The Luck Seekers' Game!
Team Grischuk: Alexander Riazantsev, Peter Svidler and Etienne Bacrot
Team Gelfand: Alexander Huzman and Maxim Rodshtein
'The Luck Seekers' Game' continued into the third stage of the Candidates Matches 2011 as well, as happened in the first & second stages! 'THE LUCK SEEKERS' of the final stage Grischuk & Gelfand continued their 'WAIT & WATCH TILL ETERNITY POLICY' intact and playd out 5 successive draws in the match of 6 regular time games & rapid and blitz tie-breakers!
As was the case, Grischuk must have thought that the luck which stood him in good stead in all the 2 previous stages wouldn't have deserted him, come what may! Gelfand, who is the senior most player at the candidates stage, too must have thought somewhat in the same vein! He too avoided anything 'UNSAFE' and played as if 'Luck' would support him, despite knowing how!
The Candidates 2011, where 'Luck' has played the most important role & outplayed all the players in the various Candidates stages, even outplayed Gelfand's most positive preditions & expectations and gave him a victory in the final regular time game, ie game 6! Hence, a 'LUCKY GELFAND' became the 'LUCKY CHALLENGER' of the Reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India, most probably in the first half 2012!
GAME 1
In the first regular time game of stage 3 - Final Round - of the Candidates Matches for FIDE World Championship, Alexander Grischuk, who was playing white, and Boris Gelfand drew after 46 moves and four and a half hours.
GAME 2
Game 2 took 58 moves to reach the NATURAL CONCLUSION - draw!
GAME 3
In game 3, it was proved, beyond any doubt, how easy it is to draw in the candidates final round, in just 14 moves!
GAME 4
After 18 moves and three hours of play they proved a draw in candidates matches - especially @ Kazan - is anybody's business!
GAME 5
One must have wondered if not the draws a defenite & logical outcome of a Kazan Candidate Game as Russian Alexander Grischuk, playing white, and Israeli Boris Gelfand, agreed to share the point on move 39 after a little less than four hours of playing.
GAME 6
An Unlucky Grischuk was caught unawares & before he woke up from his day dreams Lucky Gelfand made sure that he would be the one to challenge the Reigning World Champion from India Viswanathan Anand, in the first half of 2012!
Boris Gelfand - Alexander Grischuk
Round 6 ; 25.05.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.b3 a4 14.Rb1 axb3 15.axb3 Qc8 16.Kh2 Ra5 17.Rd1 Rh5 18.Nh4 Bf6 19.f4 Rd8 20.Qf2 20.Qf2 Bxh4 21.gxh4 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Rhxd5 23.Bb2 Rb5 24.Qe2 Rh5 25.e4 Bxb3 26.Rdc1 Na5 27.d5 b6 28.Be5 c5 29.dxc6 f6 30.Ba1 Rc5 31.Rxc5 bxc5 32.Qb5 Qc7 33.Rxb3 Nxc6 34.e5 Nd4 35.Qc4 1-0
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