2012 World Chess Championship – Anand beats Gelfand on tiebreak 2.5 – 1.5
Author: Steve
The headline says it all. In today’s tiebreak session of the 2012 World Chess Championship, Viswanathan Anand retained his title with a 2.5 to 1.5 victory over challenger Boris Gelfand in the tiebreak “mini match”.
The second game of the tiebreak match was the sole game to end decisively, as Anand went up a pawn in the early going and ground out a win in seventy-seven moves. Here are the moves of this second “mini match” game, along with analysis from Houdini 2 Pro generated in the Chess King Pro interface:
Anand, Viswanathan (2799) – Gelfand, Boris (2739)
[…] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 e6 4.¥xc6 bxc6 5.b3 e5 6.¤xe5 +0.076…£e7 +0.077.d4 +0.00* N
7…d6 +0.138.¤xc6 +0.138…£xe4+ +0.139.£e2 +0.139…£xe2+ +0.1210.¢xe2 +0.1110…¥b7 +0.1111.¤a5 +0.1111…¥xg2 +0.1112.¦g1 +0.1012…¥h3 +0.1813.dxc5 +0.1813…dxc5 +0.1814.¤c3 +0.1814…O-O-O +0.2315.¥f4 +0.1815…¥d6 +0.61*
16.¥xd6 +0.6016…¦xd6 +0.5917.¦g5 +0.5917…¤f6 +0.5918.¦xc5+ +0.5918…¢b8 +0.6019.¤c4 +0.4419…¦e8+ +0.4420.¤e3 +0.2820…¤g4 +0.3321.¤cd5 +0.3321…¤xe3 +0.3322.¤xe3 +0.16*
22…¥g4+ +0.1623.f3 +0.0023…¥c8 +0.0024.¦e1 +0.0024…¦h6 +0.0025.¦h1 +0.0025…¦he6 +0.1926.¦c3 +0.1426…f5 +0.1727.¢d2 +0.2027…f4 +0.1328.¤d5 +0.1828…g5 +0.1529.¦d3 +0.0529…¦e2+ +0.0030.¢c1 +0.0530…¦f2 +0.0531.h4 +0.0731…¦ee2 +0.34*
32.¦c3 +0.3432…¥b7 +0.3433.¦d1 +0.3333…gxh4 +0.3334.¤xf4 +0.3334…¦e8 +0.3335.¦h1 +0.3735…¦c8 +0.66
36.¦xc8+ +0.6336…¥xc8 +0.6137.¦xh4 +0.6137…¥f5 +0.5838.¦h5 +0.36*
38…¥xc2 +0.3639.¦b5+ +0.3639…¢a8 +0.3640.¤d5 +0.2540…a6 +0.2541.¦a5 +0.2541…¢b7 +0.2542.¤b4 +0.2542…¥g6 +0.2743.¤xa6 +0.1643…¦xf3 +0.1844.¤c5+ +0.1644…¢b6 +0.2445.b4 +0.2445…¦f4 +0.2446.a3 +0.2646…¦g4 +0.3647.¢d2 +0.3647…h5 +0.3648.¤d7+ +0.3648…¢b7 +0.3649.¤e5 +0.3249…¦g2+ +0.3650.¢c3 +0.16
50…¥e8 +0.1651.¤d3 +0.1251…h4 +0.2152.¦e5 +0.2152…¥g6 +0.2153.¤f4 +0.2153…¦g3+ +0.2154.¢d4 +0.1454…¥c2 +0.1455.¦h5 +0.1355…¦xa3 +0.1356.¦xh4 +0.1356…¦g3 +0.1357.¤d5 +0.1357…¦g5 +0.1358.b5 +0.1158…¥f5 +0.1559.¦h6 +0.1159…¥g4 +0.35*
60.¦f6 +0.2560…¦f5 +0.3561.¦b6+ +0.3561…¢a7 +0.3562.¦g6 +0.2662…¥f3 +0.3563.¦g7+ +0.3563…¢b8 +0.3564.¤c3 +0.3564…¥b7 +0.3965.¢c4 +0.3965…¥f3 +0.3666.¢b4 +0.3966…¥d5 +0.4267.¤a4 +0.4267…¦f7 +0.5168.¦g5 +0.5168…¥f3 +0.75
69.¤c5 +0.7569…¢c7 +0.7570.¦g6 +0.7570…¢d8 +0.7971.¢a5 +0.7571…¦f5 +5.35
72.¤e6+ +5.2472…¢c8 +8.0673.¤d4 +8.0673…¦f8 +9.9274.¤xf3 +9.1174…¦xf3 +299.6675.¢b6 +299.6775…¦b3 +299.6976.¦g8+ +299.7076…¢d7 +299.7077.¦b8
Congratulations to Viswanathan Anand from the Chess King Pro staff!
Have fun! — Steve Lopez
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congrats Vishi,
Thank you Chess King Team.
Kindly do post raw score for all the matches.
It helps a lot for a person with vision impairment like me to enjoy the game as my screen reader does not support to play the game in Chess King Pro.