chess games to play through of Anand and Kramnik 2008

Posts Tagged ‘chess games to play through of Anand and Kramnik 2008’

Anand is the World Chess Champion – again!

Posted in Chess, chess games, Kramnik, skaak, tagged Anand, Anand the winner of the WCC 2008, Anand vs Kramnik, Bonn Chess, Chess, chess games, chess games to play through of Anand and Kramnik 2008, Chess in Germany 2008, Kramnik, skaak, Skaakmeesters, World Chess Champion 2008, World Chess Championships 2008, World Chess Grandmasters on 29/10/2008| 5 Comments »

Anand…vs…Kramnik

Please click HERE to play through the games of Anand/Kramnik on the site of nytimes(gambit). The link will open in a new window.

Images: Official site

Follow THIS LINK on my blog to see the results of all their games, move-by-move, also to follow many other links to sites with games played previously, including a link to the Official site…and…on THIS LINK ..also on my blog, you can go through annotated movies of their games played through the WCC 2008. Enjoy! Links will open in a new window.

News Article from the BBC:

Anand retains world chess title

Anand said he had given one of his best-ever performances
India’s Viswanathan Anand has retained his FIDE World Chess Championship title by beating Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik in the German city of Bonn.

Anand won three games, drew seven times and lost once en route to winning the competition by 6.5 points to 4.5.

He and Kramnik will share the total prize fund of 1.5m euros ($1.94m).

Anand became FIDE world champion last year by winning a tournament in Mexico, where Kramnik was again runner-up. Anand first won the title in 2000.

Kramnik, the Classical World Chess Champion, had competed in the 2007 World Chess Federation (FIDE) world championship with the understanding that if he lost, he would get a chance to reclaim the title by playing a match against the winner in 2008.

“Vladimir pushed me into giving my all. I’ve given one of my best-ever performances here in Bonn,” Anand, 38, told the AFP news agency after his victory on Wednesday.

“I tried everything, but it just wasn’t enough. Life is like that and defeat is part of it,” Kramnik conceded.

Anand, who was born in the southern Indian city of Madras (Chennai), divides his time between India and Spain.

Known as the “Tiger from Madras”, his achievements have triggered huge interest in the game in India with chess clubs mushrooming in many parts of the country.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7698743.stm