We had a couple of big upsets today. Radjabov beating Anand with the white pieces was probably the biggest one of the day. It seems to me that once Radjabov was able to build this pawn chain with d6 and e5, Anand had very little chance of saving the game.

Notice the pawn can not be […]

Kamsky continued to “Use The Force” today in his tiebreak match against Peter Svidler. The first game saw Kamsky play a line of the English as white which is not considered too threatening. Nevertheless he managed to get a nice advantage with the bishop pair, but Svidler played accurately and held the position. In the […]