Anand v Gelfand 2012, Game 7
Gelfand v Anand · 1–0
34... e3 by Anand: chances 19% → 3%
The coach: Bb7 instead (the arrow) — with it, Anand was under pressure.
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Anand v Gelfand 2012
Moscow · May 2012
Anand 8½–7½ Gelfand
6–6; Anand won the rapid 2½–1½.
Momentum
The score gap, game by game: up is Anand.
The coach's numbers
The turning point
The game that moved the match the most: Anand's chance of winning the title went from 61% to 34%. Its costliest move:
The match, move by move
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: Anand v Gelfand ½–½
24 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Anand 95.8, Gelfand 95.9
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 2: Gelfand v Anand ½–½
25 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Gelfand 92.9, Anand 94.4
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 3: Anand v Gelfand ½–½
37 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Anand 90.3, Gelfand 91.1
Costliest move: 35. Rh1 (Anand, 73% → 50%)
Game 4: Gelfand v Anand ½–½
34 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Gelfand 95.8, Anand 95.7
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 5: Anand v Gelfand ½–½
27 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Anand 90.3, Gelfand 90.6
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 6: Gelfand v Anand ½–½
29 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Gelfand 94.0, Anand 94.2
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 7: Gelfand v Anand 1–0
38 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Gelfand 92.7, Anand 88.7
Costliest move: 34... e3 (Anand, 19% → 3%)
Game 8: Anand v Gelfand 1–0
17 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Anand 92.0, Gelfand 89.7
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 9: Gelfand v Anand ½–½
49 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Gelfand 94.9, Anand 93.7
Costliest move: 15... Bxf3 (Anand, 50% → 37%)
Game 10: Anand v Gelfand ½–½
25 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Anand 93.9, Gelfand 94.2
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 11: Gelfand v Anand ½–½
24 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Gelfand 95.1, Anand 95.7
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 12: Anand v Gelfand ½–½
22 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Anand 94.1, Gelfand 94.2
No move cost more than 12%.
Tiebreak 1: Gelfand v Anand ½–½
32 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Gelfand 91.8, Anand 91.0 · rapid
Costliest move: 22... Qb6 (Anand, 74% → 49%)
Tiebreak 2: Anand v Gelfand 1–0
77 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Anand 92.4, Gelfand 91.2 · rapid
Costliest move: 71. Ka5 (Anand, 95% → 81%)
Tiebreak 3: Gelfand v Anand ½–½
63 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Gelfand 91.5, Anand 90.3 · rapid
Costliest move: 61. Rh7 (Gelfand, 95% → 55%)
Tiebreak 4: Anand v Gelfand ½–½
56 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Anand 92.0, Gelfand 91.8 · rapid
Costliest move: 47. Kd2 (Anand, 67% → 50%)
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