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2012 World Chess Championship, Anand vs. Gelfand – at the halfway mark it’s 3-3

Steve — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:55:14 +0000

The conclusion of today’s [5/18/12] 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 game the players returned to the Semi-Slav for the third time in the match and, even after the game left the realm of known theory and sailed into uncharted waters, neither player was able to find an advantage. Even Houdini 2 Pro could find no improvements (as you’ll see in the gamescore below). This seems strange — since draws favor the champion (Anand), one would think that Gelfand with the White pieces would try to steer the game into more dynamic lines.

Fans posting to Internet sites are asking the same questions. One hot rumor suggests that Gelfand has lodged a formal complaint with FIDE in which he claims that Anand’s second is sneaking up behind Gelfand at critical game moments and distracting him by slipping a large dead badger onto Gelfand’s head:

Who would be distracted more by the dead badger: Gelfand or his opponent?

You’re right — I made that up. Wishful thinking on my part, I guess, as it would sure liven things up — a lot.

Here is the score of today’s game, replayable with the arrows below the board, along with Houdini 2 Pro’s analysis which was generated in the Chess King Pro interface. I’ve included Houdini 2 Pro’s analysis of the final position as well.

Gelfand, Boris (2739) – Anand, Viswanathan (2799)

Result: 1/2-1/2

Site: Moscow RUS

Date: 2012.05.18

[...] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¤f3 a6 6.£c2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.¥e2 ¥e6 9.O-O ¤c6 10.¦d1 cxd4 11.¤xd4 ¤xd4 12.¦xd4 ¥c5 13.¦d1 £e7 14.¥f3 +0.2214…O-O +0.20 N

(14…¦d8 15.a3

(15.b3 O-O 16.¥b2 ¦c8 17.¤xd5 ¥xd5 18.¥xd5 ¥xe3 19.£e2 …1-0, Ragger Markus 2655 – Kobalia Mikhail 2674 , Aix les Bains 3/30/2011 Ch Europe …1/2-1/2, Lenic Luka 2641 – Rublevsky Sergei 2681 , Aix les Bains 4/ 1/2011 Ch Europe)

15…O-O 16.b4 ¥a7 17.¥b2 ¦c8 18.£d3 ¦fd8 19.¤e2 …0-1, Elkin Leonid 2184 – Jakovljevic Vlado 2389 , Rijeka 3/ 9/2010 Ch Europe)

15.¤xd5 +0.2015…¥xd5 +0.1916.¥xd5 +0.1916…¤xd5 +0.1917.¦xd5 +0.1917…¦ac8 +0.1918.¥d2 +0.1918…¥xe3 +0.1919.¥c3 +0.1919…¥b6 +0.1920.£f5 +0.1920…£e6 +0.1921.£f3 +0.1921…f6 +0.1922.h4 +0.1622…£c6 +0.1623.h5 +0.1523…¦fd8 +0.1424.¦xd8+ +0.0824…¦xd8 +0.0825.£xc6 +0.0625…bxc6 +0.1326.¦e1 +0.0526…¢f7 +0.0527.g4 +0.0527…¥d4 +0.0528.¦c1 +0.0528…¥xc3 +0.0529.¦xc3 +0.05* 29…¦d4 30….

(30.f3 a5 31.b3 ¦d1+ 32.¢g2 ¦d2+ 33.¢g3 ¦xa2 34.¦xc6 ¦b2 35.¦c7+ ¢g8 36.¦c8+ ¢f7 37.¦c3 ¦e2 38.¢f4 g5+ 39.¢g3 h6 40.¦c7+ ¦e7 41.¦c6 ¦b7 42.¦c5 ¦xb3 43.¦xa5 ¦b7 44.¦a2 ¦d7 45.¦c2 ¦b7 46.¦c6 (0:01:52) 29…Rd4)

And here is the raw gamescore for those who wish to use it:

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5
8.Be2 Be6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Bc5 13.Rd1
Qe7 14.Bf3 O-O 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Rac8 18.Bd2 Bxe3 19.Bc3 Bb6
20.Qf5 Qe6 21.Qf3 f6 22.h4 Qc6 23.h5 Rfd8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Qxc6
bxc6 26.Re1 Kf7 27.g4 Bd4 28.Rc1 Bxc3 29.Rxc3 Rd4 1/2-1/2

Have fun! — Steve Lopez

2012 World Chess Championship, Anand vs. Gelfand – Another game, another draw

Steve — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:26:17 +0000

Today’s fifth round game in the 2012 World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand ended in a draw. But I’ll give some props to the players for mixing things up a bit.

