Anand vs. Kramnik was fought to a truly drawn position, but I thought Kramnik was going to win until 59. ... Rc1. Can't he simply keep moving the King over till he gaurds the a-pawn and win?
Call me a dumbass, but doesn't 59. ... Kc2 Win here?
Leko vs. Gelfand was a mammoth 100 mover. Much more spirited chess than the opening round. Good show.
Neither of my predicted winners came through. So far my prediction of Aronian and Svidler being top half of the final standings doesn't seem to be lining up. Still I think it will finish
Anand
Aronian
Kramnik
Svidler
But I'm impressed with the performance of all the players so far, especially Moro with his win today.
Round 4 Pairings
Peter Svidler vs. Boris Gelfand
Levon Aronian vs. Peter Leko
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Morozevich vs. Viswanathan Anand
Qxh7 Predicted Round 4 Winners
Anand
Kramnik
Actual Winners
Aronian
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Krammy is gonna eat Grischuk for breakfast....or at least a nice afternoon snack.
I think so too PMD. I think Grischuk and Gelfand are the spots Kramnik and Anand will really push for full points. Although I have been surprised at the resistance Gelfand has been putting up.
"but doesn't 59. ... Kc2 Win here?"
White just continually checks with the rook. The king has no place to hide.
When I checked on the games about 20 minutes ago, it looked as though Anand was heading a win. He has an extra pawn, a passed pawn on the sixth rank, more active rooks, and a huge space advantage.
That will make two wins for Anand with Black. But I think he will have to switch to d4 with white as everyone keeps on playing the petroff against him.
If the rook continues to give check then the King can chse the rook up the board (eventually landing on b6). If the rook ever moves from the a-file without giving check then the black rook checks the king and gains the tempo to queen.
I don't understand Vishy's issue with the Petroff. He has been "losing" those games and just surviving, but white actually wins 3 of 4 GM level games in the Petroff that don't end in draws.
"If the rook continues to give check then the King can chse the rook up the board (eventually landing on b6). If the rook ever moves from the a-file without giving check then the black rook checks the king and gains the tempo to queen."
Yeah, but if the King marches up the board once it hits the fifth rank then the rook goes to a7, if Kb6, then Ra4. The king can't get to the rook and it can't get over to take Black's Queenside pawns because again the Rook will just check it and there is no cover.
As for Anand and the Petroff, I can't really say. He actually has one of the best records against the Petroff with White (about 70%) and out of the 6 games I can find where Kramik has ever lost with the Petroff - 4 of those games were to Anand.
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