13.08.2005 - Alexander Grischuk might have been a bit tired after the five Ordix games, because in his first game of the day against Vishy Anand the players agreed to share the point after 22 moves. In the second game of the Grenke Leasing championship the Indian sacrificed a pawn and started an attack.
Alexander Grischuk
However, this time,
Grischuk kept his cool and eventually won the game after 49 moves.
“After 10
moves I was winning”, Grischuk said, and Anand
agreed:”Well, this was one of
these games. You know you shouldn´t do it, but you play the
bad moves.” In the
press conference Grischuk revealed some details about his sudden
presence in
the Ordix Open: “I have not won a game in the last three
months, and I needed
to win a few games. Thefirst
game of
the day was the most difficult one. I decided to play the Ordix this
morning: I
missed breakfast and I thought: what am I going to do today? I thought
it was
too boring to spend the day alone, so I decided to give it a
shot”. Finally
Grischuk joked: “ I tried not to win a game against Vishy,but OK, I won the sixth
game. Tomorrow I am
going to play from 10 to 10”. The match is not decided yet,
although Anand only
needs half a point to win his 8th Chess Classic
title. The Tiger
leads 4-2. Two more games will be played on Sunday.