the move 23 Rf3.,Rxf3;24Rxf3,....25Rd3 taking bak to occupy the d file at least favors white.

@kievit, and others:
Why is the live broadcast sometimes stuck? Well, because the script we were given to retrieve the PGN file every 30 seconds from the server doesn't work properly. About which we're quite annoyed too.

Anand now has 5,5 points and he needs 6 points ;-) So if Kramnik wins all the remaining games he can still win the WC, right? I know its just very theoretical and unlikely.

wilth yet another draw, vishy is closing in. today too he chose a sharp combative variation of queen's gambit game.
what i don't understand towards the end is, with each having queen,rook and knight, why didn't kramnik try with h4, h5, h6 idea with the black king on h8,g8 or f8. i think, that may be an interesting try!

s.ganesan, pudukkottai, south india

By the way, what is Topalov doing? Is he Anand?Ǭ¥s or Kramnik?Ǭ¥s secret second? All the other top 10 players except Leko are playing games. In the liverating Topa has 0 games.

Anand needs 6.5 points. 6-6 and there are rapid tiebreaks, where Vishy is the favorite but anything can happen in four games.

a disgusting draw!
white should have fight to occupy the d file while black's rook is doomed at g6 and black's king is still far from center.....

Zaw, I thought a bit about your h4 idea. I think it weakens g3 and f4 too much.

40. h4, Rg8 41. Qf6, Rg7 42. h5, Kg8 43. h6, Rg6 44. Qh4, Rg4 45. Qh5, Qxf4 does not look nice for White. Not sure if this is correct. Don't have a board nor Fritz/Rybka here.

As predicted its draw...and Anand, a point away

ok, so it's a draw after move 39, but here on chessvibes the live game is still stuck at move 31. weird.

Draw again , boy this was an incredible boring game for my taste.

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Does 22)e5 work also??? .

Fritz is telling me that 22. f5 is += (0.56)

now one pair of rooks will go away releasing the black pressure on white.
now white has the chance to counter.

Thanks buri

I think the idea of Na4 is not so clear to me
Na4 b6
Nxb6 Rb3
Nc4 Rd3
Qc2

Any comments? engines?

The position is equal heading towards a draw, but Anand is ahead in clock and if manages to complicate the position Kramnik might blunder

with 22.g3 Kramnik is playing like my grand mother !!!

You know I think they should put the board on the side or something b/c I hate having to scroll up all the time lol

There is also an interesting defensive plan for Anand Ne7, followed by Ng6

white is trying to trap black's rook?

Thanx for the engine output!
Kh1, what an excellent plan, I guess I should be on his team :)
I think black can't really improve his position, so white may have time to bring the other rook into play.
I hope he's not just backing off...

Is there anything better than Nd5 for White?

h1 & e8 are the same distance from the centre - as the Reti study shows, it's an optical illusion that a diagonal line is longer.

it seems to me that white would have to exchange rooks by Rd1 if he wants to untangle the position

to juliette:
Hey, yeah, but the idea is not to get into the endgame but bulldozer black down :) if Kf1, it seems the King just gets in the way

actually instead of Kh1, why not Na4? Threatening Nc5 winning. If Rb3 then Nc3 when black's rook is out of play! why oh why????????

I think Kh1 was too slow -- now black plays Kg7 and they can call it a day.

20)Kf1.
In the end game, white's king would take a huge time to go to the center.

Kh1

Susan Polgar:
20.Nd5 exd5 21.exd5+ Kd7 22.dxc6+ Kxc6 +=

a6 makes the most sense...f5 is handleable...Anand should just sit tight and do nuttin

At the right moment, moves like e4-e5 and f4-f5 seem to be very energitic.

Rybka3 is suggesting Kf8 or a6

to robinson:
read up, and check out http://87.230.38.140/apache2-default/toma/tfd_neu.htm

I like the idea of not castling, getting your pawns at the king- or queenside doubled, and bringing the rooks in to play very quickly... But I am only a patzer...

How does Anand handle Nb5?