World Championship 2010

[Arshad Ali]

Anand just resigned.

[Matt Mackenzie]

So it looks like Topalov will soon be undisputed WC, then. Marvellous

[David Lettington]

So it looks like Topalov will soon be undisputed WC, then.

It's perhaps a tad early to suggest that?

I'm not sure that "WC" are appropriate initials given the Toiletgate scandal in Topalov's last World Championship match.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Maybe so - but then again given that the match is a paltry 12 games, plus the fact that Topa has home advantage plus many, many other things stacked in his favour, perhaps not.........

Put it this way, if Vishy comes back from this, he will deserve all the accolades he will get

[Alex Holowczak]

Interactive commentary of game 2 here: http://www.chess.com/tv

Not sure if this is going on elsewhere.

[Arshad Ali]

Curtains for Topalov.

[Jonathan Rogers]

Back on level terms. Very impressive. Shades of Kramnik, style-wise!

[Alex Holowczak]

Put it this way, if Vishy comes back from this, he will deserve all the accolades he will get

Time to dish out the accolades.

[Jonathan Rogers]

....Bxb4 by Topalov was astonishing, I thought and reminiscent of some similarly (relatively) unforced blunders in his match v Kramnik.

[John Saunders]

....Bxb4 by Topalov was astonishing, I thought and reminiscent of some similarly (relatively) unforced blunders in his match v Kramnik.

What is your suggested alternative to 35...Bxb4? My analysis engine tells me this is the best of a (very bad) job. Otherwise White can check with Ra8 and trundle the a4 pawn down the board, can't he? I haven't listened to the commentary today but I thought Topalov seemed to lose the thread between moves 22 and 25.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Put it this way, if Vishy comes back from this, he will deserve all the accolades he will get

Time to dish out the accolades.

Hmm, I was thinking in the context of the match as a whole - but yes, nice reply from Anand

GAME ON!!

[Neville Twitchell]

....Bxb4 by Topalov was astonishing, I thought and reminiscent of some similarly (relatively) unforced blunders in his match v Kramnik.

What is your suggested alternative to 35...Bxb4? My analysis engine tells me this is the best of a (very bad) job. Otherwise White can check with Ra8 and trundle the a4 pawn down the board, can't he? I haven't listened to the commentary today but I thought Topalov seemed to lose the thread between moves 22 and 25.

Fritz seems to think that Topalov was considerably better for most of the game, but went astray slightly with 24..h5 and more seriously with 25...Ne3, after which he was worse, and maybe even lost.

[Mick Norris]

http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/e ... hip-game-2

http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/wch-g ... more-24546

[Mike Gunn]

On TWIC Mark Crowther says he is delaying putting the moves up "out of respect to the organisers". What is this all about?

[Alex Holowczak]

FIDE undoubtedly have made people think they hold rights to stop people showing the moves of a chess game again.