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FIDE has announced the October world chess rankings. Topalov is back in the saddle. There is an ironic twist to the World Chess Championship match between Anand and Kramnik since it will now be No. 5 vs No. 6. Not good for aggressive sellers of this match. Read More ..

Anand achieved the first decisive result in games between the two great rivals (normal games). It was a long Sicilian Maroczy Bind game that lasted for 108 moves before Anand prevailed. Read more and watch the game here

Did you know that the first eight games played between Anand and Kramnik were drawn? This does not seem very unusual but it is. The reason is that the rivalry started when they were aged 14(Kramnik) and 19(Anand) in 1989 and its usual to have decisive games at that age.