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Vishwanathan Anand of India retained the World Championship title. He beat Vladimir Kramnik of Russia 6.5-4.5. Kramnik employed the Sicilian Najdorf variation when Anand opened the game with 1.e4. This was a bit unexpected since Kramnik usually chooses solid openings. His choice can be only understood when you consider the fact that he faced a must win situation to stay alive in the match. In the end, Anand who is known by the popular name Vishy, played a solid game and forced the exchange of Queens. After this the position did not hold any promise for Kramnik. The World Chess Championship cycle is a very complex one. For now, Anand can hold on to the Champion tag. But he actually awaits the winner of the Topalov-Kamsky match, which is in the doldrums right now. In case that match does take place and Anand manages to beat the winner, he then meets the winner of the World Cup! Final Match Score V Anand ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Total - 6.5 Kramnik ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ Total - 4.5

The Moro magic continued into the 8th round of the Russian Superfinals of chess. Morozevich beat Svidler and with black and in 38 moves in a Sicilian Najdorf game. Morozevich's rating performance is a whopping 2900 now. The others seem to be tiring now with only one other game which saw a result when Timofeev beat Rychagov with the black pieces. Timofeev has salvaged a lot of points right at the end in what was otherwise a disastrous tournament for him. In the women's section, the competition is cut-throat. No moro-like performance from anyone. But there were 5 decisive games out of 6. The big upset of the round in this section was Stepovaia beating Tatiana Kosintseva. Results of the 8th round: Men Grischuk, Alexander - Sakaev, Konstantin ½-½ Dreev, Alexey - Tomashevsky, Evgeny ½-½ Amonatov, Farrukh - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ Svidler, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 Rychagov, Andrey - Timofeev, Artyom 0-1 Inarkiev, Ernesto - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ Women Tairova, Elena - Girya, O...