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Another draw, but what a draw! Kramnik pushed Anand to the wall after a mistake in a complicated position. But to his credit, Anand played quality defensive moves under intense time pressure on both sides. Kramnik couldn't deliver the knock out punch, Anand escaped by the skin of his teeth. Game 10 is on 27 October and we'll be bringing it live as usual with on the spot analysis. Remember Anand needs just a draw to retain his World Chess Champion title. For Kramnik it's win or bust. Remember, Kramnik is playing with the white pieces and looking at his comeback to form, (which unfortunately is only good enough to draw the mighty Anand in this match), he will try to push hard again. Kramnik usually chooses dull openings. Hope he has taken a leaf out of Anand's book like he showed yesterday with the black pieces. If he plays without fear like he did for most part of yesterday, we'll have another juicy game. Match Score after Game 9 V Anand ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ Total - 6 ...

Anand leads the match 5.5 - 2.5 and has the white pieces. If he has any novelties left up his sleeve, he can seal the match on Sunday with a win. A slower route is via two draws. An interesting point to note here is that Anand has now moved ahead in the head to head scores against Kramnik in the Classical games section. Please note that the German time has now moved to Winter time and so the games start one hour later for most of you not in Europe. Classical Games 59 Games, 46 draws Anand +1 (7 wins, 6 losses) For all the scores in all formats, see the earlier head to head post . Match Score V Anand ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ Total - 5.5 Kramnik ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Total - 2.5 V Anand vs V Kramnik Round 9 World Chess Championship Bonn, Germany 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 It's the Slav Defence 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Anand prefers the sharp line in the anti-Moscow gambit. Slower is 6. Bxf6 6 ...dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Qc2 Not seen in regular play. Kramnik can get an edge wit...

The Game 6 of the World Chess Championship, which will indicate half time for the Championship, will be played today. Anand has a comfortable 2 point lead at this stage (3.5-1.5). In addition to this, the defending champion Anand has the advantage of the white pieces. Will he crush Kramnik while he's down or go for a safe draw? Watch the live analysis and annotations that we'll be providing yet again. An interesting aside here. Anand is now back to the World's No. 1 position, just ahead of Veselin Topalov on the Live Chess Ratings list. Vishwanathan Anand(2783) vs Vladimir Kramnik(2772) Game 6 (Game starts at 3 PM Bonn Time) World Chess Championship Match October 21, 2008 Bonn, Germany 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Anand has again started with the Queen pawn. He varies on the third move instead of the Nf3 that he played earlier, but a repeat of the first initial moves of the 2nd game is on the cards. 3 .... Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 A Nimzo Indian Classical with d5. Anand chooses the so...

V Anand (2783) vs V Kramnik (2772) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Anand again opens with d4. He is showing immense confidence. Anand deviates from the Game 2 continuation. It's a bit surprising. We all thought that he should have been happy with that position. Looks like he has something else in store. 3 .... d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 Kramnik wisely avoids complications that ensue with 6 ... c5 where Anand will be more comfortable. 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf5 11 ... Bf6 is more popular. 12.Be2 Bf6 Offers to exchange the strong bishop. White still maintains an edge though. 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nd4 Ne6 15.Nxf5 Qxf5 16.O-O Rfd8 Kramnik is playing fast. He seems to be well prepared today after yesterday's fiasco. 17.Bg4 Qe5 18.Qb3 Nc5 19.Qb5 Anand is trying hard to squeeze some advantage out of the position, but it seems to be dead equal and not the kind of position that Anand would like to be in. The more unbalanced, the better he usually feels. 19 ... b6 ...

Vishwanthan Anand won the 3rd game of the World Chess Championship match against Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik made a huge blunder in time trouble. Anand played aggressively and blitzed his moves in an obviously well prepared line in a Semi-slav Meran System game. As it always happens, aggressive players such as Anand like their games unbalanced and Kramnik played into his hands. For a while Kramnik enjoyed a good advantage, but made a few mistakes including blunders in time trouble. Anand now enjoys a 2-1 lead in the match and will go confidently into the 4th game where he has the white pieces. If the form he demonstrated in the 2nd game is any indication, he is a firm favorite in the 4th game too. Match Score Kramnik 0.5, 0.5, 0 -- Total 1 Anand 0.5, 0.5, 1 --- Total 2 Enjoy the game! Vladimir Kramnik - Vishwanathan Anand 0-1 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 It's a Slav game again, but the Moscow variation is avoided since it has been researched a lot recently. 5... Nbd7 6.Bd...

We will cover the 2008 World Chess Championship match between Kramnik and Anand live. Please stay tuned for on the spot breaking news and analysis, including possible variations at key points in the games. If you remember, it is a 12 game match and so every move is critical. And since we expect cutting edge opening preparation, the war begins from move 1 on day 1.