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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (02:45:41) |
| Tags : Viswanathan Anand, Vladmir Kramnik , World chess |
Anand takes 3-point lead, close to retaining world title |
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Bonn: Viswanathan Anand destroyed Vladmir Kramnik with a third win in four games and ended his hopes of the world championships. The defending champion may well have shut the door on Kramnik as he took a three-point lead in the 12-game match with just six games having been played out in the World Chess Championships.
Anand won the sixth game on the 41st move in a match that he dominated from middle game onwards. He has now won the third, fifth and sixth games with the rest having been drawn. The NIIT Brand Ambassador leads the match 4.5-1.5 as the first player to reach 6.5 point will be adjudged the world champion.
Playing with white and with a two-point advantage Anand piled on more misery as he played a solid game in the Nimzo Indian. Anand knowing his rival was at his lowest played a sharp line and went in for a positional game.
Just as the game looked interestingly poised with Kramnik playing solid in reply, Anand unleashed yet another novelty on the ninth move. Kramnik took up the challenge, probably in the hope that since he was already way behind he might as well be aggressive with black. Anand went for the jugular and accepted the challenge to attack. (IANS) |
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