Anand finally played his old tried-and-true 1.e4 and Gelfand went for a Sicilian. Unfortunately, the game stayed “in book” for two-thirds of its length — and not just a well-known variation, but one which also wasn’t terribly dynamic. Neither player unleashed any major surprises. Houdini 2 Pro shows a very slight misstep for Gelfand at move 18 once the game left book, but it wasn’t fatal — and neither player was able to grab a subsequent advantage.

Here is the game, replayable using the arrow buttons, with analysis generated by Houdini 2 Pro running in the Chess King Pro interface:

Anand, Viswanathan (2799) – Gelfand, Boris (2739)

Result: 1/2-1/2

Site: Moscow RUS

Date: 2012.05.17

[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e5 6.¤db5 d6 7.¥g5 a6 8.¤a3 b5 9.¤d5 ¥e7 10.¥xf6 ¥xf6 11.c4 b4 12.¤c2 O-O 13.g3 a5 14.¥g2 ¥g5 15.O-O ¥e6 16.£d3 ¥xd5 17.cxd5 +0.2217…¤b8 +0.2218.a3 +0.14* N

(18.h4 ¥e7 19.a3 bxa3 20.¦xa3 ¤d7 21.¦fa1 ¤c5 22.£c4 ¦b8 …1-0, Jakubowski Krzysztof 2507 – Bobras Piotr 2568 , Czech Republic 11/ 7/2009 Extra League 2009/10)

18…¤a6 +0.37*

(18…bxa3 +0.15 19.¤xa3 +0.07 19…¤d7 +0.11 20.¤c4 +0.07 20…£c7 +0.11)

19.axb4 +0.3719…¤xb4 +0.3720.¤xb4 +0.3620…axb4 +0.3621.h4 +0.3621…¥h6 +0.3422.¥h3 +0.10*

(22.£c4 +0.33 22…b3 +0.41 23.¥h3 +0.37 23…g6 +0.37 24.£xb3 +0.33)

22…£b6 +0.1023.¥d7 +0.0923…b3 +0.1124.¥c6 +0.1124…¦a2 +0.1125.¦xa2 +0.1125…bxa2 +0.1026.£a3 +0.0026…¦b8 +0.00* 27.£xa2

Here are the moves without analysis for those readers who wish to “copy and paste” them:

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. Bg2
Bg5 15. O-O Be6 16. Qd3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. a3 Na6 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nxb4
axb4 21. h4 Bh6 22. Bh3 Qb6 23. Bd7 b3 24. Bc6 Ra2 25. Rxa2 bxa2 26. Qa3
Rb8 27. Qxa2 1/2-1/2

Have fun! — Steve Lopez

2012 World Chess Championship: Anand vs. Gelfand – Raising the Stakes

Steve — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:24:35 +0000

After four games, and four draws, in the 2012 Chess World Championship between champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand, the inevitable and predictable Internet complaining has already started. Have a look around the blogosphere and on chess message boards, and you’ll find lots of comments like, “Why are there sooooo many draws? Why aren’t there more decisive results? Maybe FIDE needs to raise the stakes.”

Raise the stakes? These guys are playing for a pile of cash and the title of World Champion. What the heck do you want – human lives to be at stake? Saaaayyyyyyyy, wait a minute…

Nope, never mind. It’s old hat. It’s been done before.

The movie classic The Black Cat (made in 1934) features Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi playing chess for the lives of a young couple who are trapped with them inside a World War I fortress which Karloff has converted into a mansion. If Lugosi wins, the couple goes free. If Karloff wins, the girl will be the sacrifice in a gruesome Satanic ritual.

Lugosi challenges Karloff to a life and death chess game in The Black Cat (1934)

For those who’ve not seen it, The Black Cat is a great little movie which contains a few really sick subtexts – it’s one of those movies which doesn’t really bother you until you stop and think about it…

If playing chess with human lives at stake has been done before, how about playing a match for the fate of some superhumans? Nah — been there, done that, too, in the first issue of Justice League of America (Nov. 1960):

Despero vs. The Flash - Justice Leage of America #1, Nov. 1960 (and why is it so hard for some peope to remember which way to set the board?)

