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2012 World Chess Championship Anand-Gelfand Game 6 Drawn Too

2012 World Chess Championship Anand-Gelfand Game 6 Drawn Too

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

Friday’s sixth game of the 2012 World Chess Championship between champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand marked the halfway point of the twelve game match. And, with the sixth consecutive drawn game, the score now stands tied at 3-3.

In the sixth game, the opponents once again played the Slav Defence. This time the challenger opted for the variation 6.Qc2 instead of 6.b3. The game developed further on quietly: Black got an isolated pawn in the centre, but it was compensated for by a somewhat passive position of the white pieces. Soon the d5-pawn was exchanged and the position simplified. By move 25 each side had a rook and a bishop of the same colour remaining on the board. The resulting endgame was estimated as drawn and four moves later the contenders agreed to a draw.

Game Six about to start: Fide.

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Anand-Gelfand Match Score: 3.0-3.0

The sixth game and the same result. Anand and Gelfand once again played the Slav Defence. This time the challenger opted for the variation 6.Qc2 instead of 6.b3. The game developed further on quietly: Black got an isolated pawn in the centre, but it was compensated for by a somewhat passive position of the white pieces. Soon the d5-pawn was exchanged and the position simplified. By move 25 each side had a rook and a bishop of the same colour remaining on the board. The resulting endgame was estimated as drawn and four moves later the contenders agreed to a draw. The match score is equal: 3-3. Tomorrow, on 19 May, the opponents have a rest day. The seventh game will be played on Sunday, 20 May. Boris Gelfand will play White.

Today Garry Kasparov, the 13th world champion, was the honoured guest at the match. At the press conference, Garry readily answered many questions from the journalists in great detail. Then he joined first the English-speaking commentators, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam and Peter Svilder, and after that the Russian-speaking commentators, Ilya Smirin and Alexander Grischuk, and took part in analyzing the game. Later Kasparov went down to the chess courtyard where he played a simul against young talented Russian chess players.



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Chess World.net Instructive Game: Exploitable weaknesses and access routes to them [Event "Herts League 2012"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.05.15"] [Round "?"] [White "K, Clark"] [Black "T, Gavriel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [Annotator "Tryfon"] [PlyCount "83"] [SourceDate "2012.05.15"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 g6 8. Nf3 Qc8 (8… c5) (8… c5 9. OO Nc6 10. b3 Qc7 11. Bb2 OOO 12. Ng5 (12. Na3)) 9. b3 c5 (9… Ba6 10. c4 c5 11. cxd5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 cxd4 13. Bd2



Grinwout's: Whatever happened to chess?

I remember the Fischer-Spassky games in the early ’70s. This was the championship, American versus Russian, and the games were broadcast live on PBS as they happened. There was this local New York chess player, Shelby Lyman, who stood in front of a big chess board on the wall, and after every move, he’d comment and show alternate moves and whatnot. Which may sound like the most boring thing in the universe, but somehow, if you knew even just the tiniest bit about chess, it was fascinating. Chess, for a little while, was front page news. Chess books sold like crazy (and I bought a few and, as an editor, worked on a few), chess clubs saw their memberships grow, and in general, chess was cool, and everybody was doing it.

Not so much anymore.

There’s two things going on, I think. First, there’s the game itself, which has an awful lot of new competition from video games. There is just so much game time in the day, and today’s kids simply have more to choose from. Not that many won’t choose chess, but the competition is stiff. And second, there’s the institutional aspects of the game, which seem to be in disarray. If you want to attract new players on the local level, you need star players on the national and international level, and at the moment, those stars aren’t there.

But they may be coming. How America Forgot About Chess explains how we got to this state of inertia, and how a few young players on the scene today may be potential breakthroughs.

Chess will, unquestionably, survive its competition and its organizational disarray. Its roots go back 1500 years, and the game as we know it today is centuries old. And you don’t have to upgrade whenever a new console is released. But will it ever be as popular as it was when it was a Fischer-Spassky analog to the Cold War? Probably not.
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How big is President Obama’s Wall Street problem?

FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:

JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss highlights what could be a huge Wall Street problem for President Barack Obama as he faces re-election.

Nearly four years after the financial crisis, little appears to have changed on Wall Street.

These guys can still play fast and loose with whatever rules there are and in the process risk huge losses.

JP Morgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon was on “Meet the Press” on Sunday doing damage control. There have already been several resignations at the company.

Dimon acknowledges the $2 billion loss was due to a series of massive bets placed through credit default swaps – which is what nearly brought the country to its knees in 2008.

In other words, what happened at JP Morgan, one of the largest banks in the U.S., is exactly the kind of thing the president’s financial law was supposed to stop. But it didn’t.

Working in Obama’s favor – he can paint his opponent, Mitt Romney, as a big business guy who would slash financial regulations.

But voters will hold up the president against his record – and ask how this could happen again. In light of the mess at JP Morgan, it will be nearly impossible for Obama to run as the president who got tough on Wall Street.

Critics of the president say the White House should have pushed for stronger legislation – and that financial reform took a back seat to the health care and stimulus bills.

