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The fantastic broadcast of Game 10 in the Anand, Gelfand 2012 World Chess Championship Match from Moscow - the Mecca of Chess - would continue today at the official website.
In the ninth game, Viswanathan Anand decided against the Slav Defence
and played the Nimzo-Indian Defence with black. In response, Boris
Gelfand selected the solid Rubinstein System. Following the opening,
White acquired moveable pawns in the centre and an advantage of two
bishops; at the same time the Black positions had no weaknesses. Soon
the challenger had an opportunity to deal a blow to the centre with a
move of 19.с5. As a result of this tactical operation, White won a queen
for a rook, bishop and pawn. Experts believed that a draw was the most
likely outcome, but White nevertheless still had a small chance for
victory. Gelfand tried long and hard to undermine the black defence,
although he may not have acted as accurately as he should have. White
managed to open the kingside, however Anand successfully restructured
his forces and with his concise play fought off all threats from his
opponent after building a fortress. The opponents agreed to a draw on
the forty-ninth move. You can replay all the Game 9 moves in our Chess King applet. You cannot afford to miss any of the games now in the 2012 Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship!
Result Gelfand-Anand Game 9: 1/2-1/2
Match Score: 4.5-4.5 (Photo: Official Website)
Israel's Boris Gelfand - the challenger to world chess champion India's Vishy Anand - continued to press with White all the way to 49 moves in Game 9 of the 2012 World Chess Championship, but had to settle for a draw eventually. The Nimzo-Indian opening was played for the first time in the 2012 World Chess Championship match today. Gelfand had a slight edge with the pair of bishops and hanging central pawns and even went for a continuation that left him with a Queen against Anand's Rook and Knight with four and five pawns each. However, Anand was precise and stayed put with his fortress. The score in Moscow is now 4.5-4.5.
Game 10 will be played on Thursday and broadcast live on the official website as usual. Friday would be a rest day. If the score remains 6-6, a rapid/blitz tiebreak will decide the champion on Wednesday next week. You can replay the Game 9 moves in our Chess King applet.
Moscow - the only city in the world where you can lose your heart to chess and girls at the same time. An exciting video here (even if you don't understand the French) by GM Robert Fontaine for EuropeEchecs. Enjoy the video as Game 9 in the Anand, Gelfand 2012 World Chess Championship as the endgame struggle continues.
The Anand, Gelfand 2012 World Chess Championship has brought great joy to all of us around the world. Not only has their media handling, 2012 world championship official website, and live broadcast been fantastic, but the organization of the event has been swell too. Time we knew the officials. Congratulations to the officials of the 2012 World Chess Championship.
Officials
Chief Arbiter: IA Ashot Vardapetian (Armenia)
Deputy: IA Hal Bond (Canada)
Appeals Committee: Chairman: Kurt Jungwirth (Austria), Boris Kutin (Slovenia),Jorge Vega (Guatemala)
FIDE Supervisor: Georgios Makropoulos (Greece)
FIDE Press Officer: Anastasia Karlovich (Ukraine)
Press Officer of RCF: Mark Glukhovsky (Russia)
Organising Committee: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Chess Federation, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, ArkadyDvorkovich; Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Chess Federation, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Alexander Zhukov; General Director of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Irina Lebedeva; Chairman of the Management Board of the Russian Chess Federation, Ilya Levitov; and match sponsors, businessmen Andrey Filatov and Guennadi Timtchenko.
