World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 11 : Gelfand VS Anand

[Event "World Chess Championship, Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qe2 Bc6 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. c4 cxd4
15. exd4 Qh5 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Ne5 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rfd8 20. a4 Ne4
21. Rd3 f6 22. Bf4 Be8 23. Rb3 Rxd4 24. Be3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 10 : Anand VS Gelfand

[Event "World Chess Championship, Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand , V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 e5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Bb2 d6 8.
Nc4 d5 9. Ne3 d4 10. Nc4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Be6 13. d3 Nf6 14. Nbd2
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Kf1 Rhe8 17. Ba3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Re2 Bxc4 20. bxc4
f5 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nb3 c5 25. a3 1/2-1/2

World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 9 : Gelfand VS Anand

[Event "World Chess Championship, Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Anand , V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bh4 Qd6 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21.
Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd6 Rxc1+ 23. Rd1 Rec8 24. h3 Ne5 25. Qe2 Ng6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc7 29. Qb2 Kg7 30. a4 Ne7 31. a5 Nd5 32. a6 Kh7 33. Qd4 f5
34. f4 Rd7 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Qh8 Nf6 37. Qb8 h5 38. Kh4 Kh6 39. Qb2 Kg6 40. Qc3
Ne4 41. Qc8 Nf6 42. Qb8 Re7 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 fxg4 45. Qe5 Ng8 46. Qg5+ Kh7
47. Qxg4 f6 48. Qg2 Kh8 49. Qe4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 8 : Anand VS Gelfand

[Event "World Chess Championship, Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Gelfand , B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Nec3 Nh5 8. Bg5
Bf6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. g4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Qf6
15. gxh5 Qxf3+ 16. Kc2 Qxh1 17. Qf2 1-0

Checkmate in 7 moves

 

White to move and checkmate in 7.

Current LIVE ratings

Current LIVE ratings

#	Name	Rating	+/−	Games	Age
1	Carlsen	2835.0	0.0	0	21 (30.11.1990)
2	Aronian	2823.2	−1.8	6	29 (06.10.1982)
3	Kramnik	2802.8	+1.8	6	36 (25.06.1975)
4	Radjabov	2784.0	0.0	0	25 (12.03.1987)
5	Anand	2783.8	−7.2	8	42 (11.12.1969)
6	Nakamura	2782.6	+7.6	14	24 (09.12.1987)
7	Karjakin	2779.0	0.0	0	22 (12.01.1990)
8	Caruana	2772.0	+2.0	14	19 (30.07.1992)
9	Morozevich	2769.0	0.0	0	34 (18.07.1977)
10	Ivanchuk	2767.4	+3.4	10	43 (18.03.1969)
11	Grischuk	2761.0	0.0	0	28 (31.10.1983)
12	Topalov	2752.0	0.0	0	37 (15.03.1975)
13	Kamsky	2743.8	+2.8	11	37 (02.06.1974)
14	Wang Hao	2741.7	+3.7	8	22 (04.08.1989)
15	Svidler	2741.0	0.0	0	35 (17.06.1976)
16	Tomashevsky	2738.0	0.0	0	24 (01.07.1987)
17	Gashimov	2737.0	0.0	0	25 (24.07.1986)
18	Adams	2736.7	+8.7	5	40 (17.11.1971)
19	Jakovenko	2736.0	0.0	0	28 (28.06.1983)
20	Gelfand	2734.2	+7.2	8	43 (24.06.1968)
21	Bologan	2732.4	+16.4	9	40 (14.12.1971)
22	Leko	2729.7	+6.7	7	32 (08.09.1979)
23	Ponomariov	2726.0	0.0	0	28 (11.10.1983)
24	Mamedyarov	2726.0	0.0	0	27 (12.04.1985)
25	Dominguez	2725.0	0.0	10	28 (23.09.1983)
26	Jobava	2722.1	+1.1	7	28 (26.11.1983)
27	Nepomniachtchi	2717.6	+1.6	10	21 (14.07.1990)
28	Sasikiran	2717.5	−2.5	4	31 (07.01.1981)
29	Moiseenko	2717.5	+6.5	2	32 (17.05.1980)
30	Wojtaszek	2717.0	0.0	0	25 (13.01.1987)
31	Riazantsev	2716.3	+2.3	4	26 (12.09.1985)
32	Fressinet	2715.0	0.0	0	30 (01.11.1981)
33	Almasi	2713.0	0.0	0	35 (29.08.1976)
34	Malakhov	2712.0	0.0	0	31 (27.11.1980)
35	Bruzon	2711.0	0.0	0	30 (02.05.1982)
36	Polgar, Judit	2709.0	0.0	0	35 (23.07.1976)
37	McShane	2708.2	+2.2	1	28 (07.01.1984)
38	Inarkiev	2707.0	0.0	0	26 (09.12.1985)
39	Navara	2705.5	−0.5	12	27 (27.03.1985)
40	Volokitin	2704.0	0.0	0	25 (18.06.1986)
41	Short	2703.7	−1.3	5	46 (01.06.1965)
42	Vitiugov	2703.0	0.0	0	25 (04.02.1987)
43	Shirov	2700.5	+2.5	1	39 (04.07.1972)
44	Andreikin	2700.0	0.0	0	22 (05.02.1990)

Source: 2700chess.com

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He has recently made a new course on tactics, calculation and visualization and the course name is "Calculate Till Mate"

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World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 7 : Gelfand VS Anand

[Event "World Chess Championship, Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Ro
und "7"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]


1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxb6
Nxb6 9. Bd2 c5 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15.
O-O Qb8 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Rc2 Nbd7 20. Rfc1 Rab8 21.
Na4 Ne4 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 g5 24. Qc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 f6 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27.
Nd2 f5 28. Nc4 Nf6 29. Nc5 Nd5 30. Ra7 Nb4 31. Ne5 Nc2 32. Nc6 Rxb2 33. Rc7
Rb1+ 34. Kh2 e3 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Ne5 e2 38. Nxe6 1-0

World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 6 : Gelfand VS Anand

[Event "World Chess Championship, Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand , B."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]


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

Chess Puzzle - 44

White to move. How should white proceed?

