Answers.Body: <p>Why? Probably because of subjective pressure of the first game of World Championship match. From what I recall when watching this game - the commentators were also surprised that Gelfand offered/agreed to a draw. His advantage was also not only in the passed pawn (which could e either a strength or a weakness) but also in having two bishops.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>There's a great analysis of the game here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=lkqrRRmdbS8#!">2012 FIDE World Chess Championship: Anand vs. Gelfand - Game 1</a>.</p>
  
  <p>According to the video, it is easy for white to get one of his rooks behind that pawn especially when both players are left with 1 rook, 1 bishop each.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: How would White exchange his knight for a bishop? Sounds a little too hypothetical to me ...
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Answers.Text: @Joe not that White wants to, but the knight is secure on the e4 output and it would be hard for Black to make progress without exchanging it
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Body: <p>In the <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1665695" rel="nofollow noreferrer">first game</a> of the WCC 2012 between Anand and Gelfand, which was drawn, Gelfand had a <em>passed pawn on a6</em>. Could he not have exchanged the major pieces and then tried to win with it?</p>
  
  <p>Why was the passer ignored and the draw accepted?</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Title "Viswanathan Anand-Boris Gelfand,Anand-Gelfand World Championship Match, Moscpw Russia, 5/11/2012"]
  [FEN ""]
  [startply "48"]
  
  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.d5 Qa5 10.Rb1 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O Qxa2 13.Rb2 Qa5 14.d6 Ra7 15.Bg5 exd6 16.Qxd6 Rd7 17.Qxc6 Qc7 18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.Bf4 Rb7 20.Rc2 O-O 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Nd2 f5 23.f3 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Bf5
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Title: In game 1 of the 2012 WCC between Anand and Gelfand, black ignored his passed pawn advantage. Why?
ThreadText: # In game 1 of the 2012 WCC between Anand and Gelfand, black ignored his passed pawn advantage. Why?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-12)
  
  In the first game of the WCC 2012 between Anand and Gelfand, which was drawn, Gelfand had a passed pawn on a6. Could he not have exchanged the major pieces and then tried to win with it?
  Why was the passer ignored and the draw accepted?
  [Title "Viswanathan Anand-Boris Gelfand,Anand-Gelfand World Championship Match, Moscpw Russia, 5/11/2012"]
  [FEN ""]
  [startply "48"]
  
  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.d5 Qa5 10.Rb1 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O Qxa2 13.Rb2 Qa5 14.d6 Ra7 15.Bg5 exd6 16.Qxd6 Rd7 17.Qxc6 Qc7 18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.Bf4 Rb7 20.Rc2 O-O 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Nd2 f5 23.f3 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Bf5
  
  **Tags:** analysis, world-championship, gelfand, anand, passed-pawn
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Here's a link to the game: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1665695  
  > **username_0**: Thanx, I thought it was not working, I had to enable java to make it work.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2012-05-13. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
  
  There's a great analysis of the game here: [2012 FIDE World Chess Championship: Anand vs. Gelfand - Game 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lkqrRRmdbS8#!).
  
  According to the video, it is easy for white to get one of his rooks behind that pawn especially when both players are left with 1 rook, 1 bishop each.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: How would White exchange his knight for a bishop? Sounds a little too hypothetical to me ...  
  > **username_4**: @username_2 not that White wants to, but the knight is secure on the e4 output and it would be hard for Black to make progress without exchanging it  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2012-11-29. Score: 3
  
  Why? Probably because of subjective pressure of the first game of World Championship match. From what I recall when watching this game - the commentators were also surprised that Gelfand offered/agreed to a draw. His advantage was also not only in the passed pawn (which could e either a strength or a weakness) but also in having two bishops.
  
  
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