Gelfand played solidly to hold off Morozevich’s creative ideas and scored a full point. He now ties with Anand as the leader of the 2007 World Championship! Grischuk and Svidler played perhaps the most exciting game of the tournament...
Gelfand – Morozevich LIVE commentary 1-0
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Morozevich (2758) [E17]19.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.d5 Bf6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Bxb2 12.Rd1 Bf6 13.0–0 Na6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Qe3 exd5 16.cxd5...
Gelfand – Aronian LIVE commentary 1-0
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Aronian (2750) [E00]18.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Nf3 d6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 b4 9.Bd3 g6 10.Nbd2 Bg7 11.Nc4 0–0 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.a5 Bh3 14.Ng5 Bd7 15.0–0 Bb5 16.Qd2...
Svilder – Gelfand 1/2
GM Svidler (2735) – GM Gelfand (2733) [C42]16.09.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qf5 Nf8 16.h5...
Important Queen and Pawn endgame
This was the position after move 70.Qc6+. Gelfand played 70…Qf3 and the game was drawn on move 100. However, I believe from a quick glance with the help of a primitive computer software, Black is much better off playing...
Leko – Gelfand LIVE Commentary 1/2
Leko – Gelfand 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Ne5 9.0–0–0 0–0 10.h3 (Anand played 10.h4 against Gelfand in the first round.)10…Nxf3 11.gxf3 Bf5 12.h4 (White allows himself to have...
Gelfand – Grischuk 1/2
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Grischuk (2726) [E15]14.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.Bxb4 cxb4 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qd3 Be4 11.Qe3 Nc6 12.Nbd2 d5 13.Rfc1 Rc8 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Qd3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3...
LIVE Commentary! Anand – Gelfand 1/2
Anand – Gelfand 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 = / += White has more mobility and space but the draw back is the double pawn. 8.Qd2 Ne5 9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4...
Boris Gelfand
Boris Gelfand Birthplace: Minsk, BelarussiaCountry: IsraelDate of Birth: June 24, 1968Current FIDE rating: 2733Current position in FIDE list: 13Highest FIDE rating: 2750 (january 2001)Hihest position in the list: 3rd (2727 in July 1990) Most important achievements: 1990: Linares Tournament,...