Two more games have been played in the Gelfand-Svidler match held in the 2nd Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament.
Gelfand won the 5th game in his favorite Gruenfeld Defence, but Svidler bounced back in the next round.
The Russian Grandmaster managed to maintain the lead and the current score is 3.5:2.5 in his favor. You can see the games with in-depth analysis in the viewer below.
The exclusive video coverage continues with another two interviews, combined with first-hand game analysis.
Gilad Japhet provided new videos, taken at the press conference after the third day of the match. Enjoy the extremely interesting question and answers (Svidler: “Chess is a bit of a brain virus”) and find out how being a top chess player helps you make important friends, like your local grocery store owner :)
The following photo impressions are kindly provided by Dorit and Gad Ritvo!
The Gelfand-Svidler board at the Gideon Japhet Memorial Open Chess Tournament
Svidler fine-tunes the pieces prior to starting the game
The game begins
The two players in an identical gesture
Pressure
Maximum concentration – Gelfand
Maximum concentration – Svidler
Gelfand puts on a unique expression
Gelfand sneaks a glance at his opponent
Gelfand sneaks another glance at his opponent
Hands Gelfand
Humor at the press conference
More humor at the press conference