The alien villain Despero forces The Flash into a game of chess, with the ultimate fate of the other Justice League members hanging in the balance. The Flash loses (because Despero rigs the game – you’ll have to read the story to see how he does it), but the League turns the tables and comes out on top anyway. Of course, The Flash could have insisted that they play blitz chess, in which case Despero would have had no chance whatsoever – but that would have resulted in a very short comic book.

Besides, I’ve seen Despero play – that trope’s been repeated a couple of times – and I’m 100% sure Houdini 2 Pro could take him.

So since FIDE really can’t raise the stakes much higher for a world championship chess match, how about we all just sit back, take a deep breath, relax, and watch what happens? Two of the games were pretty exciting, despite the fact they were drawn. There are eight games to go, and I’m confident that Gelfand will at least try to crank the heat up a notch or two before the match is over.

Have fun! — Steve

Chess King Sponsors the Full English Breakfast Chess Audio Podcast

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:49:24 +0000

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2012 Chess World Championship – Anand and Gelfand draw Game 4

Steve — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:45:19 +0000

In today’s fourth round game of the 2012 World Chess Championship in Moscow, Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand played to thirty-four moves before they called it a day and agreed to a draw.

In a Semi-Slav (similar to Game Two), Anand tried 15…Bd7 but couldn’t find a way to eke out an advantage.

Here is the game presented in replayable format; just click the buttons below the chessboard. The analysis was generated by Houdini 2 Pro running in the Chess King Pro interface:

Gelfand, Boris (2739) – Anand, Viswanathan (2799)

Result: 1/2-1/2

Site: Moscow RUS

Date: 2012.05.15

[...] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¤f3 a6 6.b3 ¥b4 7.¥d2 ¤bd7 8.¥d3 O-O 9.O-O ¥d6 10.£c2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 exd4 13.¤xd5 ¤xd5 14.exd5 ¤f6 15.h3 +0.2615…¥d7 +0.26 N

(15…h6 16.¦ad1 ¤xd5 17.¤xd4 £f6 18.¥e4 ¤f4 19.¥e3 ¥xh3 20.gxh3 …1/2-1/2, Krush Irina 2437 – Enhbat Tegshsuren 2388 , Internet 9/ 7/2005 US Chess League)

16.¦ad1 +0.2616…¦e8 +0.2617.¤xd4 +0.2617…¦c8 +0.2618.£b1 +0.2618…h6 +0.2619.¤f5 +0.2019…¥xf5 +0.1920.¥xf5 +0.1820…¦c5 +0.1921.¦fe1 +0.1521…¦xd5 +0.1522.¥c3 +0.0022…¦xe1+ +0.0023.¦xe1 +0.0023…¥c5 +0.0024.£c2 +0.0024…¥d4 +0.0025.¥xd4 +0.0025…¦xd4 +0.0026.£c8 +0.0026…g6 +0.0027.¥g4 +0.0027…h5 +0.0228.£xd8+ +0.0228…¦xd8 +0.0029.¥f3 +0.0029…b6 +0.0030.¦c1 -0.0430…¦d6 +0.0331.¢f1 +0.0431…a5 +0.0332.¢e2 +0.0332…¤d5 +0.0333.g3 +0.0433…¤e7 +0.0534.¥e4 +0.03* 34…¢g7

Here are the moves without analysis (for readers who wish to copy and paste them):

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6
15. h3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Qb1 h6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rc5 21.
Rfe1 Rxd5 22. Bc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bc5 24. Qc2 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qc8 g6 27.
Bg4 h5 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bf3 b6 30. Rc1 Rd6 31. Kf1 a5 32. Ke2 Nd5 33. g3 Ne7
34. Be4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

Have fun! — Steve Lopez

Robot World Chess Blitz Championship – ChessKA versus KUKA Monster

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:56:34 +0000

We saw the announcement first on www.chessblog.com about the World Chess Blitz Championship among Chess Robots that will take place on May 19 (11 am – 5 pm Moscow time). This incredible World Chess Blitz event will be held on the Strastnoy Bulvar. Two robots will fight for the title of the World Robot Blitz Chess Champion. The first is called ChessKA and is the creation of Konstantin Kosteniuk, honored chess coach of the Russian Federation (and father of Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk), who is an active inventor and has dozens of registered patents. Read the whole announcement at chessblog.com and see the whole event poster below. Chess King and Chess Queen are sponsoring this event. We will provide videos and games when they are available. This will be an incredibly exciting event!

