WCC FINAL GAMES, World Chess Champion 2008, Viswanathan Anand

WCC Final games

World Chess Champion 2008

Viswanathan Anand, who successfully defended his title after a rematch against Vladimir Kramnik, won the World Chess Championship 2008. It was the best of 12 game match. Kramnik was granted a rematch after the World Championship in the year 2007, which was won by Anand. It was after 11 games that Anand defended his title with a score of 6½ to 4½. The match was held at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn from October 14th to October 29th 2008.

Format:

The best of 12 games was format of the match. The time control was 120 minutes added with 60 after 40th move, 15 minutes added after the 60th move and 30 seconds added per move after the 61st move. If the 12th game ends with a tie, the match was supposed to be decided after a series of rapid games, blitz and then Armageddon game.

Anand scored a victory after the 3rd game and also won the 5th game with black pieces. With the win in the 6th game, Anand got a lead of 3 points in the first half of the match. Though Kramnik won the 10th game, Anand secured his position with a draw in the 11th game and become the World Chess Champion.

Challenger Match 2009

Game 2 of the Challenger Match

Qualifying:

After winning the Chess World Cup 2007, Kamsky won the right to play the Challenger Match. On the other end, benefiting from complications from the re-unification of FIDE and PCA in 2006, Topalov was given direct entry to challenge Kamsky for the opportunity to play defending Champion Anand for World Chess Championship crown.

Challenger Match 2009:

The challenger match was won by Veselin Topalov against Kamsky. Played in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 16th to 28th February 2009, it was an eight game match. Kamsky was defeated by Topalov after the 7th game with a score of 4.5-2.5.

Veselin Topalov, the winner of the Challenger Match 2009 will be challenging Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2009. Viswanathan Anand is the reigning Champion after he won the WCC against Kramnik in the year 2008.

Result Challenger Match 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	4.5
Gata Kamsky (United States)	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	2.5

Challenger Match 2010

Anand retained the title of the World Chess Champion

The last classical game of the FIDE World Chess Championship was opened with Lasker variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined as Viswanathan Anand sought for a solid defence in which White would have only minimal chances to score a victory. The opening went quietly until Anand moved the slightly unusual 16...Nf6. This was the moment where Veselin Topalov took a bit longer to decide on the middlegame plan. Topalov allowed Black to trade the Be4 and in return he forced an isolated pawn on c5. But is was not easy to besiege this pawn as Black successfully coordinated pieces and obtained excellent counterplay. White took some time to consolidate the position and avoid tactics on the back-rank and against the Knight on d2. Anand silently offered a moves repetition with Bd3-a6, but Topalov snubbed the offer. White established the Knight on c4, while Black Bishop possessed a long diagonal from a8. Exactly in this moment, Topalov erred in an attempt to prevent Black's e5-e4. He played e4 himself, but Anand did not hesitate long before breaking the formation with 30...f5 and 31...e4. Topalov carelessly traded the pawn on e4 and fell under a strong attack. The Black battery Queen-Rook-Bishop worked perfectly in the pursuit after White King.

Result Challenger Match 2010

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Viswanathan Anand (India)	0	1	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	6½
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	1	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	5½

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