I am about to embark on the second flight to Mexico City. I realize that the games has just started. Please feel free to discuss and share ideas with each other about these games. Pick the games of your choice. So the commentary job belong to you today 🙂 Have fun and I will update you with information as soon as I get to Mexico City.
Here are the pairings for round 7:
GM Anand Viswanathan – GM Grischuk Alexander
GM Morozevich Alexander – GM Leko Peter
GM Svidler Peter – GM Aronian Levon
GM Kramnik Vladimir – GM Gelfand Boris
Here is the official website.
Here are the LIVE games: http://partidas.chessmexico.com/
LIVE discussion on www.ChessDiscussion.com or click http://chessdiscussion.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=2
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Is there a way to follow the games live (& without a fee)? I’ve been checking here for all games until now, but with Susan out of the loop for a while, it would be nice to know how the games are proceeding.
jcheyne
GM Anand Viswanathan – GM Grischuk Alexander
GM Kramnik Vladimir – GM Gelfand Boris
http://partidas.chessmexico.com/
Yes, you can follow them at chessdom.com. Here are the links for AN-GR and KR-GE:
http://www.chessdom.com/wcc-mexico-chess-2007/live/anand-grischuk
http://www.chessdom.com/wcc-mexico-chess-2007/live/kramnik-gelfand
Yes! Just go to the official site here:
http://partidas.chessmexico.com/
So far, the games seem to be interesting today… let’s see! 🙂
And you have also free live comments here:
http://www.chessdom.com/wcc-mexico-chess-2007
Go to http://www.chessmexico.com and you will see the ‘Live’ option. It’s great, and you can switch between all the games going on.
chessdom has not commented on anand grishcuk game yet..can anybody tell me where i can find comments for that game?
Kramnik seems to be well prepared again. 13.Qc1 is a novelty according to my database. 13…Qxe4 would be very dangerous… 14.Qxg5 Kxe4 15.Kxe4 Qxe4 16.Rad1 with attack… 16…Qxe2 fails to 17.Bh4+-.
Yes Kramnik looking in pretty good shape at the moment. Anand – Grischuk looking fairly drawish although both games still in the early stages.
All right guys, you heard Susan. I’m in charge.
Holy cow Susan! How can you leave us here without adult supervision?
Any expert thoughts about Kramnik-Gelfand? I don’t like White very much (after 18…g4) but I’m a complete ignorant on this opening. 19. Be5 looks forced?
Some of my thoughts:
What about 19. -, c5!? in the game Kramnik vs. Gelfand?
20. f3 gives black the square g3 for his knight so what is the best way to defend e4? 20. e5 does not look so good I think.
[Update while writing: yeah, he did it!]
In the game Anand vs. Grischuk I prefer black (and I hope I am right ;)). The white kingside pawns are a bigger weakness than black’s d6 I think.
Black should not trade queens i’d say….
Nothing to say about the draw by Svidler and Aronian.
4. Bxc6….. argh!
I have no idea about Morosand Lekos game but I am sure something will happen there later….
I think you are right Jochen that black does have a slight edge in Anand-Grischuk but he’s also 30 mins down on the clock so I suspect it will be a draw before long.
Best game of the day seems to be Kramnik-Gelfand. I think Gelfand’s edging it but complex position with a lot of play left in it
No, Anand has a big plus. d6 is weak and black’s bishop is restricted in activity. The black knight on b4 is dominated and ‘biting in air’. Anand should be winning from here.
Sad but I tend to agree that Anand has a big plus. It’s not easy to see any reasonable game plan for black.
http://chessok.com/broadcast/live.html
“he’s also 30 mins down on the clock”
23 minutes left for 11 moves is much time for Grischuk so I would not give this fact to much weight.
Let’s see what happens – perhaps white is better (like many say here) but I don’t see a BIG plus!? But I have no idea so don’t give too much for what I say. 🙂
White is the only one who can improve his position, and black has to suffer passively. That’s killing, not only to a player of Anand’s strength.
White can work on the king side to prepare g5 in time and force a majority and work his way through an open g-file. He can block by a5 and Nb6 if he wants, but no hurry there. A big plus for white.
Black prevented the g5-plan now, but I expect an infiltration along the f-file now. Still, black had to react to one of the immediate threats.
Opposite coloured bishops in the game Kramnik-Gelfand suggest interesting attacking struggle. The black king may suffer in the middle of the board.
22…Kxe4 was probably dubious… 23.Bf3 Qc5 24.Bxe4!? Qxe3 25.Bxb7 Qxf2 (or Qxc3) 26.Bxa8 and white is better.
