Interesting anti-Gruenfeld setup by Anand. Has some Benoni like feel. Looks set for a long game.

Somehow I can't find a live transmission of the game (at work). Does anyone have a link?

Here it is: http://moscow2012.fide.com/en/live?g=20120521

The position has exploded. One of them is certain to lose today.

Very surprising play by Anand. He sacrificed the exchange and a pawn for just a knight. But engines think it's winning. I'm sure an engine will win this for white, but not sure about a human player doing that easily.

Wow, Gelfand has resigned! Qf6 was just a blunder.

Thanks for the link proloy—somehow I had something else to do in the meantime... lol

It wasn't so difficult to see that the black queen was trapped after Qf2, really quite a shocking blunder. Maybe Gelfand could have tried to give his knight with 17...Nc6 18.dxc6 Qxc6. He'd have rook and two pawns for two pieces, but it still looks hopeless as White can play Bd3, Rf1, Nd5 and has many threats.

It is incredible. As soon as gxh5(N) was taken, Gelfand must have realized his mistake of Qf6. But Anand needed to play in this fashion to hope for win.

Well, actually black gets two rooks for the queen, so it isn't really trapped as such. But yes, in that case he has given up his h5 knight for just two pawns (f3, h5), and a ruined king side. With a queen looming large, it's probably lost. But I think Gelfand should have resisted a while longer.

Gelfand looked quite cheerful in the press conference, though. That's a good sign. Reminds me of Leko's mood after his first round loss to Kramnik. At that time, Kramnik looked grim despite the win, and Leko had looked cheerful, which bode very well for him for the remainder of the match. Yesterday, Vishy was very terse in his replies, if not churlish. Today he's somewhat relieved, of course.

Gelfand evidently wants to read it as no more than a miscalculation. But coming back from behind in a tight situation would certainly bolster Anand's morale.

Both defenses have now been punctured. Will Anand return to a regular Slav now, instead of a semi-slav, now that he has shown discomfort with a bad bishop...? And where does Gelfand's team look to against d4...? I think they'll at least pause for a game. That should open up possibilities for Anand, since it looks like his main preparation was outside the Gruenfeld.

I was impressed by Gelfand's demeanour after the game. Despite a terrible loss, he chatted with Anand for a few minutes and was his usual self in the press conference. Anand was a little more forthcoming today but he has appeared tense and his monosyllabic replies yesterday almost amounted to rudeness.