Fritz 8 treats Radja (black) as half a pawn ahead. But I guess the position is such that the better player should win, no what the eval. It's a players' game.

I guess the fact that Ivanchuk is thinking for so long shows that he can see the draw in the main continuations, and is trying to unearth something different that can yield something more. If it were a simple win, I guess he'd have been resolutely in pursuit of it by now.

Chukky is playing very cleverly, I have to say. He has realized that the main continuations are a drawing trap. He's eschewing those and forcing Anand to find accurate moves in side lines. Any misstep here by Anand will, of course, spell immediate disaster.

I think Chukky can offer the draw now. Anand is merely playing with him.

Proloy, Let's not forget that it is Chukky who is low on time and almost an hour behind Anand. Interestingly Anand brought it down to almost even eval from a +5 advantage to Chukky (as per Rybka). Again winning lines were not so obvious to me.

Kapalik

It's a draw!Was it precise defense by Anand or inaccurate play or blunder by Chukky or were the comp evals misleading/difficult for human play?

Drawn.

Kapalik, Chukky would have never lost on time. Only Anand could have made a mistake. It's not easy to calculate all the correct moves will all sorts of runaways. Ivanchuk had the luxury of making any number of mistakes and still getting at least a draw. Anand had to play correctly for a maximum of a draw.

I think it was none of these. If you look at the critical moments of the game, Anand played rather nonchalantly -- first giving up the black bishop without batting an eyelid; then doubling up on the f-file and having isolated doubled pawns on the g file; then Kf8 when the a passer was looking killing. Nobody would do these things unless one knows the outcome for sure.

I think it's entirely a played out draw from home for Anand. He merely verified things on board today; didn't play it. Only Ivanchuk was playing and had to work hard for so many hours in pure futility.

Hi

Rybka says: 54. Ka7 ?
And gives: (54. Kc6 Rc1+ Rybka Aquarium (0:00.00)+2.50|d31)

Do you think 54. Kc6 would give chances to win to Chucky?

Thanks a lot

Anybody has got access to Nalimov tables? This should be in there??