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Anand v Kramnik 2008

Bonn · Oct 2008

Anand 6½–4½ Kramnik

Anand won 6½–4½.

Momentum

The score gap, game by game: up is Anand.

Kramnik +3levelAnand +3startgame 11

The coach's numbers

Viswanathan Anand92.2 · 1 blunders, 3 mistakes
Vladimir Kramnik91.6 · 3 blunders, 10 mistakes

The turning point

The game that moved the match the most: Anand's chance of winning the title went from 53% to 76%. Its costliest move:

Anand v Kramnik 2008, Game 3

Kramnik v Anand · 0–1

33. Bd3 by Kramnik: chances 35% → 0%

The coach: Kb3 instead (the arrow) — with it, Kramnik was slightly worse.

Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 2008: Anand v Kramnik › Game 3

The match, move by move

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Model: Anand's chance of winning the match

How the match could have been read, move by move: Reading the match.

Every game

Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.

Game 1: Kramnik v Anand ½–½

32 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kramnik 94.9, Anand 95.6

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 2: Anand v Kramnik ½–½

32 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Anand 91.9, Kramnik 91.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 3: Kramnik v Anand 0–1

41 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kramnik 88.1, Anand 90.4

Costliest move: 33. Bd3 (Kramnik, 35% → 0%)

Game 4: Anand v Kramnik ½–½

29 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Anand 94.6, Kramnik 95.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 5: Kramnik v Anand 0–1

35 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kramnik 88.5, Anand 90.9

Costliest move: 32. Rd7+ (Kramnik, 55% → 24%)

Game 6: Anand v Kramnik 1–0

47 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Anand 91.6, Kramnik 88.6

Costliest move: 45... Rxc3 (Kramnik, 18% → 3%)

Game 7: Anand v Kramnik ½–½

36 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Anand 92.4, Kramnik 90.9

Costliest move: 10... O-O (Kramnik, 55% → 43%)

Game 8: Kramnik v Anand ½–½

39 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kramnik 93.2, Anand 93.2

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 9: Anand v Kramnik ½–½

45 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Anand 89.9, Kramnik 90.5

Costliest move: 37... Re8 (Kramnik, 65% → 43%)

Game 10: Kramnik v Anand 1–0

29 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kramnik 93.4, Anand 92.3

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 11: Anand v Kramnik ½–½

24 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Anand 91.5, Kramnik 92.7

No move cost more than 12%.

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