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Chess news: Anand wins 3rd game of world chess match -- Defending chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India scored the first victory in his title match against Russian Vladimir Kramnik with a third game that saw both chess players take off the gloves and go at each other with gusto. After a dull draw in game one and a complex but civilized draw in game two, the two engaged in play they described as "complicated," but that description hardly catches the flavor of Friday's game. Anand, playing with Black, opted for the super-sharp Meran Variation of the Semi-Slav Defense, which Kramnik avoided in game one. Anand's 14th move, a bishop to b7, was a novelty at this level of play. Afterward, Kramnik said, "I have my doubts about it but ... Anand, Kramnik draw in 4th game of chess match -- Defending chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India played to a 29-move draw with Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik on Saturday in the fourth game of their world chess championship match. Anand leads the 12-game match 2.5-1.5. He won the third game in spectacular style on Friday after the two men drew their opening games. Saturday's draw was a tame affair in comparison with the previous day's game. Anand had the white pieces and the opening was the solid Queen's Gambit Declined. As often happens in this chess opening, Black wound up with an isolated d-pawn and White had only the slightest chance of an advantage. Kramnik summed the opening up after ... Kramnik stays positive -- This is just the kind of situation the chess followers from around the world, sans Russia, have been waiting for. Trailing by a point after four games, Vladimir Kramnik finds himself out of his comfort zone on the second rest day of the on-going World chess championship match against Viswanathan Anand. Undefeated in three World title matches since 2000, Kramnik has never conceded the lead so early. The Russian bounced back against Peter Leko (in 2004) and Veselin Topalov (2006) to keep the chess crown he won from Garry Kasparov (2000). At the highest level, a chess player losing with white pieces is a rarity. Kramnik’s last defeat with white pieces in a classical time format came ... | |