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FI. Prasad Deshmukh: What we saw from the Champion in the last game was a shocking display of absolutely erratic chess. Having conducted the previous games in an ultra cautious manner Anand seems to have gone terribly wrong in the assessment of his counter play.
FI. Praful Zaveri: Yes, Prasad. Absolutely shocking and more important, error prone display from the champion.
FI. Praful Zaveri: Will the loss spur the champion to fight back or will he crack?
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: It is Kings indian Samisch
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: He's got to bounce back immediately. I know it would be very tough but he doesn't have much time left in the match
FI. Praful Zaveri: We had seen the champion go behind against Topalov in the WCC 2010 but that was in game 1 whereas here we are already past the half-way stage. I therefore feel that he should look to strike back as early as possible.
FI. Praful Zaveri: We are already seeing a new move - 7...Nh5 from Gelfand.
FI> Prasad Deshmukh: We again have a novelty from Gelfand forcing Anand to think
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: White's last move Bg5 aims to stop e6 for some time. Black will now have to chase the bishop with ...h6 and only then can he play ...e6
FI. Praful Zaveri: Replying to one of our viewer's query - Ismail from Kolkata "Why did Anand resign there? It is an easy victory for him from this position if he plays rook to h1" - Well Ismail even after the new Queen appears on the Board for Anand, It's unavoidable Checkmate with Ng6+ followed by Rg7
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: Black intends to recapture on f6 with the e7 pawn and play ... Re8 followed by f5 against white's broad centre
FI. Praful Zaveri: One more similar query was received from Antony, Chennai - "what would have happened if anand sacrificed rook for check and promoted the pawn to queen and then take one knight??i know anand would still lose coz he resigned but how???can anyone tell me pls? Antony, that would give White a big material advantage - he is a Rook up - and it's an elementary win from here.
FI. Praful Zaveri: Prasad, what plan does Anand have for 10.Qd2 - Is he intending a Pawn storm against Black's citadel with g4?
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: looks more like it. White may as well keep the king in the centre with Kd1
FI. Praful Zaveri: Intersting complications by White! Hope he shows the prowess he is known for!
FI. Praful Zaveri: The game becomes exciting after 12.g4. Gelfand has a choice of an intermediate move 13.Re8+ or even Qh4+ before the obvious Bxb1
FI. Praful Zaveri: What do you feel Prasad? Has White's advantage evaporated?
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: Not exactly, It still hangs in dynamic balance.. can go either way
FI. Praful Zaveri: Gelfand has played 12...Re8+. Engines evaluates the position as better for Anand!
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: This position needs careful handling from black specially. If at all White is allowed to consolidate with Kd1-c2 and Bd3 he might have very good attacking chances with h4-h5 to follow
FI. Praful Zaveri: Though White has forgone the castling privilege, his King can find a safe shelter on the c2 square and can complete the development with Bd3
FI. Praful Zaveri: Gelfand goes for a piece sacrifice with 12.Qf6
FI. Praful Zaveri: Anand is winning!!
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: Anand has trapped Gelfand's Queen for sure
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: Gelfand Resigns!!
FI. Praful Zaveri: Gefand resigns!!
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: Anand equalises in an emphatic fashion. Things are now looking up for the champ especially after this crushing victory.
FI. Praful Zaveri: We have seen a great miniature from Anand. Is it the shortest game in the history of the WCC?
FI. Prasad Deshmukh: Yes, we might have witnessed history being created in front of our eyes this evening. For a world chess championship challenger to succumb in only 17 moves is quite unheard of
FI. Praful Zaveri: Great! after a depressing day yesterday, Team DNA is signing off on a high note! See you on 23rd May, 2012 at 16.30 IST for live coverage of game-9
FI. Praful Zaveri: A very good afternoon from Team DNA and welcome to the live coverage of game-8.