This Week's ChessBase Show: Anand-Kramnik recap, part 4
The match is over, and Viswanathan Anand has retained his championship title, defeating Vladimir Kramnik 6.5-4.5. In the first half of the match, he dominated in every respect: his preparation was superior, he was able to reach positions where Kramnik was uncomfortable and his tactical prowess was superior. Even when Kramnik managed to reach playable positions out of the opening, something else would go wrong. After six games, Kramnik was almost fortunate to be down by only three points.
As the match wore on and neared its end, though, Kramnik started to turn the tables. Now it was his preparation that was better, and he started pressing in every game. It wasn't enough to save the match, but it did turn a rout into a genuine contest with a little drama.
So this week, in our final show on the match, we'll take a look at the last act. Game 9 was a great chance for Kramnik, who was just about winning near the end. In game 10, Kramnik even managed to win with his best novelty in the match. And then there was game 11 - a very interesting contest, but one in which Anand reasserted himself and drew confidently, putting an end to the match. Good and interesting games one and all, and we'll examine them tonight, Wednesday night, at 9 p.m. ET. Log on to the Playchess.com server, go to the Broadcast room, and find Anand-Kramnik in the games list. Hope to see you there!
As the match wore on and neared its end, though, Kramnik started to turn the tables. Now it was his preparation that was better, and he started pressing in every game. It wasn't enough to save the match, but it did turn a rout into a genuine contest with a little drama.
So this week, in our final show on the match, we'll take a look at the last act. Game 9 was a great chance for Kramnik, who was just about winning near the end. In game 10, Kramnik even managed to win with his best novelty in the match. And then there was game 11 - a very interesting contest, but one in which Anand reasserted himself and drew confidently, putting an end to the match. Good and interesting games one and all, and we'll examine them tonight, Wednesday night, at 9 p.m. ET. Log on to the Playchess.com server, go to the Broadcast room, and find Anand-Kramnik in the games list. Hope to see you there!
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on
Tuesday November 4, 2008 at 11:48pm
Playchess has not been granting me access to the Broadcast room for your shows - I thought they were supposed to be free (when live)! Very disappointing. I'll try once more.
This question/topic has come up several times the past few weeks among people who were blocked from entering the Broadcast room on account of an invalid serial number. The solution, one surmises, is to obtain a valid serial number. :) Playchess accounts are generally good for a year, and then they turn into guest accounts with limited features.
In any event, I don't really understand how their actions are unfair. People with expired accounts - freeloaders, in other words - were able to watch my shows for free for the four or five years I've been doing this. That's generosity from the server, giving up bandwidth and a quality product for absolutely nothing. This stops for several weeks during a premier event so the server doesn't crash, so that paying customers don't miss out on the biggest event of the year, and they're suddenly "unfair"?
However, now that my account has expired, I can't buy ducats and thus no access to the archives !
Ah, I see, and understand, though I believe the price is 2 ducats per show, at least most of the time. Sometimes, unfortunately, technical mishaps split the show up into bits, each of which costs 2 ducats. Anyway, try again now; I believe that the restrictive policy has been rescinded, now that they don't have to worry about server overload.
Did anybody with a guest account have any luck?