WCC 2008: Anand powers ahead of Kramnik!
Oct 18th, 2008 by Daaim Shabazz
Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand focuses in game three.
Photo by Frederic Friedel.
Kramnik’s 19.Nxd4!? muddied the waters and produced spectacular complications in which ended being favorable for black. Anand was up an entire hour during the match, but that lead melted away when Kramnik started to create nasty threats on the seventh rank. Anand returned the piece and was down two pawns, but his pieces were active and Kramnik’s king has no cover. Pressed for time, Kramnik made some crucial mistakes included the final with 33.Bd3?? when Anand pounced him with a finishing attack.
With Kramnik falling behind 2-1, he can take comfort in knowing that he is not in a “must-win” situation. With nine matches to go, Team Kramnik will have to solve yet another issues… meeting Anand’s unexpected 1.d4. They will have another chance in game #4.
Drum Coverage: http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2008/10/11/2008-wcc-anand-kramnik/
You may be wondering the sponsor on Anand’s shirt. Apparently he is alternating between technology services company NIIT and AMD, the microprocessor company. He did a nice commercial for AMD recently. Here it is…
http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2008/06/26/anand-stars-in-amd-commercial/
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