Round 8 World Chess Championship
Kramnik gets to play with the white pieces after a two round gap. From what we saw, he was struggling just to draw yesterday. If Kramnik wants to go down blazing, his only chance is to start his fight now. Expect a fight from him today. If he does not choose an aggressive opening plan, it means that he has already given up. As for Anand, there is only suggestion - please don't feed the nay sayers. Match Score V Anand ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ Total - 5.0 Kramnik ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ Total - 2.0 V Kramnik vs V Anand Round 8 World Chess Championship Bonn, Germany 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10 Bxf6 Bxb5 11 Ndxb5 Anand does not play the Slav this time. It's a Queen's Gambit for a change, with the Vienna variation. It looks like Anand will open up his g file again. 11 ... gxf6 12.O-O Nc6 There it is. The position is proceeding on known lines right now and is well balanced. Expect another exciting game! 13 a3 Bxc3 14 Nx...