Anand vs gelfand 2012 game 4

Anand successfully defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in and also against Veselin Topalov in Anand is currently ranked 4 in the world on the latest official FIDE rating list , with a rating of Elo. He was born in Belarus and emigrated to Israel in Gelfand has qualified before for candidates tournaments as far back as the early s. But in Gelfand won the World Cup and qualified for the Candidates matches, where he beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the quarter-finals, Gata Kamsky in the semi-finals, and Alexander Grischuk in the final to qualify to challenge Anand.

Anand and Gelfand testing the playing conditions for their match. The opening ceremony took place today in the State Tretyakov Gallery, marking the beginning of the game match lasting three weeks. The players drew lots and Anand will be white in the first game.

Colours alternate, but are reversed after game 6 so Anand will play with black in game 7. If the match is level after 12 games there will be a 4-game rapid match tie-break at 25 minutes per game plus 10 second increment.

If scores are still level a 2-game blitz match will be played at 5 minutes plus 3 second increment. If the deadlock is still not broken, there can be up to 5 of the these 2-game blitz matches before a sudden-death blitz game will decide the winner 5 minutes for white, 4 minutes for black, and a 3 second increment from move The full rules for the match can be found here pdf.

He then followed it up with wins in Mexico , Bonn , Sofia and now Moscow The win adds lustre to his six chess Oscars. Anand has won the Chess Oscar "an award given by polling votes from the global chess fraternity, including players and best writers across the world", a record five times with the wins coming in , , , , and See also: High time we consider Anand for Bharat Ratna the Republic of India's highest civilian award for the national service, including artistic, literary, and scientific achievements.

Stating that his connection with Russia has been very deep, Anand said, "I benefitted a lot from playing chess in Russian Cultural center in Chennai and my second grandmaster norm was also made at the Cultural center in New Delhi. The connection with Russia is quite deep, as I also played a lot of tournaments here while growing up.

Anand, who beat Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand to win his fifth World title, met the Russian leader at his Moscow residence here Thursday. Gelfand, who grew up in Belarusian capital Minsk, tagged along for the visit and remarked Russia was regaining its place on the world chess stage. It will push the development of chess. AP: Despite loss, Israeli chess grandmaster wins fans Israel's latest cultural hero is neither the usual army general nor a sexy celebrity — he's a bespectacled year-old Belarus-born chess grandmaster.

Israelis have been riveted by Boris Gelfand's three-week battle for world chess supremacy. Despite coming up just short this week, losing in a sudden-death round, his efforts have attracted new fans and drawn attention to Israel as a surprising chess powerhouse.

His duel with world chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India was broadcast live on Israeli TV, thousands joined Gelfand fan pages on Facebook and his moves became water cooler talk in Israel — even among those who can't tell the difference between a rook and a bishop. The game was broadcast on a giant screen in a room adjacent to the Prime Minister's office where Netanyahu watched it between meetings and spoke with Natan Sharansky, a former minister who was a promising chess player as a child, about the moves.

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I like it! Anand made it to a big front-page spread in the Indian Telegraph, while Gelfand received a hero's tribute in Israel. You can google the many hundreds of press stories or go through a few we have picked out for you. And the current Komodo 14 has been clearly improved over its predecessor! ChessBase 16 - Mega package Edition Your key to fresh ideas, precise analyses and targeted training! Still no ChessBase Account?

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