Special Chess Game: When 'a' File was Full

For everyone watching Anand Gelfand Game 4 at the World Chess Championship 2012 in Moscow, the motif with d-file being full of pieces at Move 17 was an interesting topic of conversation. The official championship website even had their report titled on the motif! This is certainly not something one gets to see on the chessboard every day. That is why Boris Gelfand himself pointed it out, clicking with the mouse on the relevant place in the game’s electronic notation and adding that such positions give genuine pleasure to real chess amateurs. 

Masters of artistic composition – a genre of chess composition – would probably note that this “column”, along with the rook on c8 and the pawns on b7 and a6, forms a genuine number 1. This number is turned towards White, as if promising a win, but White just cannot score it!
We found a nice chess game for you with the a file being full from another tournament, another time! The game was played between Nino Khurtsidze and Corina-Isabela Peptan at the 7th Individual European Women's Chess Championship, 2006. The game ended in a draw. You can view it in our Chess King applet.

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Top 5 Anand Gelfand 2012 Chess Jokes of World Chess Championship

The Anand Gelfand 2012 World Chess Championship match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand will resume on Thursday. 

Here are top 5 Anand Gelfand jokes. You could switch the names of the two grandmasters in the jokes and still enjoy them. If you have a special Anand Gelfand chess joke to share, send it to editor@blackandwhiteindia.com and we will feature it in the next installment with your name. You might even win a prize!

Anand Gelfand 2012 Joke 1

Anand: In what country were you born?
Gelfand: Belarus
Anand: Which part?
Gelfand: What do you mean which part? Whole body born in Belarus, moved to Israel.
Anand: Good move!

Anand Gelfand 2012 Joke 2

Anand: (After another draw at the board) Are you sponsoring the vodka tonight?

Gelfand: Hey, the press and audience are still here.

Anand: Don't worry they will think we are analyzing the game.

Photo: Fide

Anand Gelfand 2012 Joke 3

Anand: Where do you go after every move? Is it something like Kramnik and the toilet thing?

Gelfand: Oh Rubbish. I got this part-time job to hang the paintings in the gallery. One has to do things for extra side money you know. 

Anand Gelfand 2012 Joke 4

Gelfand: If I win this I give a ring to my wife

Anand: Mobile or landline?

Anand Gelfand 2012 Joke 5

Anand: Which is the most popular chess club in the world?

Gelfand: File D

(Watch Game 4 to understand this joke.)
Read our post on a game that had the 'a' file full here.

Both Anand Gelfand to each other: Yeah let's drag this match with draws as much. Our wives are waiting for us to get home and look after the baby. Am tired of all that nappy changing.

Watch out for our next chess fun post on the rest day. Enjoy the live broadcast of the Anand Gelfand world chess championship 2012 on Thursday at the official website.

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World Chess Championship 2012 - Replay Drawn Game 5 Moves with Chess King

Game 5 of World Chess Championship 2012 

in Moscow between Viswananthan Anand 

and Boris Gelfand about to begin. Photo: Fide.

Game 5 Result: 1/2-1/2
Anand-Gelfand Match Score: 2.5-2.5

The fifth game saw 1.e4 from reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand giving fans to cheer for what they were looking for. However, the  game ended in a draw in Moscow on Thursday. At the press conference, Gelfand said he was prepared for the opening and did not find it any surprise. Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand agreed to a draw after 27 moves. 

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Watch out for our next chess fun post on the rest day. Enjoy the live broadcast of the Anand Gelfand world chess championship 2012 on Thursday at the official website.

You can replay Anand, Gelfand Game 5 in our Chess King applet.

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Anand, Gelfand World Chess Match: Can You Guess Whom Do Chess Legends Mark Dvoretsky and Anatoly Bykhovsky Support?

In the press centre of the Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship Match 2012, Mark Dvoretsky and Anatoly Bykhovsky shared their views on FischerRandom Chess with Evgeny Potemkin of ChessNews and also said who they support in the Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship Match 2012 in Moscow. 

Can you guess who they support as the next world chess champion? 

This chess video is in Russian, but we have a translation by Maria Khondoga for our English audience here at Chess Magazine Black and White.

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Chess King Sponsors the Full English Breakfast Chess Audio Podcast

Chess King is proud to sponsor the well-known audio podcast “The Full English Breakfast“. FEB is all about chess chats with a coupla cheeky chaps: International Master Lawrence Trent, Grandmaster Stephen Gordon, and host Macauley Peterson. Read further at ChessKing website.

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World Chess Championship 2012 - Replay Drawn Game 4 Moves with Chess King

Game 4 of World Chess Championship 2012 in Moscow between: Viswananthan Anand and Boris Gelfand about to begin. Photo: Fide.

Game 4 Result: 1/2-1/2
Anand-Gelfand Match Score: 2.0-2.0

The fourth game was a bit lukewarm at the Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship 2012 in Moscow on Tuesday. At the press conference, Gelfand said the end position was optically better for White and Black pieces lacked co-ordination. Anand said the match is just beginning to develop. Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand agreed to a draw after 34 moves. Gelfand could not nuke Anand's Chebanenko semi-Slav.

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You can replay Anand, Gelfand Game 4 in our Chess King applet.

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