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All set for Game 3 of World Chess Championship in Moscow: Viswananthan Anand and Boris Gelfand. Photo: Fide.
Game 3 Result: 1/2-1/2
Anand-Gelfand Match Score: 1.5-1.5
The third game was an exciting one keeping everyone on the edge. The world chess championship 2012 is just warming up, we suppose. Moscow -- and the rest of the world -- witnessed an exciting chess encounter between reigning world chess champion and his challenger on Monday. Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand agreed to a draw after 37 moves. You can replay the game in our Chess King applet.
World Chess Championship Live at Official Website.
Searching for Bobby Fischer - Indeed we are. What would have Bobby Fischer said about the ongoing World Chess Championship 2012 between chess stalwarts Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand? This is just for fun. We agree with some comments, we don't with others...but, we love the 11th World Chess Champion -- and always will -- just like everyone else.) Read on to check all the five possible Fischer 'quotes'!
- Why is Moscow the venue, why is it not Reykjavik?
- Computer training of modern grandmasters is still 15 years behind my strength.
- By test it is best (on 1.e4)... why are they playing all this? But then I think it's almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
- No online broadcasts, no press conferences, no photographs, no journalists, no Houdini or any chess engines, no audience... Maybe, Anand and Gelfand have fixed it between them.
- Yes, I will be there for the next FischerRandom World Chess Title Match
All set for the second game: Viswananthan Anand and Boris Gelfand. Photo: Fide.
Game 2 Result: 1/2-1/2
Anand-Gelfand Score: 1-1
There were no big surprises though the fight was tough in the second game of the World Chess Championship 2012 in Moscow on Saturday. Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand agreed to a draw after 25 moves. Gelfand did choose a sharp combination but Anand held his ground. You can replay the game in our Chess King applet.
