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Good day everyone and welcome to the Chessdom live coverage of the World Chess Championship. Boris Gelfand can still win the tournament if he manages to beat Morozevich and Anand loses to Leko. He will have his chance because Morozevich is always playing for the win, thus opening space for counterattacks, and Boris already proved to be very dangerous with black pieces. Of course, everything still depends on Anand's game. My name is Goran Urosevic and I will be your commentator tonight. Enjoy!
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 It is not surprising that Morozevich is offering pawn sacrifice. Perhaps he has the cure against annoying Petroff? 10. cxd5 is more common.
10... Bxf3 Also popular is 10...0-0
11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.Bf5 Other solution was 13. cxd5, preferred by Kasparov, Kasimdzhanov and Gelfand himself. Now after 13. Bf5 dxc4, white plays 14. Qa4
13... d4 Rare move, Shirov played it against Judit Polgar once. Strange decision by Gelfand, having in mind that white will take the pawn back and keep pair of bishops in an open position.
14.Ne2 d3 15.Nf4 Nd4 16.Bxd3 O-O 17.Be3 17. Nd5! Nxd5 18. cxd5 looked good because white keeps pair of bishops and can impose pressure on the c7-pawn. 18...Qxd5 19. Be4 looks crushing.
17... Bc5 Naturally, black wants to exchange one of white's bishops after the necessary preparation.
18.Qb1 Almost Morozevich trademark, he placed queen here also in his game against Peter Svidler.
18... Qd6 19.Rd1 An attempt to take the advantage of black's pieces placement on d-file, but hardly convincing. Gelfand could play Qe5 now. 19. Nd5 was interesting.
19... Qe5 Funny draw after 20. Bxh7 Nxh7 21. Nd3 Ne2! 22. Kh1 Ng3! with repetition. Moro could prepare the combination with 20. Kh1, but that is one tempo lost and Gelfand could make a useful move, like 20...g6...
20.Bxh7+ Nxh7 21.Nd3 Qf5!? 21...Ne2 was forced draw but perhaps Gelfand wants to play for win? The incoming complications seems to be favoring white, but let's wait and see...
22.Nxc5 Nc2 The only move. 23. Rd5 looking good, also 23. Nxb7.
23.b4 Defending Nc5 after possible 23...Nxe3 24. fxe3. On 23...Qg6, white has wonderful 24. Ne6!! fxe6 25. Rd2 and now Qg6 is not protected.
23... Qg6?! 24.a4?! Both players missing 24. Ne6! Now Moro is ready to 24...Nxa1 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Rxa1 with compensation.
24... Nxa1 25.Qxg6 fxg6 26.Rxa1 Nf6 27.h3! Wise decision to prevent Ng4. Gelfand hasn't got too many active moves and Morozevich might be threatening a5 and Nxb7, a6. Dynamically balanced position.
27... Rfe8 28.a5! With idea Nxb7. Black can choose between a6 and b6.
28... b6 29.Nb3 ( Funny line is 29.Na6 Rec8 30.Nxc7 Rxc7 31.axb6 Rxc4 32.b5)
29... Ne4 30.c5 bxc5 31.Nxc5 Nc3 Wants Nd5. The position is still about equal.
32.Na6 Nd5 33.Rc1 Moro is inviting simplifications as he lost all chances to play for a win. Pity that he missed that Ne6 earlier. 33....Nxe3 34. fxe3 Rxe3 35. Rxc7 is still roughly equal.
33... Nxe3 34.fxe3 Rxe3 35.Rxc7 Re2 36.Kh2 Moro is careful. He is anticipating that Gelfand will double rooks on the 2nd file and wants to prevent any kind of mating threats as king goes out via g3.
36... Rf8 37.Rxa7 Rff2 38.Kg3 Rxg2+ 39.Kf3 Rgf2+ 40.Kg3 Rg2+ 41.Kf3 Time control has passed and Gelfand is contemplating should he take a draw with perpetual check. Not that he has too many possibilities to play for a win though....
41... Rgf2+ 42.Kg3 g5! Gelfand still playing for a win!! Since Kramnik beat Aronian, draw here would mean 2nd place tie for Gelfand and doesn't want to share that money prize :-)
43.b5 Rf4 44.b6 Gelfand can draw anytime, but he is trying to get more. He better of do it quickly, or Moro will simply promote to the queen :-)
44... Re3+ 45.Kg2 Re2+ Finally draw! Vishy Anand is new World Champion! Boris Gelfand and Vladimir Kramnik tied on second place. This concludes our live coverage of the World Chess Championsip, thank you everyone for following. Stay tuned with Chessdom as we bring more news and interviews in the future.
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