WCC2008: Relatório Final

Anand renovou o título de Campeão do Mundo !

Foi um jogo de muita tensão. Anand surpreendeu ao jogar "1.e4"! Kramnik optou por uma estratégia de "tudo ou nanda", impondo as maiores complicações possíveis no tabuleiro. Durante uma hora ninguém podia atrever-se a dizer quem ia ganhar, tal era a complicação. De repente, do nada, Anand "saca" uma ligeira vantagem, que soube manter e manter até que ao 25º lance Kramnik cede mesmo o empate.

Anand,V (2783) - Kramnik,V (2772) [B96]
WCh Bonn GER (11), 29.10.2008
[Podem ver o repaly do jogo aqui]

Final score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Anand	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	0	½		6.5
Kramnik	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	½		4.5

Alguns comentários de Garry Kasparov

Game 11: "A difficult position for Kramnik to be in after 1.e4. Final games like this have their own logic, so you cannot compare it to his attempts to play the Sicilian in 2004. 12..f5 was suspect, not something I would have considered. That's what can happen when you are in openings that aren't yours. You want to play by instinct, but they are not used to these positions and this leads to poor decisions. After the Berlin and the Petroff, playing a Rauzer is a shock to the system. He looked very uncomfortable, but of course the match situation was close to impossible. The final position was unpleasant for Black, and this Kramnik understands."

Match in general: "It was a very well-played match by Vishy. Except for the loss of concentration in the tenth game he played consistently and managed to enforce his style. His choice to open with 1.d4 was excellent. He reached playable positions with life in them, so he could make Kramnik work at the board. Anand outprepared Kramnik completely. In this way it reminded me of my match with Kramnik in London 2000. Like I was then, Kramnik may have been very well prepared for this match, but we never saw it. I didn't expect the Berlin and ended up fighting on Kramnik's preferred terrain.

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