World Championship: fourth game drawn
Update: video added.
Drawing his fourth game of the World Championship match in Bonn, Viswanathan Anand has consolidated his lead over Vladimir Kramnik today. Going into the second rest day the score is 2.5-1.5 for Anand.
Well that was something quite different. After all the fun of yesterday, the fourth game in Bonn was, really, the least exciting game of the match thus far.
Protecting his lead in the match, Anand went for the solid 5.Bf4 against Kramnik's Queen's Gambit Declined and soon a typical "IQP" (isolated queen's pawn) position was reached.
Just when White seemed to have a tiny edge, Kramnik started marching his g-pawn to remove the White bishop from the h3-c8 diagonal, where it controlled the square e6 which was ideal for Black's knight. As soon as Nc5-e6 was possible, followed by the thematical break d5-d4, there was nothing left to play for. A chrystal-clear game, but also a bit dull. Well, that's also part of the game!
A quiet Saturday on which the Bonn flee market (the reason why the players arrived a bit late today, because their two Mercedes('s?) got into a traffic jam) would have been a good alternative
Here's the fourth game of the match:
Match score:
| Name | Nat. | Rtg |
G01
14/10 |
G02
15/10 |
G03
17/10 |
G04
18/10 |
G05
20/10 |
G06
21/10 |
G07
23/10 |
G08
24/10 |
G09
26/10 |
G10
27/10 |
G11
29/10 |
G12
31/10 |
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| Anand | IND | 2783 |
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| Kramnik | RUS | 2772 |
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Comments
Theo
4 years 7 months ago
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Die vrouwen in de achtergrond zijn wel zielig soms...
Wie zijn idee was dat!?!?
Christian
4 years 7 months ago
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This video (4th game) has a better sound. Thanks!
test
4 years 7 months ago
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@ martien
Yes, the fullscreen button does not (always?) work.
Chessvibes-AnandKramnik222.flv
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Eduardo fron Mexico
4 years 7 months ago
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Hi there;
Congratulations for your work, but I want to say that your press conferences are too noisy; please do something about it.
Regards,
Eduardo Martin del Campo
martien
4 years 7 months ago
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Eindelijk is de vertraging in de zetten eraf. Dat was natuurlijk een grote schande maar de " grote sites" hebben dit (volgens verwachting) gerealiseerd. Het hele Foidosgebeuren is totaal oninteresant.
De filmpjes van de persconferentie zijn zeker interesant. Is het niet mogelijk om het beeldformaat te vergroten?
Bobby Fischer
4 years 7 months ago
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Who commented the game today?
Regards,
Fischer.
peter
4 years 7 months ago
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Yeah, maybe you're right. Probably both players were responsible for reaching this very quiet middlegame position anyway.
Michel
4 years 7 months ago
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"It's not the most exciting position you can think of, but it's exactly the position Anand needs, when leading 2-1 in the match".
I do not agree with this. Probably Kramnik was the one who wanted a draw more bad then Anand. A second loss is a row would be a disaster. When I was Anand I would try to use this and go for a win.
arne
4 years 7 months ago
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"Queen's Gambit Declined - the opening that's been played the most in World Championship Matches!" - I'm not sure, but I can't recall a W Ch match where this opening wasn't played!
Rini Luyks
4 years 7 months ago
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Nice videos, but how is it possible that in a high technology country like Germany the sound at the press conference is so miserable. A shame!
NoHarm
4 years 7 months ago
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The girls are pathetic. This is unprecedented, even in, say, car racing or kickboxing.
Is this the German approach of making chess more appealing to the crowd? Someone must tell the organizers that it is misplaced and a disgrace for both chess and the female gender.
jaideepblue
4 years 7 months ago
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@noharm
the girls aren't pathetic, they are quite nice really but they i agree they are in the wrong place. im surprised that such a 'serious' country like germany would have such nonsense. expect it in the USA but not here. chess does not require such gimmicks.
guitarspider
4 years 7 months ago
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Serious country :D.
Anyway, I'm really excited about seeing a game live next weekend. I hope Kramnik wins it!
Keep up the awesome coverage, ChessVibes!
jussu
4 years 7 months ago
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"?¢‚Ǩ?ìQueen?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Gambit Declined - the opening that?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s been played the most in World Championship Matches!?¢‚Ǩ? - I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m not sure, but I can?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t recall a W Ch match where this opening wasn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t played!"
Kasparov-Karpov 1990. I'm not sure about Kasparov-Anand 1995.
Zenman
4 years 7 months ago
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Hello all,
I have done small video montages meetings Kramnik Anand in 3D. It is on the blog and on my account You tube. There was a 4 for now.
Bonjour ?ɬ† tous,
Moi j'ai fait des petits montages vid?ɬ©os des rencontres de Kramnik Anand en 3D. C'est sur le blog et sur mon compte de You tube. Il y a en a 4 pour l'instant.
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