To be honest I don’t think black is in trouble in the Gelfand game. I expect a draw soon.
gerfanld will be 41 years old at the end of this game … and anand 25 !
kramnik is in a fischer mood today
I did not mean that black was in trouble. I think that anything may happen in the game. The outcome is unclear.
What the heck was 27…Qe2 ? Can Kramnik afford Rdb1-b4??
He might be. I would compare Kramnik’s play with Karpow here. He did stop an A-pawn of Garry once in a Grunfeld-game, by just playing Ra1 when it reached A2. 🙂
Why does Grischuk keep letting himself get into time trouble
There was more a strategical trouble, positionwise that is, for Grishuk in this game.
In any case, Gelfand didn’t try out, but dropped a pawn deliberately. I’d think white is winning at move 31.
Possibly yes, but giving h3 is not a bad shot in itself.
Okay, okay, I’m not so sure anymore. Why didn’t 32. gxh3 go?
Kramnik is winning this one… no doubt about it!!!
25…. a5?! was a mistake and since then Kramnik is definitely better!!!
was another exciting game, good hold by Boris – he’s having a fantastic tournament
Well, great fight. Time to begin whining about draws.
Umm, has Anand overpressed?
draws can be real show times !!! nobody can deny the kramnik gerfanld game , ot even fritzzzzz
if leko manage to exchange the queen and one knight, fischer would say that he can win this game
Anand seems to have a won position
… to be honest, I don’t find anything against d7 and Re8+ …
But they seem to be running out of pawns, so Anand-Grischuk still probably draw, with something like R+R vs R+N final.
After 45. Rd1, Anand’s pieces will be superbly co-ordinated and I don’t think Grischuk will be able to stop white’s d-pawn.
45 Nd7 was suggested by my comp. There were some convoluted variations invlolving getting R to h1 etc.
Looks like Anand has gone with 45 Rd1
RD1 was a better move to prevent the black rook from getting behind the advanced pawn
45. -, Rd4 is best for Grischuk I think.
For example 46. Rxd4, cxd4 47. d7, Kf8 48 Rxh7 and black can still play!?
Is Grischuk thinking, “Why must I lose? Why must I lose?”
Jochen.. in that variation the g-pawn also becomes very dangerous. E.g. 48… Kg8 49.g6, with the threat 50.Ng4 (mate follows after either Nh6 or Nf6). The N cannot move because of Nc6. I think Grischuk can resign here.
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You’re right.
And inbetween Anand made the full point and is again sole leader with impressive 5/7.
I am also impressed of Moro’s fighting will – I hope he won’t lose again. Go, Moro!
I agree with Jochen, 45…Rd4 seemed like Grischuk’s only chance to hold on at least a little while longer. I would have preferred getting to see Anand make the breakthrough after 45…Rd4, because it’s not clear to me how he could do so.
Morozevich and leko are having a contest of “lets see if he will make a mistake in this extremely symmetrical equal position”.
A battle of the bottom-of-the-table players, so desparately not wanting to be at the bottom!
37.Rf8 was a bad move. this allowed 38.Rxd6 and the release of anands d pawn. this is my opinion and im staying with it. sometimes just one bad move and the other players capitilizes and takes advantage. anand never likes a trade of his light square bishop much like fischer in that way. plus anands a3 or h3 pawns move to occupy b4 and g4. he always likes these moves.
The official website is weird. They keep referring to Anand as a Hindu. Other players are called Israeli or Russian. Why does Anand not get identified by his nationality, but by his supposed religion?
“Hindu grand master Vishy Anand reached the higher position at the standing, with 5 points out of 7.”
“Israeli gran master Boris Gelfand defeated in a spectacular game russian Alexander Morozevich. Thus, closing the sixth round he gets 4 points in the standing, same as hindi grand master Vishy Anand.”
Even I felt odd at usage of “Hindu” tag. Bad editing indeed.
Just a language issue I bet. The website is very amateurish. How difficult should it be to pay someone to do a good job ?
In English the word “India” is very similar to the word “Hindu” –and it is actually derived from it. In English, India also used to be called “Hindustan” and is still sometimes called that. When a Mexican speaking English calls Anand “Hindu”, he is most likely referring to the nationality rather than the religion.
Yes, and probably they don’t want to use the word “Indian” to avoid conflict with Native Americans (don’t forget in which part of the world the World Championship takes place)
The word India is actually derived from the river Indus (in Northern India) around which the civilization was based initially.
If the winner of this event is the undisputed world champion, then why is another match with Kramnik needed?
And what happens if Kramnik wins this event? Who’ll he play then?
In that case Kramnik will play himself. They will lock him up in a hotel room, without a toilet obviously, in Austria and Stefan Zweig will comment on the match.