2012 Chess World Championship Game 3 – A Fighting Draw

Steve — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:01:57 +0000

Today’s third game of the 2012 Chess World Championship between defending champ Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand was another draw, but this one was a bit harder-fought than the first two games.

Gelfand, playing the Black side of a Neo-Grunfeld Defense, took the bull by the horns by straying from known theory on move 16, but a slight inaccuracy a few moves later swung the balance to Anand. The champ then enjoyed a slight edge but was unable to capitalize on it, and the game was agreed drawn after Black’s 37th move.

Here is the game, which you can replay using the arrows below the chessboard. The score contains Houdini 2 Pro’s game analysis, generated automatically using Chess King Pro training, playing, and analysis software:

Anand, Viswanathan (2799) – Gelfand, Boris (2739)

Result: 1/2-1/2

Site: Moscow RUS

Date: 2012.05.14

[...] 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 ¤xd5 5.e4 ¤b6 6.¤c3 ¥g7 7.¥e3 O-O 8.£d2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.h4 cxd5 11.exd5 ¤8d7 12.h5 ¤f6 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.O-O-O ¥d7 15.¢b1 ¦c8 16.¢a1 +0.2916…e4 +0.21 N

(16…¤a4 17.¤ge2 e4 18.d6 ¦e8 19.¦c1 £a5 20.¤xa4 ¦xc1+ 21.£xc1 …0-1, Hillarp Persson Tiger 2482 – Aaberg Anton 2404 , Stockholm 2002 Cup Rilton)

17.¥d4 +0.2817…¤a4 +0.2918.¤ge2 +0.11*

(18.¤xe4 +0.29 18…¤xe4 +0.29 19.fxe4 +0.41 19…¥xd4 +0.33 20.£xd4 +0.26 20…£g5 +0.26 21.¢b1 +0.26 21…¦xf1 +0.22)

18…£a5 +0.0519.¤xe4 +0.0919…£xd2 +0.0820.¤xf6+ +0.0820…¦xf6 +0.0821.¦xd2 +0.0721…¦f5 +0.1022.¥xg7 +0.1522…¢xg7 +0.0923.d6 +0.0223…¦fc5 +0.39*

(23…¤b6 +0.04 24.¤c3 +0.04)

24.¦d1 +0.3924…a5 +0.4825.¦h4 +0.4825…¦c2 +0.4826.b3 +0.4826…¤b2 +0.4827.¦b1 +0.4827…¤d3 +0.4828.¤d4 +0.4828…¦d2 +0.4829.¥xd3 +0.4729…¦xd3 +0.4730.¦e1 +0.5330…¦d2 +0.4731.¢b1 +0.3931…¥f5+ +0.3932.¤xf5+ +0.3832…gxf5 +0.3833.¦e7+ +0.3833…¢g6 +0.3634.¦c7 +0.3834…¦e8 +0.3835.¦h1 +0.00*

(35.¦e7 +0.37 35…¦d8 +0.48 36.¦e6+ +0.48 36…¢g7 +0.44 37.¦h5 +0.48)

35…¦ee2 +0.0036.d7 +0.0036…¦b2+ +0.0037.¢c1 +0.0037…¦xa2

Here is the unannotated score (for readers who wish to cut and paste the moves):

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ka1 e4 17. Bd4 Na4 18. Nge2 Qa5 19. Nxe4 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+
Rxf6 21. Rxd2 Rf5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. d6 Rfc5 24. Rd1 a5 25. Rh4 Rc2 26. b3 Nb2
27. Rb1 Nd3 28. Nd4 Rd2 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Re1 Rd2 31. Kb1 Bf5+ 32. Nxf5+ gxf5
33. Re7+ Kg6 34. Rc7 Re8 35. Rh1 Ree2 36. d7 Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

Have fun! — Steve Lopez

Game 2 drawn in 2012 World Chess Championship

Steve — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:10:04 +0000

Hi, everyone! I hope you had a great weekend!

Saturday’s Chess World Championship game, the second in the match between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand, was a twenty-five move draw. Gelfand opened with the d-pawn as White, and Anand opted for a Slav Defense.

