Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Chess News
At World Chess Championship 2012, Moscow, Russia

Game 8 - 21st May 2012
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2791) bt Boris Gelfand (ISR,2727) 1-0 (4-4)

World champion Anand bounced back in World chess championship match with stunning and short victory with white over Gelfand in just 17 moves ... Nobody were expecting such response from Anand after his yesterday's loss with black ... Anand played aggressively with queen pawn opening ... Gelfand tried to surprise with invitation to swap bishops on the eighth move which Anand accepted unhesitatingly ... Gelfand's wrong queen move on the 14th move open door for Anand which he used to his advantage for this quick victory.

Now Anand having psychological advantage over before 9th game which will be played tomorrow after rest day.

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...