Oct 21
Round 5: Anand wins with black again
Round 5 saw another black win by Anand with the Queen’s Gambit Meran. This put Anand in the lead with 3.5 - 1.5 after 5 rounds.
| World Championship Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - | Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 32 | D14 | Slav Exchange |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 32 | E25 | Nimzo Indian Saemisch |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - | Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | 41 | D49 | Queens Gambit Meran |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 29 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - | Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | 35 | D49 | Queens Gambit Meran |
| World Chess Championship Bonn (GER), 14 x - 2xi 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | Perf |
| Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2783 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3½ | 2921 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2772 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2634 |
Round by round annotation by IM Malcolm Pein is available at The Week In Chess.
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