he is tantalizing short of 2800 elo mark again! see his rating at end of Kramnik match! time to lead the world elo ranking as well.

Question: Does Anand plan a third edition of "My best games of chess"? Will game 2 of this match be in it?

Congrats to Vishy Anand, who is actually the most successsful match player in the world. Poor Veselin threw away all away.
Personally I found this match entertaining and even thrilling. The chess level became more convincing at the end of the match when both players played more accurately (despite Topalovs horrible blunder in the final game). Nevertheless compared to the level in recent top tournaments the games didn´t have an outstanding or superior quality. For a match at that level, the number of mistakes overall was remarkably high. I would definitely prefer a longer Wch-match, perhaps 16 games.

great video! so relieved!

I think Kramnik was more graceful in defeat.
Topalov was like... "OMG what will these military guys do to me in the evening, where should I hide." cmon you lost to a better player, take it well and correct your attitude." see, even after everything, Anand had nice words to say about Bulgaria and the organizers! learn from him.

Its funny we call Anand 'Tiger'. this was like taming a tiger in his own military den for him!! We must look for better compliments for Anand!

One very important thing that Topalov gave to the chess world in this match is 'the fighting spirit'. I must give credit where its due. The way he pressed hard till the end in all the games, its commendable and something that should be regularly followed everywhere. It cost Anand one game atleast. though he tends to be cocky at times, still I like the spirit.

Finally, congratulations to Anand, peoples' and world champion!
and congratulations to Topalov for this great match!

beore the match it was rumors about Carlsen
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6008

now about Kramnik?? cmon guys, see how much Kramnik won with black himself and how Anand won with black against Kramnik. what value add you are thinking of?

Anand has a team, solid team... Nielsen, Kasimdzanov(ex WC!) and Ganguly. don't take anything away from them. they helped dismantle Kramnik, and now Topalov! go team!

Peter,
Q: doesn't Anand feel that as defending champ he should retain the title in case on of a tie?

Are there any video's or photo's about the closing ceramony?

When will we see Jr. Anand?

My question to Anand: who does he think will be the next challenger?

@madewa that are good questions, cause i think Anand will get tired off all chessquestions asked by hundereds of journalists. So maybe Peter could ask some personal things rather then questions about his games.

I am wondering what his favorite curry is and what he likes to do when not playing chess.

ASk Anand who his protective deities are, other than Kaissa, I mean the deities from the Hindu side, maybe Ganesha, what a great match, I predicted Anand all the way but thought the last game favored Topalov, but as we know, the good player is lucky, and the good one was Anand.
All this nonsense about the number of errors is simply jibberish of people who expect men under tremendous pressure to perform like machines. remember folks, this is not computer chess, it's two flesh and blood beings facing each other...how many of us could play such relatively error free chess in those conditions?

Go Topalov!! The chess world is with you! We dont forget 2007!

Good luck Vishy!

we will see a short 10-20 moves draw.

16...Nf6 good move already played in 2008

16...Nf6 played by polish GM Miros?aw Grabarczyk

Miroslaw

I am afraid to say goodbye to chess because Topalinov going to win the match .

afghan what you talk? after move 18 the position is draw.

Looks like Anand came very well prepared with this line. Topalov is already more than 10 minutes behind, and it looks like Anand is still in his preparation on move 19.

Next thing you know Topa gets the c5 pawn!!!! GO GO GO!

Vesco, what happened 2007?

You are behind. They are allready on move 23
20...Td8 21.f3 La6 22.Tf2 Td7 23.g3

Can't you read?

@Egalmoth: A bit late, but LOL @ the Gollum-joke!

Peter,

This is great; I'd assumed you didn't do this (live thing) before bcos it was not possible. But maybe it's too difficult and you felt not worth the effort for the other rounds??

In any case, thanks a lot !! this was something i wanted from you guys.

Lasker defence? 7...Ne4 was already played 1932 4x. maybe he analyzed it.

@chandler It's not really live, so I could probably have done it before. But I didn't want to disturb the organizers.
@chess Check your theory book. This is called Lasker's Defence, period.

draw: ra3 bd3 ra3 bd3

Peter i checked my chess data base:)

Peter,
In that case, may I request that you do this delayed live thingy for any reports for which you're onsite? Provide comments (maybe based on lines other are looking at over there), and mention anything worth mentioning (like lights going out).

I know there're other sites (like twic) but I prefer your work.

i meant: ra3 bd3 rc3 ba6 draw, not bb7

I can read, but it s just my comment. Who wants so much delay in an LIVE COVERAGE anyway.

20. Rxc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rxb2! is not to be recommended but also not played in the game.

The next moves are : 23...Tbd8 24.Kg2 Ld3 25.Dc1 La6 26.Ta3 Lb7 27.Pb3 Tc7 28.Pa5 La8
You are still drinking thea?

Who says this is a live coverage?

Ruben you definitly can't read (or forgot reading everything): "We update the game below a few times a day, with some delay"

I like that we can already see bits of the games commented. Great work Peter.

is f5 exf5 e4 possible ? It looks tricky!

Oh, and great that chessvibes is broadcasting and analysing the game :). Keep up the good work!

Yes, Anand will win!!

it looks like Topalov made some strong mistakes ef and fe. too sad, he did not like rapid chess.

Wow, the engines are giving +3 for Anand now if he plays Qe8.

the tiger and the victim

Victim of Danailov for sure.

Anand has a totally winning position now.

Gotcha!

i think Topalov will be very angry today:(

@Vesco
Topalov has an active king!!

wow...it's even worse than Leko's meltdown against Kramnik...Topalov just completely turned off his sense of danger, or just stopped calculating alltogether.

Interestingly, just a couple of moves earlier Kosteniuk on chessdom commented "We are entering the concrete stage of the game where words should be switched to the concrete lines and variations.". No kidding...

topalov tried to win, because he did not wanted to play the tiebreak.

Anand still needs to play precisely. Now his king is in the open too, but of course he has a very strong initiative.

he wont play the tiebreak... for sure now

yeah 36...Qd8 was better. Anand will be more angry when he does not win this:)