Another quick draw
Monday, 23 May 2011
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In the fourth game of the Candidates Matches final for FIDE World Championship in Kazan Israeli Boris Gelfand, playing white and Russian GM Alexander Grischuk drew after 18 moves and three hours of play. The score in the match remains equal 2:2.
Gelfand repeated the same opening from his first game with white pieces. This time, he avoided the incredible risk and took quite familiar ways
Surprisingly, the players spent much time on the absolutely insipid opening. It took them over two hours to perform 13 moves. That didn’t happen before in Kazan. Actually, nothing special happened on the board. Having taken the same tactical maneuvers, opponents practically exchanged all bishops. Gelfand was sure that the position didn’t allow him to play on and proposed a draw, excepted by his opponent without hesitation.
Tomorrow the grandmasters will play the game 5, and Grischuk will have white pieces. There are just two games left. In case of tie, the challenger for the world champion Viswanathan Anand of India will be determined by the tie-break, scheduled on Thursday 26 May, 2011.
No more draw. Grischuk will now win.
I stopped watching live games now. It is making a fool of those who follow on line when suddenly they stop playing and agree for a draw. It is a huge waste of time to follow these draws in real time. I watch them only after the play is over now. This match will be known as Grrrrrushit Vs Gellyfart.