This blogger is an ardent follower of chess and so was hooked to Anand-Kramik matches. These are the opening moves in all the eleven rounds. You will notice that d4 is the popular first move of the white except in the last game where Anand needed a draw, the black move is d5 or Nf6 and the second move is c4 (white), c6 or e6 (black). (This blogger finds it very interesting, when we were kids we used to start with b3,Bb2 and then Nc3. It was quite later I came to know about the advantages of d4. Now my favorite starting is d4, Qh6, Bc4 and try your luck on opponent's f7 and checkmate!!. Sometimes opponent makes the mistake of e5,g6…it great fun after that creating havoc by nixing Bh8 and so on).
I. Kramik (white) d4 d5, 2.c4 c6 (draw)
II. Anand (white) d4 Nf6, 2c4e6 (draw)
III.Kramik (white) d4 d5, 2.c4 c6 (Anand won)
IV. Anand (white)d4 Nf6, 2c4e6 (draw)
V.Kramik (white) d4 Nf6, 2c4e6 (Anand won)
VI. Anand (white)d4 Nf6, 2c4e6 (Anand won)
VII.Anand d4 d5, 2.c4 c6 (draw)
VIII.Kramik (white) d4 Nf6, 2c4e6 (draw)
IX. Anand (white) d4 d5, 2.c4 e6 (draw)
X.Kramik (white) d4 Nf6, 2c4e6 (Kramik won)
XI. Anand (white) e4c5, 2.Nf3d6(draw)
Anand wins the championship 6.5-4.5.
Kramik did have advantages in VIII and IX games, but the intriguing game was Round X where Anand lost. These guys are genius able to predict quite ahead wherein this blogger never knew Anand was in loosing position!!!. The only indication was Knight was stranded at a4. But these guys are so precise that they don't anticipate any mistake and decide on terminating!!.
In last few years this blogger has played hundreds of chess games on Net with people from different part of the world, nobody ever gives up or agrees on draw as these guys do. We even play when King and few pawns with the hope of converting to queen or the time factor!!!. I am astounded by the level of amazing competence at the top level of chess. What brains.
