Kramnik Anand Game 5 Live
Vladimir Kramnik(2772) vs Vishwanathan Anand(2783) Game 5 World Chess Championship Match, October 2008 Bonn, Germany 0-1 Anand Wins Again 1. d4. d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6 13.O-O Qb6 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Bxb5 Rg8 It's the Slav Defense Meran variation again. Anand is confident since he equalized easily and won the third game. Kramnik seems to have done something at home in this opening. Both players are proceeding at a very fast pace. On move 15, Anand deviates from Game 3. It is not yet drastically different. 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bg3 Kramnik seals the g file. 17... f5 At the moment I'd prefer Kramnik's position, but Anand seems to be confident even in this game. Engines running on normal processors are not getting the depth of the games, so sometimes its hard to understand if there is any advantage at all. Kramnik is giving this position a long think now. Is he out of home preparation already? Acco...