Critical positions from Anand-Kramnik match 2008

Anand-Kramnik (11), after 24..Be3 1/2 1/2

Kramnik-Anand(10) after 29 Qd6 1-0

Kramnik-Anand (8) after 32 e5

Anand-Kramnik (6) after 34..Nc4

Kramnik-Anand (5) after 35 Bf1




Kramnik-Anand (3) after 32..Bf5+

Anand World Champion !!

That's it !
After losing game 10 and drawing game 11, Anand is officially the classical world chess champion ( following the tradition of world chess matches which yielded in order Fischer,Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik as predecessors to Anand). Anand was already the FIDE world champion following the Mexico World Chess Tournament, but this match ends any discussion between cycles. The only unknown is whether the match Topalov-Kamsky will take place or not in 2008.

Games playable on a chessboard here:

http://games.top10chess.com/anandwch08.htm

Great coverage&analysis and more of the Anand-Kramnik 2008 match here :

http://www.chessbase.com/
http://www.theweekinchess.com/
http://www.chessdom.com/
http://www.chessvibes.com/
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/