Historic Chess Match: Kasparov loses to Anand in Game 9 of World Chess Championship 1995
Garry Kasparov loses to Viswanathan Anand in the 9th game of the historic Chess match at New York's World Trade Center. Watch the game on Youtube:
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7th Round Anand vs Kramnik
V Anand vs V Kramnik Round 7 World Chess Championship Bonn, Germany 1.d4 d5 2 c4 c6 Kramnik goes for the Slav. 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 This line was played in the Kramnik Topalov match. Hopefully, Kramnik is comfortable with this theory and can hope to stem the rot. 6 e3 e6 7 Bxc4 Bb4 8 O-O Nbd7 9 Qe2 It's the main line with Qe2. Bg6 10 e4 O-O 11 Bd3 Bh5 12 e5 Nd5 13 Nxd5 cxd5 14 Qe3 Re8 15 Ne1 Bg6 16 Bxg6 hxg6 17 Nd3 Qb6 Surely, Anand has prepared something for the Slav. But at the moment, though Anand is slightly plus, the position looks to be OK for Kramnik. 18 Nxb4 Qxb4 19 b3 Rac8 20 Ba3 Qc3 21.Rac1 Qxe3 22.fxe3 f6 23.Bd6 g5 24.h3 Kf7 25.Kf2 Kg6 26.Ke2 fxe5 27.dxe5 b6 28.b4 Rc4 29.Rxc4 dxc4 30.Rc1 Rc8 31.g4 a5 32.b5 c3 33.Rc2 Kf7 34.Kd3 Nc5+ 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc3 Rxc3+ Kramnik creates an impregnable fortress. Draw 1/2-1/2
The Hindu Article on the World Chess Championship Match
"Battle Royale Beckons" says Rakesh Rao of the Hindu. Excuse the slight bent towards Anand, we'd like to call it emotional ;-) Read the Full Article Here
Kramnik vs Anand Dos Hermanas, 1996
We continue the Kramnik - Anand matches with the game at Dos Hermanas, 1996. By this time, the two players were among the very top players in the world, with Anand having the advantage of having played the World Championship match against Kasparov. Watch the game and read more...
Roustam Kamsky resurfaces
Roustam (Rustam?) Kamsky, the father of the World Cup Champion 2007, Gata Kamsky has reappeared on the chess scene. In a letter appealing for "moral and financial support" from the US federation and the mayor of New York, Bloomberg, Kamsky has written a long letter justifying the actions that the Kamskys took right from the days of the Soviet Union to his defection, quitting chess and playing again. This appeal is apparently to garner support for Gata to prepare to win the World Chess Championship of chess. In the letter, the senior Kamsky accuses Kasparov and Karpov of trying to sabotage his son's career. The letter is available on the chess blog of Fernando Arrabal here : http://chessarrabal.blogspot.com/