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GM Artur Jussupow makes the first move in game two of the Anand-Kramnik match. Photo: Guido Kohlen/Sparkassen Chess Trophy.

Anand Beats Kramnik In No Castling Match

PeterDoggers

Updated: Jul 19, 2021, 
|Chess Event Coverage

GM Viswanathan Anand defeated GM Vladimir Kramnik 2.5-1.5 in a four-game No Castling chess match in Dortmund, Germany. Anand's win in the first game was decisive in this event where the players were not allowed to castle.

The idea for this match originates from DeepMind's latest paper, co-written by Kramnik, in which the self-learning chess engine AlphaZero was used to explore the design of different variants of the game of chess with different sets of rules. One of the variants discussed—many of which you can try on Chess.com yourself!—was No Castling. DeepMind also supported the match between Anand and Kramnik and plans to sponsor the event next year as well.

The match saw all four games starting with 1.c4, with Black responding 1...c5 in the first three before Anand tried a Tarrasch setup in game four. There was a lot of exciting chess, but the first game turned out to be the decisive one

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