World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 5 : Anand VS Gelfand

[Event "World Chess Championship , Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, V"]
[Black "Gelfand, B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]

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

World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 4 : Gelfand VS Anand

[Event "World championship 2012, Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]

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

World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 3 : Anand VS Gelfand

[Event "World championship , Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]

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

Attacking Tactics

 
White to move. Does White have a sufficient attack? How should White proceed?

World Chess Championship - Game 2 : Gelfand VS Anand

[Event "World Championship , Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]

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

World Chess Championship 2012 - Game 1 : Anand VS Gelfand

[Event "World Championship , Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]

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

Checkmate in 4 moves

 
White to move. Can you find a checkmate in 4 for White WITHOUT using computer?

Chess Puzzle - 43

White to move. How should white proceed?

Gelfand VS. Anand - World Championship - Deatils of Opening Ceremony

 
Gelfand – Anand World Championship – more details of the opening ceremony revealed

A few days ago Chessdom.com brought you the first information about the opening ceremony of the FIDE WCC 2012. Today in an press release, the organizing committe of the WCC confirms that the opening ceremony for the World Chess Championship match will be held in Moscow on 10 May 2012. The ceremony will mark the start of the three-week match. The name of the new world champion will be announced on 30 May.

During the opening ceremony, which will be held in the Mikhail Vrubel Hall of the State Tretyakov Gallery, it will be determined which of the match participants will play white during the first game. The drawing procedure will be conducted by the event’s Chief Arbiter, Ashot Vardapetyan. The ceremony will conclude with a concert by pianist Denis Matsuev and other young Russian musicians.

Anand info / Gelfand info / Official website / Recent games

Ilya Levitov, the president of the Russian Chess Federation board, noted that the opening and drawing will be entirely consistent with the match concept, which aims to emphasize the connection between chess and culture. “The match will be held at the Tretyakov Gallery, one of the best Russian pianists will perform at the opening, and well-known cultural figures – in addition to great chess players and former champions – have agreed to serve as honored guests of the championship,” Mr Levitov said.

For sure the World Chess Championship match will be the central event of the month of May, the Gelfand Anand match already made headlines and is expected to continue doing so.

Chess Puzzle - 42

Black to move. How should Black proceed?

Veselin Topalov's Simul in Edinburgh

 
Veselin Topalov’s simul in Edinburgh

Former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria lost one game and conceded five draws in his 20 board simultaneous display held at Edinburgh Chess Club on April 29, 2012.
IM Andrew Greet, the 2010 Scottish Champion, was the only player to win. Draws were secured by GM Jacob Aagaard, Hugh Brechin, Adam Bremner, Roberta Brunello, Robert Lawson and Boris Mitrovic.

 

Photos by Andy Howie

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Upcoming Tournaments and Events

Upcoming Events:
 
1. Capablanca Memorial Elite, Habana (Cuba), 3 May - 14 May 2012, Web (10) [Ivanchuk, Dominguez, Nepomniachtchi, Laznicka]
 
2. Capablanca Memorial Premier, Habana (Cuba), 3 May - 14 May 2012, Web (9) [Bruzon]
 
3. 11th Asian Continental Chess Championship 2012, Ho Chi Minh City, (Vietnam), 4 May - 14 May 2012, Web (11) [Le Quang Liem]
 
4. The USA Championship, St. Louis (USA), 7 May - 20 May 2012, Web (11) [Nakamura, Kamsky]
 
5. Sigeman Chess Tournament, Sweden, 9 May - 16 May 2012, Web (7) [Caruana, Leko, Giri, Li Chao]
 
6. Anand - Gelfand (match), World Chess Championship 2012, Moscow (Russia), 10 May - 31 May 2012, Web (12) [Anand, Gelfand]
 
7. Cuban National Championship Finals, Ciego de Avila (Cuba), 16 May - 19 May 2012, Web (4) [Dominguez, Bruzon]
 
8. Tal Memorial 2012, Moscow (Russia), 7 June - 19 June 2012, Web (9) [Carlsen, Aronian, Kramnik, Radjabov, Caruana, Nakamura, Morozevich, Grischuk, Tomashevsky, McShane]
 
9. 6th Kings Chess Tournament, Medias (Romania), 23 June - 4 July 2012, Web (10) [Carlsen, Anand, Radjabov, Karjakin, Ivanchuk]
 
10. Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2012, Dortmund (Germany), 13 July - 22 July 2012, Web (9) [Kramnik, Caruana, Karjakin, Ponomariov, Leko]
 
11. Chess Olympiad 2012, Istanbul (Turkey), 27 August - 10 September 2012, Web (11) [Lots of 2700+ players] 


Source : 2700chess.com

Chess Puzzle - 41

 
White to move. What is the best move for White?