ANAND WORLD CHESS CHAMPION

In an even position Topalev declines a chance to repeat moves. Anand then launches an attack winning Topalov's Q for R & N. Endgame is easy. Anand wins.

Anand retains the world chess championship by a score of 6 1/2 to 5 1/2.

For more coverage and links to all the games and commentary:

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/05/anand-vs-topalov-chess-championship.html

ANAND VS TOPALOV CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE

UPDATE: MAY 11 --

ANAND IS STILL THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPION!

GAME 12 (Final game -- Players even at 5 1/2 - 5 1/2 going into this game.) In an even position Topalev declined a chance to repeat moves. Anand then launched an attack, winning Topalov's Q for R & N. Endgame was easy. Anand wins game 12 and the match!

Anand retains the world chess championship by a score of 6 1/2 to 5 1/2!

Here's a video analysis of the final game. There are similar videos of the other games in the match:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5URbl3tNyo&feature=youtu.be&a

see also:

ChessNetwork —

http://myspace.com/ChessEducator

http://twitter.com/ChessNetwork




SEE BELOW FOR BACKGROUND INFO...

Topalov [B] managed to hold Anand [W] to a draw in game 9 -- in a tense endgame (Q N & advanced pawns [B] vs 2 Rooks N & strong attack [W] ) -- after winning a tense endgame in game 8 that looked like a possible draw (Bishops of opposite colors with [W] one advanced pawn ahead) .

Score is 4 1/2 - 4 1/2. Next game is Fri May 7 3 PM (Bulgaria) 7 AM (NY time). Topalov [W].

UPDATE NOTE: MAY 7: Game 10 is drawn. Score is 5-5. Next game is Sunday. Anand has White.
UPDATE NOTE: MAY 9: Game 11 is drawn. Anand sacs a pawn in the endgame, but Topalov holds off an attack. Score is 5 1/2 -5 1/2. Next (and last regular) game is Tuesday. Topalov has White.

Game 12 is the last regular game... Winner is World Chess Champion. If the game is drawn, there is a series of faster and faster tie breaks. (It used to be that the reigning Chess Champion remained Champion until beaten. Now neither Champion nor Challenger has an advantage going into the match, and the match is guaranteed to produce a winner.) Here are the rather complex rules:

http://www.anand-topalov.com/en/regulations.html


For an intro to the match, see QPORIT
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/05/world-chess-championship-anand-vs.html

Official site (live video feed and live game board links from the site!):
http://www.anand-topalov.com

Replays of all games & Official after-game press conferences (but on my computer the audio is essentially incomprehensible):
http://www.anand-topalov.com/en/results.html

Analysis:

http://www.chessdom.com/

Also check...
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/

For background on the World Chess Championship:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2010

WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - ANAND VS TOPALOV

We're in the middle of a match to determine the World Championship of Chess. World Champion Vishy Anand defends against Challenger Veselin Topalov in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 24 to May 13, 2010.

The prize fund runs 2 million euros.

It's a 12 game match, and Anand currently leads after 6 games by 3 1/2 to 2 1/2. Anand has won two games, and Topalov one; the rest were drawn. The seventh game will be played on Monday.

1-Topalov
2-Anand
3-Draw
4-Anand
5-Draw
6-Draw

The first match was delayed because Anand was stranded by the volcano eruption.

Note: May 3 -- Game 7 World Chess Match -- drawn. Anand 4 Topolev 3. Next game tomorrow 2:45 PM (local Bulgaria) or 7:45 AM NY

Note: May 4 -- Game 8 World Chess Match -- Topolev managed to win what looked for a while like an easily drawn endgame with bishops of opposite colors. Either brilliant play by Topolev or a blunder by Anand. All tied at 4-4. Next game May 6.

FOR MORE UPDATES AND LATEST NEWS PLEASE SEE:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2010/05/anand-vs-topalov-chess-championship.html

For complete coverage of the current match, here is the official website:

http://www.anand-topalov.com/

For background on the match:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2010


Here is a list of previous world chess champions:


Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894)
Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921)
Jose Raul Capablanca (1921-1927)
Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935, 1937-1946)
Max Euwe (1935-1937)
Mikhail Botvinnik (1948-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963)
Vasily Smyslov (1957-1958)
Mikhail Tal (1960-1961)
Tigran Petrosian (1963-1969)
Boris Spassky (1969-1972)
Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (1972-1975)
Anatoly Karpov (1975-1985)
Garry Kasparov (1985-2000)
Vladimir Kramnik (2000-2007)
Viswanathan Anand (2007-current)