They say the president had a historic chance to bring real reform to Wall Street since there was such intense public anger toward the banks.

Administration officials argue Obama pushed for the toughest financial reform law that he could get through Congress.

Here’s my question to you: How big is President Obama’s Wall Street problem?

Tune in to the Situation Room at 5pm to see if Jack reads your answer on air.

And, we love to know where you’re writing from, so please include your city and state with your comment.



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Oh yeah, NO worries! I always say, do whatever works for ya! These are, by and large, great rules to remember. I’m no master, but I’m no beginner, either, and there are exceptions to every rule, mostly at the expert/master level.

Like this one:

The opening part of a chess game is complete when the rooks are connected.

True, except for when entire games are memorized and played out, and every move must be played by one side or the other or it’s a loss. If the entire game is a whole, from the start, the lines between opening/ending blur, to me.

Or this one:
Develop pieces to control the center of the chess board.

Yup! Unless play is on the flanks. It all depends on the position but 9 of 10 times, yes, control the center.

And this one:
ALWAYS develop the minor pieces first in the game of chess.

Right! Unless there is a checkmate or overwhelming material gain to be had by bringing the queen out. for instance, this line:

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. Qf3

Oopsie! Black is going to lose some wood.

Another one:
You should Castle by the 7 or 10 move.

True, if queens are still on the board and the opening is ‘normal’. There are a ton of master games in which one or neither side ever castles, because the position just doesn’t call for it. again, that’s mostly advanced stuff but just pointing out a few exceptions.

This guy:
Passed pawns and Isolated pawns have a weak position on the board.

I’m not even sure I understand that. do you mean they are weak because they’ll be attacked? Most times, the opposite is true: passed pawns are very, very strong. Isolated, maybe not, depending on the position. They can also be passers and/or very strongly placed on the board.

The rest are pretty much fact, and good to go.

BTW, welcome to the forum!



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2012 World Chess Championship Anand-Gelfand Game 6 Drawn Too

2012 World Chess Championship Anand-Gelfand Game 6 Drawn Too

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

Friday’s sixth game of the 2012 World Chess Championship between champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand marked the halfway point of the twelve game match. And, with the sixth consecutive drawn game, the score now stands tied at 3-3.

In the sixth game, the opponents once again played the Slav Defence. This time the challenger opted for the variation 6.Qc2 instead of 6.b3. The game developed further on quietly: Black got an isolated pawn in the centre, but it was compensated for by a somewhat passive position of the white pieces. Soon the d5-pawn was exchanged and the position simplified. By move 25 each side had a rook and a bishop of the same colour remaining on the board. The resulting endgame was estimated as drawn and four moves later the contenders agreed to a draw.

Game Six about to start: Fide.

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Chess Magazine Black & White: Gary Kasparov Comments Anand …

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Chess Magazine Black & White: World Chess Championship 2012 …

Anand-Gelfand Match Score: 3.0-3.0 The sixth game and the same result. Anand and Gelfand once again played the Slav Defence. This time the challenger opted for the variation 6.Qc2 instead of 6.b3. The game developed further on quietly: Black got an isolated pawn in the centre, but it was compensated for by a somewhat passive … Continue reading

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Chess World.net Instructive Game: Exploitable weaknesses and …

Chess World.net Instructive Game: Exploitable weaknesses and access routes to them Chess World.net Instructive Game: Exploitable weaknesses and access routes to them [Event "Herts League 2012"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.05.15"] [Round "?"] [White "K, Clark"] [Black "T, Gavriel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [Annotator "Tryfon"] [PlyCount "83"] [SourceDate "2012.05.15"] 1. e4 … Continue reading

Grinwout's: Whatever happened to chess?

I remember the Fischer-Spassky games in the early ’70s. This was the championship, American versus Russian, and the games were broadcast live on PBS as they happened. There was this local New York chess player, Shelby Lyman, who stood in front of a big chess board on the wall, and after every move, he’d comment … Continue reading

How big is President Obama’s Wall Street problem?

FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty: JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss highlights what could be a huge Wall Street problem for President Barack Obama as he faces re-election. Nearly four years after the financial crisis, little appears to have changed on Wall Street. These guys can still play fast and loose with whatever rules there are … Continue reading

Chess Champ Hikaru Nakamura: Next Bobby Fischer? – Chess …

adidas wings . richard maize . __________________ Alexander Alekhine is my hero. Celadonite: It’s kinda a “triple-cross” kinda thing: a genius pretending to be an idiot pretending to be a genius. Getting started in Tournament Chess? Click here!

Just a few things to remember about Chess – Chess Forums | Free …

Oh yeah, NO worries! I always say, do whatever works for ya! These are, by and large, great rules to remember. I’m no master, but I’m no beginner, either, and there are exceptions to every rule, mostly at the expert/master level. Like this one: The opening part of a chess game is complete when the … Continue reading

Matteson Library Chess Players: Four Player Chess

Four Player Chess. Four Player Chess. terras verwarmers . Copyright 5-12-2012. translation services . D&G Shoes . Joseph Friedman. The goal of Four Player Chess is to score the most points by checkmating opponents as often as possible within the time period you set to play.