[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Game 7: Anand-Kramnik: Live blogging with regular updates

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Game 7: Anand-Kramnik: Live blogging with regular updates
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   9:15
   Anand opens the second half of the match (though it could turn out to
   be a very short "half") with White, and continued his "left handed"
   chess. Kramnik deviated from his previous black games with a Slav, and
   the following moves were all played a tempo:
   1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O
   Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3
   (1:55) Re8 (1:54), and now Anand slowed down, as 14...Re8 is
   comparatively rare (14...Be7 is the usual move). Here's the position:
   [anand_kramnik_2008_7_move14.jpg]
   More discussion of the position next time.