Zapisy partii partia 1. 1. Anand – Gelfand, obrona Grünfelda (D85) 1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 g6 3.Sc3 d5 4.Sf3 Gg7 5.cd5 S:d5 6.e4 S:c3 7.bc3 c5 8.Gb5+ Sc6 9.d5 Ha5 10.Wb1 a6 11.G:c6+ bc6 12.0-0 H:a2 13.Wb2 Ha5 14.d6 Wa7 15.Gg5 ed6 16.H:d6 Wd7 17.H:c6 Hc7 18.H:c7 W:c7 19.Gf4 Wb7 20.Wc2 0-0 21.Gd6 We8 22.Sd2 f5 23.f3 fe4 24.S:e4 Gf5 remisWorld Championship G1 – A fighting draw sets the tone
partia 2. 2. Gelfand – Anand, obrona słowiańska (D45) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Sc3 Sf6 4.e3 e6 5.Sf3 a6 6.b3 Gb4 7.Gd2 Sbd7 8.Gd3 0-0 9.0-0 Gd6 10.Wc1 e5 11.cd5 cd5 12.e4 de4 13.S:e4 S:e4 14.G:e4 Sf6 15.de5 S:e4 16.ed6 H:d6 17.Ge3 Gf5 18.H:d6 S:d6 19.Sd4 Wfe8 20.S:f5 S:f5 21.Gc5 h5 22.Wfd1 Wac8 23.Kf1 f6 24.Gb4 Kh7 25.Wc5 remisWorld Championship G2 – Anand shows his hand as Semi-Slav is played
partia 3. 3. Anand – Gelfand, obrona Grünfelda (D70) 1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cd5 S:d5 5.e4 Sb6 6.Sc3 Gg7 7.Ge3 0-0 8.Hd2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.h4 cd5 11.ed5 S8d7 12.h5 Sf6 13.hg6 fg6 14.0-0-0 Gd7 15.Kb1 Wc8 16.Ka1 e4 17.Gd4 Sa4 18.Sge2 Ha5 19.S:e4 H:d2 20.S:f6+ W:f6 21.W:d2 Wf5 22.G:g7 K:g7 23.d6 Wfc5 24.Wd1 a5 25.Wh4 Wc2 26.b3 Sb2 27.Wb1 Sd3 28.Sd4 Wd2 29.G:d3 W:d3 30.We1 Wd2 31.Kb1 Gf5+ 32.S:f5+ gf5 33.We7+ Kg6 34.Wc7 We8 35.Wh1 Wee2 36.d7 Wb2+ 37.Kc1 W:a2 remisWorld Championship G3 – Anand tantalizingly close to first win