As for my tip, I'll stick with my earlier prediction of an Anand victory. Nonetheless I found Kasparov's recent comments on both players interesting. He favoured Kramnik, on the grounds that Kramnik seems to have less difficulty in recovering from setbacks.
Here is a game played between the 2 players in the 2001 Dortmund GM Tournament. While it was a win for Kramnik, it also showed Anand's ability to defend when needed. Hopefully the upcoming match will contain games as exciting as this one.
Kramnik,V (2802) - Anand,V (2794) [D27]
Dortmund SuperGM Dortmund (9), 21.07.2001
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 White chooses to accept the IQP. Black will try and tie it down to d4, White will attempt to force it to d5. 8...Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 [ 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 immediately liquidates the pawn, but White is looking for more than equality.] 10...0-0 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.Qf4 Ra7 14.Rad1 Bb7 (D)
15.d5! Sacrificing the pawn to accelerate a direct attack on the Black king. 15...Bxd5 [ 15...exd5 16.Qh4 g6 17.Rfe1+-;
15...Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5! exd5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh4+ Kg8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Ng5+-] 16.Nxd5 exd5 [ 16...Nxd5 17.Rxd5! exd5 18.Bxh7++-] 17.Qh4 h5 [ 17...h6 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qxh6 followed by Rd4-h4] 18.Rfe1 Nc6 19.g4 Qd6 20.gxh5 Qb4 21.h6 Qxh4 22.Nxh4 Ne4 23.hxg7 Rc8 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Rxe4+- Kxg7 27.Rd6 Rc5 28.Rg4+ Kh7 29.Nf3 Ng6 30.Ng5+ Kg7 31.Nxf7 Rxf7 32.Rdxg6+ Kh7 33.R6g5 Rxg5 34.Rxg5 Rc7 35.a3 b4 36.axb4 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Rb1 38.Ra5 Rxb2 39.Ra4 1-0
2 comments:
Shaun
There's also the official site at http://www.uep-worldchess.com/, which I assume will display the live board, and a discussion forum for premium members (paid up - US$25pa) www.chessgames.com members at http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslive
Regards
James
Pity the game starts at 2am AEST though....
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