{"id":6008,"date":"2012-05-12T04:10:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T04:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6008"},"modified":"2012-05-12T04:10:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T04:10:33","slug":"world-chess-cship-anand-a-gelfand-play-draw-in-rd-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6008","title":{"rendered":"World Chess C\u2019ship:  Anand &#038; Gelfand play draw in Rd 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/anand1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Anans\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Moscow: <\/strong>It was an interesting choice by Boris Gelfand to play the Grunfeld defence against reigning World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand\u2019s Queen pawn Opening in the very first game of the World Chess Championship which began at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>The game however ended in a draw after 24 moves with Anand appearing calm and comfortable. Anand had lost the first game of the World Chess Championship at Sofia in 2010 after adopting the Grunfeld Defence with the Black pieces against Veselin Topalov.<\/p>\n<p>Anand later commented, \u201cAfter the queens were swapped, the game more or less appeared to be heading towards a draw,\u201d even as he was questioned by the media about the position favouring Gelfand.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli GM replied in jest that computers might have favoured his position more than the experts and more or less agreed that a draw was a fine result.<\/p>\n<p>It was more or less like a preliminary skirmish where the opponents tried to test and poke a little to check out each other\u2019s preparation.<\/p>\n<p>Game focussed on the Queen side even as Anand castled and Gelfand\u2019s King was in the centre. Gelfand\u2019s Queen ventured deep into Anand\u2019s territory but was forced back by Anand and then exchanged off on the 18th turn.<\/p>\n<p>After 24 moves Gelfand did possess a bishop pair but the World Champion had things under control and the players shook hands and indulged in some light analysis before calling it a day.<\/p>\n<p>The NIIT MindChampion aiming for a his fifth title will play with the Black pieces on Saturday night in this 12 Game Match series where the player reaching 6.5 points will be crowned champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow: It was an interesting choice by Boris Gelfand to play the Grunfeld defence against reigning World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand\u2019s Queen pawn Opening in the very first game of the World Chess Championship which began at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The game however ended in a draw after 24 moves with Anand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[3406,3125,4371,4333],"class_list":["post-6008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest","tag-boris-gelfand","tag-viswanathan-anand","tag-world-chess-champion","tag-world-chess-championship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Chess C\u2019ship: Anand &amp; Gelfand play draw in Rd 1 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Chess C\u2019ship: Anand &amp; Gelfand play draw in Rd 1 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moscow: It was an interesting choice by Boris Gelfand to play the Grunfeld defence against reigning World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand\u2019s Queen pawn Opening in the very first game of the World Chess Championship which began at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. 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