Here is the game, along with Houdini 2 Pro’s analysis generated in the Chess King Pro training, playing, and analysis software:

Gelfand, Boris (2739) – Anand, Viswanathan (2799)

Result: 1/2-1/2

Site: Moscow RUS

Date: 2012.05.12

[...] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¤f3 a6 6.b3 ¥b4 7.¥d2 ¤bd7 8.¥d3 O-O 9.O-O ¥d6 10.¦c1 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.¤xe4 ¤xe4 14.¥xe4 +0.0014…¤f6 +0.24 N

(14…exd4 +0.00 15.¦c4 +0.18

(15.¥g5 ¤f6 16.¦c4 h6 17.¦xd4 hxg5 18.¦xd6 £e7 19.¥b1 …1/2-1/2, Goganov Aleksey 2500 – Rublevsky Sergei 2681 , Taganrog 6/16/2011 Ch Russia (Higher League))

15…¤f6 +0.18 16.¥b1 +0.18 16…¥e6 +0.22

(16…¥g4 17.¥g5 h6 18.¥h4 ¥xf3 19.£xf3 …1/2-1/2, Riazantsev Alexander 2688 – Matlakov Maxim 2632 , St. Petersburg 9/17/2011 Match “Moscow-St. Petersburg”)

17.¦xd4 +0.18 17…£c7 +0.22)

(14…¥a3 +0.76 15.¦c4 +0.68 15…¤f6 +0.68 16.¥g5 +0.68 16…exd4 +0.68)

15.dxe5 +0.2415…¤xe4 +0.2416.exd6 +0.2316…£xd6 +0.2317.¥e3 +0.2317…¥f5 +0.2318.£xd6 +0.2218…¤xd6 +0.1919.¤d4 +0.1319…¦fe8 +0.1320.¤xf5 +0.0720…¤xf5 +0.0921.¥c5 +0.0621…h5 +0.0622.¦fd1 +0.0622…¦ac8 +0.0623.¢f1 +0.0223…f6 +0.0524.¥b4 +0.0324…¢h7 +0.0325.¦c5

Here is the plain gamescore (for “cut and paste” purposes):

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Nxf5
Nxf5 21. Bc5 h5 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Kf1 f6 24. Bb4 Kh7 25. Rc5 1/2-1/2

Have fun! — Steve Lopez

Chess Puzzle Miniature – Mate in 2 moves

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:19:58 +0000

This is a nice chess puzzle miniature. White plays and mates in 2 moves. Can you find the solution?

2012 World Chess Championship – Game 1 drawn

Steve — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:02:14 +0000

In the first game of the 2012 World Chess Championship, played today in Moscow, Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand agreed to a draw after twenty-four moves in an Exchange Variation of the Gruenfeld Defense. The second game is scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday May 12).

Here are the moves of today’s game, along with analysis generated by Houdini 2 Pro running in the Chess King Pro interface:

Anand, Viswanathan (2791) – Gelfand, Boris (2727)

Result: 1/2-1/2

Site: Moscow

Date: 2012.05.11

[...] 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¤f3 ¥g7 5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.e4 ¤xc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.¥b5+ ¤c6 9.d5 £a5 10.¦b1 a6 11.¥xc6+ bxc6 12.O-O +0.0012…£xa2 +0.0013.¦b2 +0.00* N

(13.¥e3 cxd5 14.exd5 O-O 15.¥xc5 ¦d8 16.¥xe7 ¦xd5 17.¤d4 ¥d7 …1/2-1/2, Niederwieser Peter 2162 – Kratschmer Heinz 2098 , Austria 11/26/2006 Bundesliga B Mitte 2006/07)

13…£a5 +0.0414.d6 +0.0414…¦a7 +0.0415.¥g5 +0.0015…exd6 +0.0016.£xd6 +0.0016…¦d7 +0.0017.£xc6 +0.0017…£c7 +0.0018.£xc7 +0.0018…¦xc7 +0.0019.¥f4 +0.0019…¦b7 +0.0020.¦c2 -0.1420…O-O -0.1421.¥d6 -0.1421…¦e8 -0.1422.¤d2 -0.1422…f5 -0.0523.f3 -0.1423…fxe4 -0.0524.¤xe4 +0.0024…¥f5 Draw

Here is the plain gamescore (without analysis):

Anand,V – Gelfand,B
World Chess Championship, Game One

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 Qa5 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxa2 13. Rb2 Qa5 14. d6
Ra7 15. Bg5 exd6 16. Qxd6 Rd7 17. Qxc6 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Rc2
O-O 21. Bd6 Re8 22. Nd2 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bf5 1/2-1/2