed high quality of play so far. Anand has shown something more than just preparation, and that is a lot of heart and of course, good old preparation. Expect Kramnik to go all out from here on. How about 1. e4 from Kramnik? ;-) A 12 game match is unfortunately very short for these two players and there is no choice but to play aggressively throughout. Anand cannot relax and try to draw the rest of the games. This approach usually boomerangs. In addition to this, Anand has lost matches where he lead, for example, against Kamsky and Karpov. And Kramnik has won after falling behind initially against Leko and Topalov. We will post analysis on game 5 live with annotations on ...

So who will you be watching ? US rooting for Kamsky we know, India for Anand. Topalov and Kramnik have global appeal too of course. Any predictions ?

World Champion V Anand of India and V Kramnik of Russia battle it out for the world championshiop title in 2008. The details have just been announced. The winner of this match will play the winner of Kamsky and Topalov in a bid to find a solid world champion. When: From October 11 – 30, 2008 Where: Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn Overall Prize fund: 1,5 Million Euro Patron: German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück Main sponsor: Evonik Industries AG As per the announcement on the official site , the match will consist of twelve games, played under classical time controls, in the period from October 11 to October 28, 2008. If there is a tie at the end of these games a tiebreak will be played on October 30, 2008. The prize fund, which will be split equally between the players, is 1,5 million Euro (approximately 2,1 million US Dollars) including taxes and FIDE licensee fees. More details on this link - http://www.uep-worldchess.com/ Click the News link on ...

Gata Kamsky won the World Cup Chess tournament 2007 being played at Khanty Mansiysk. What was expected to be a fiery battle in the end fizzled out into a draw by the 35th move. However, Kamsky was the one bound to break into a smile as he won $ 120 000. Shirov managed $ 80 000 in the end. Shirov did provoke Kamsky to fight a complicated battle. He offered a knight in the middle game but Kamsky declined it with his customary cool way and went on to sacrifice an exchange and then advance the dangerous e-pawn. The draw was agreed when Shirov could no longer prevent the perpetual thanks to Kamsky's queen. Kamsky now meets Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria for a chance to meet the winner of Vishwanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. The eventual winner is to be considered the absolute World Champion.

Gata Kamsky of USA held on to his lead against Alexei Shirov of Spain in the finals of World Cup Chess 2007 being held at Khanty Mansiysk. The final is a four game affair with normal time, then rapid, blitz games to break a tie. Today's drawn game: The winner here meets Veselin Topalov for a chance to challenge the winner of Anand and Kramnik. The results so far are as follows: Game 1 - Draw after a brief struggle. Shirov cannot break the solid Kamsky's defence. Game 2- Kamsky wins a thrilling game which could have swung either way. Shirov had chances only if Kamsky made minor errors but Kamsky displayed his strength of will to prevail Game 3- Is again a draw. Shirov tries for 41 moves before the peace treaty is signed. Tomorrow, Shirov must win with black pieces to tie the match and move to the tie-breaks. On current form, Kamsky is expected to at least draw and hang to his lead and hence win the title, but with the Alexei "Fire on the board" Shirov, you never can be...

Sergey Karjakin beat a determined Alekseev to join Carlsen, Shirov and Kamsky in the semi-finals of the World Cup Chess. The winner of this tournament meets Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. The semi-finalists already have won quite a bit. They automatically get selected for the new Grand Prix series for the coming year. They also win at least a minimum $ 50,000 In the semi-finals to be played tomorrow, Carlsen takes on the wise old Gata Kamsky of the USA. In the other semi-finals, Karjakin plays Shirov of Spain.

The Quarter finals of the World Cup Chess have started. Carlsen-Cheparinov Karjakin-Alekseev Jakovenko-Shirov Ponomariov-Kamsky Carlsen, Karjakin, Shirov and Ponomariov are my picks. There were two 1. d4 Nf6 and two 1.e4 e5. Nice balance ! The last 8 players are mostly teens or early twenties guys and two veterans. Carlsen must now be one of the favorites to win. He already has a lot of experience at the top levels of chess. Cheparinov is a determined fighter and his results in the past year have been spectacular. According to discussions on blogs: Carlsen leads by +2-1=1 against Cheparinov in their head-to-head clashes. This includes a win to eliminate Cheparinov in one of the previous editions of the World Cup of Chess. The winner of the World Cup will not only qualify to play Topalov in Bulgaria, but the last four will also be eligible to be picked up for the FIDE Grand Slam of chess. We'll keep you updated.

Peter Svidler of Russia and Levon Aronian of Armenia were shocked by Gata Kamsky and Dmitry Jakovenko respectively in the World Cup Chess tournament being held at Khanty Mansiysk. Svidler - Kamsky drew their first rapid game. In the second rapid game, Svidler lost from a plus position. Jakovenko played accurately to outplay Aronian. Alekseev completely outclassed Bareev in both the rapid games to advance to the quarter-finals. A lot of goodies not even counting the huge prize money awaits the quarter-finalists. It is said that the top four may be invited to the premier Grand Slams of chess.