Viswanathan Anand, Juara Dunia Catur 2012

Viswanathan Anand akhirnya berhasil mempertahankan gelar Juara Dunia Catur dengan mengalahkan penantangnya Boris Gelfand dalam pertandingan tiebreak Rapid yang sangat menegangkan dengan skor 2,5-1,5 menyusul hasil imbang 6-6 sebelumnya. Dengan demikian Anand telah mempertahankan gelar yang dia raih dalam turnamen di Mexico City tahun 2008 itu untuk  ketiga kalinya, setelah mengalahkan Kramnik di Bonn 2008 dan Topalov di Sofia 2010.


Berikut ini rangkuman hasil pertandingan Rapid beserta game-game-nya.

WCh Rapid Playoff Moscow
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	32	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	1-0	77	B00	Sicilian Rossolimo
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	59	D46	Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	½-½	56	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo

WCh Rapid Playoff Moscow (RUS), 30 v 2012
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	Total	Perf
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2791	½	1	½	½	2½	2822
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2727	½	0	½	½	1½	2704

Kejuaraan Dunia Catur Berlanjut dengan Babak Playoff: Rapid dan Blitz

Kejuaraan Dunia Catur antara Viswanathan Anand dan Boris Gelfand akan diputuskan dalam babak playoff catur cepat (Rapid) dan catur kilat (Blitz) pada hari Rabu ini, 30 Mei 2012, setelah game 12 berakhir remis dalam 22 langkah. Dengan demikian hasil pertandingan dalam kedudukan imbang 6-6. 


Berikut ini rangkuman hasil pertandingan tersebut.

WCH Moskow
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	½ - ½	24	D85	Gruenfeld Pertahanan
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½ - ½	25	D45	Anti-Meran Variasi
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	½ - ½	37	D70	Gruenfeld Pertahanan
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½ - ½	34	D45	Anti-Meran Variasi
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	½ - ½	27	B33	Sisilia Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½ - ½	29	D45	Anti-Meran Variasi
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	38	D45	Anti-Meran Variasi
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	1-0	17	E60	Raja India tanpa Nc3
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½ - ½	49	E54	Nimzo India
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	½ - ½	25	B30	Sisilia Rossolimo
Gelfand, Boris	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½ - ½	24	E54	Nimzo India
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Gelfand, Boris	½ - ½	22	B30	Sisilia Rossolimo

WCH Moskow (BUL), 11 v - 31 v 2012
Nama	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	Perf
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2791	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	6	2727
Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2727	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	6	2791

My Most Memorable Games - Boris Gelfand

Preface (by Vladimir Kramnik)
Introduction (by Dirk Poldauf)
The making of a classical grandmaster
	The boy from Minsk
	His rise to world-class status
	Successful years
My Favourite Variation
	Game 1: Gelfand-Dorfman
	Game 2: Gelfand-Ftacnik
	Game 3: Gelfand-Ivanchuk
	Game 4: Gelfand-Ivanchuk
	Game 5: Gelfand-Kamsky
	Game 6: Gelfand-Leko
	Game 7: Gelfand-Shirov
My Most Memorable Games
	Game 8: Loginov-Gelfand
	Game 9: Lev-Gelfand
	Game 10: Gelfand-Lobron
	Game 11 : Gelfand-Adams
	Game 12: Gelfand-Malisauskas
	Game 13: Gelfand-Ivanchuk
	Game 14: Gheorghiu-Gelfand
	Game 15: Gelfand-Kasparov
	Game 16: Gelfand-Chandler
	Game 17: Short-Gelfand
	Game 18: Gelfand-Georgiev
	Game 19: Short-Gelfand
	Game 20: Damljanovic-Gelfand
	Game 21: Polugayevsky-Gelfand
	Game 22: Gelfand-Yusupov 103
	Game 23: Gelfand-Shirov
	Game 24: Gelfand-Anand
	Game 25: Gelfand-Shirov
	Game 26: Shirov-Gelfand
	Game 27: Gelfand-Adams
	Game 28: Gelfand-Adams
	Game 29: Gelfand-Topalov
	Game 30: Gelfand-Kramnik
	Game 31: Shirov-Gelfand
	Game 32: Gelfand-Piket
	Game 33: Gelfand-Salov
	Game 34: Gelfand-Karpov
	Game 35: Gelfand-Korchnoi
	Game 36: Gelfand-Sutovsky
	Game 37: RUblevsky-Gelfand
	Game 38: Gelfand-Markowski
	Game 39: Gelfand-Lautier
	Game 40: Gelfand-Georgiev
	Game 41 : Gelfand-Ye Jiangchuan
	Game 42: Gelfand-Anand
	Game 43: Gelfand-Piket
	Game 44: Gelfand-Van Wely
	Game 45: Gelfand-Delchev
	Game 46: Gurevich-Gelfand
	Game 47: Grischuk-Gelfand
	Game 48: Gelfand-Bruzon
	Game 49: Gelfand-Acs
	Game 50: Shabalov-Gelfand
	Game 51: Gelfand-Grischuk
Combinations
Endings