After the Morozevich – Kramnik game, the media wanted to know about Kramnik’s strategy tomorrow. He will have White against Anand and he is trailing Anand by 1.5 points. His answer was basically it is his game and he will try his best to win to get back into the race for the World Championship. He acknowledge that it will be a crucial game and he will give his all.
Here are the matchups:
Round 10: Monday, September 24, 2007
Vladimir Kramnik – Viswanathan Anand
Levon Aronian – Alexander Grischuk
Boris Gelfand – Peter Leko
Peter Svidler – Alexander Morozevich
All eyes will be on board 1 tomorrow. What are your predictions?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik – Anand 0-1
Levon Aronian – Grischuk 1-0
Gelfand – Peter Leko 0-1
Svidler – Morozevich 1-0
kramnik 1/0 Anand
Aronian 0/1 Grischuk
Gelfand 0/1 Leko
Svidler 0/1 Morozevich
Kramnik – Anand 1/2 1/2
Levon Aronian – Grischuk 1/2 1/2
Gelfand – Peter Leko 1/2 1/2
Svidler – Morozevich 1/2 1/2
Kramnik wins against Anand.
Anand wins the tournament.
Kramnik shares the second place with Gelfand or (inclusive) Leko.
Anand becomes a sore world champion (he lost his minimatch against Kramnik).
Anand and Kramnik play the world championship match (which is the proper and classical way that world champions are crowned).
Kramnik wins and becomes the world champion.
Haha, look at the first three posts.
Almost every single result has been proposed and only one result has been proposed twice (noone thinks Gelfand can win this with white?).
Just for tension Kramnik should win this one, so I “predict” K-A 1:0.
Grischuk should take the full point, too, so I “hope” for A-G 0:1.
Gelfand – Leko is a draw I suppose: 1/2.
Morozevich got to do it! S-M 0:1
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(similar to anonymous 2:43)
I think Kramnik is very dangerous player when he needs to win. I remember game against Leko, when he needed a win and draw was good for Leko.
Interresting to see what is Anands plan. Just trying to keep draw could be bad, because usually player tends to be more careful and doensn’t make all the best moves he would normally do.. Attack is the best defence. 🙂
“I think Kramnik is very dangerous player when he needs to win. I remember game against Leko, when he needed a win and draw was good for Leko.!”
thats different. leko got nervous at his big chance, the title at his fingertips and all that… anand has nothing like that to lose here in this match.
Anand-Kramnik: A 20 move Petroff 😀
Hope not…I think Kramnik will go with the Catalan.
Kramnik – Anand 1/2
Levon Aronian – Grischuk 1-0
Gelfand – Peter Leko 1-0
Svidler – Morozevich 0-1
Morozevich will make 5/5 and win the WC
He will than kill Drawnik in the match
It’s a clear 1-0, of course. Anand need not play the game to waste energy. Russia school is much better than India school of chess = Kramnik much better than Anand. Don’t look at ratings, the formulas are outdated and thus the fake impression.
Gelfand going down, all others up.
“Russia school is much better than India school of chess = Kramnik much better than Anand.”
LOL :))))
Drawnik loses if he wants to
push hard against Anand.
You’ll see.
He is superexpert of defending but when it comes to attacking…
Could be boomerang for him.
Anand is rock solid in this tournament.
Recent games suggest kramnik has + with white ,but kramnik’s stamina is a worry. Morro’s comeback, he can still win this event if he goes for win every game, he’s the favourite agaisnt svidler. Aronian doesn’t seem to be 100 per…gelfand -leko seems to be heading for draw, though one cannot be sure what gelfand can come up with white and good preparations.
I agree with anonymous (!)
Draw with only the Kings left on the board.
anand-kramnik will be a draw surely..
And because the Russian school of chess is better than the Indian, the Russian champ Petrushka Svidler is decisevely last!!!! :)))
Kramnik – Anand 1/2
Aronian – Grischuk 1/2
Gelfand – Leko 1/2
Svidler – Morozevich 0-1
Kramnik will lose miserably…..he will show the true color of a Russian school…the Indian school is far superior…today they became world champions in cricket…tomorrow they will see a world champion in chess….one can see Kramnik only in the toilet….
I doubt Kramnik would be interested in a short (less than 30 moves) draw. I’m expecting a Catalan to be decided up around 50 moves, unless Anand goes for a Queen’s Gambit Accepted.
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. g3 d5
4. Bg2 Be7
5. Nf3 0-0
6. 0-0 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6
8. Qxc4 b5
9. Qc2 Bb7
10. Bd2 Ra7
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50. Kh1 drawn
But that’s just a guess.
jcheyne
Why does Anand always play so fast? Does he feel (or: “Is he”…) so superior over Kramnik that he does not have to think?
Over 20 moves in less than 10 minutes?
Or are they still in analyzed book variations that Anand knows well?
And why does Grischuk always play that damn slow??
37 minutes for 6 moves….
Just calculate:
In the same time Anand makes 12 times the number of the moves that Grischuk does.
Unbelievable for me – both….
In addition to my last post:
is it perhaps all just a psychological trick?
Greetings
Jochen
PS: Susan can you please give us a “discussion topic” for the games?
I fear that there are not many who read these discussions because it is so hidden….
Shreder says Kramnik is loosing vs Anand (-1.5)!It’s move 28 only.
Dumb Kramnik.He thought he could attack Vishy just like that.
Well ,Vishy ain’t Leko!
Kramnik is really gouing va banque. Cool guy, he doesn’t seem to care whether he’ll be second or eighth, all he cares about is first place.
Yeah. But at move 39, it seems to me that he’s lost. Well, kudos for trying.
“Russia school is much better than India school of chess = Kramnik much better than Anand.”
The Russian school of chess is so good that the 3 last players of the tournament are… Russians.