Poll
Vote : Who will be World Chess Champion ?
The poll has ended.
Final result: Anand :51 - Gelfand: 6 |
Anand retained the World chess champion title
after tie-break games: 2.5 - 1,5
The scores were level after the regular twelve (12) games, after a new drawing of
colors, four (4) tie-break games are played on May 30th. 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds
after each move.
The World Chess Championship took place on May 10 - 31, 2012 in State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia .
12 games .
Time controls: The time control for each game shall be: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes
for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30
seconds per move starting after move 61 has been made.
The winner of the match shall be the first player to score 6.5 points or more. |
| World Chess Championship 2012 |
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| Game | Players | Result | Opening | # moves | Aggregate
Anand - Gelfand |
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| 1 | Anand - Gelfand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Gruenfeld Defence | 24 | 0,5 - 0,5 |
| 2 | Gelfand - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | QGD Meran Def. | 25 | 1 - 1 |
| 3 | Anand - Gelfand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Neo Gruenfeld Defence | 37 | 1.5 - 1.5 |
| 4 | Gelfand - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | QGD Meran Def. | 34 | 2 - 2 |
| 5 | Anand - Gelfand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Sicilian Def. Pelican | 35 | 2.5 - 2.5 |
| 6 | Gelfand - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | QGD Meran Def. | 29 | 3 - 3 |
| 7 | Gelfand - Anand | 1 - 0 | QGD Meran Def. | 38 | 3 - 4 |
| 8 | Anand - Gelfand | 1 - 0 | Sicilian Def. Pelican | 17 | 4 - 4 |
| 9 | Gelfand - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Nimzo Indian | 49 | 4.5 - 4.5 |
| 10 | Anand - Gelfand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Sicilian Rossolimo | 25 | 5 - 5 |
| 11 | Gelfand - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Nimzo Indian | 24 | 5.5 - 5.5 |
| 12 | Anand - Gelfand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Sicilian Rossolimo | 22 | 6 - 6 |
| Tie break games |
| TB-1 | Gelfand - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | QGD: semi-Slav | 32 | 0.5 - 0.5 |
| TB-2 | Anand - Gelfand | 1 - 0 | Sicilian Rossolimo | 77 | 1.5 - 0.5 |
| TB-3 | Gelfand - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | QGD: semi-Slav | 61 | 2 - 1 |
| TB-4 | Anand - Gelfand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Sicilian Canal-Sokolsky | 56 | 2.5 - 1.5 |
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