Anand wins sixth game, leads Kramnik by 3 point

INCHING CLOSER: Anand is now just two points away from winning the world title.





World Champion Viswanathan Anand called the shots again and dumped Russian Vladimir Kramnik in the sixth game with white pieces to extend his lead to 3 points at the half way stage of what is turning out to be incredibly one-sided world championship match.

The Indian ace took his tally to 4.5 points and is now just two points away from establishing himself as the all-time-great world champion having won the knockout world championship in 2001, the world championship match tournament last year and now this world championship match which looks as good as over.

Kramnik who lost the third, and fifth game earlier, simply looked out of sorts yet again and his inclination to go for unwarranted complications did not help his cause in anyway.

Anand stuck the Queen pawn opening for the third time in as many white games and Kramnik replied with the Nimzo Indian defence and went for the Romanishin variation.

Anand avoided the early trade of queens and went for some complications to retain winning chances. However after Kramnik successfully changed queens, most of the experts were of the opinion that the Russian will be able to hold his position together.

That was not to be as Kramnik misjudged his chances when he went for a pawn sacrifice on the 18th move and found his position tumbling as Anand came up with some perfect defensive moves that also helped him improve the position of his pieces.

Down a pawn and left to do the difficult defense task, Kramnik could not find a better reposte than going for heavy activity with another pawn sacrifice but Anand simply poured cold water on the plans with his machine-like-technique.

Digesting both the pawns Anand created a perfect harmony between his pieces and when the opportunity came, sacrificed one of the pawns back temporarily to lend the decisive blow.

The outcome of the game was clear when Anand's pawn thrust came on move 38 and Kramnik fought in vain for 47 moves till Anand made a new queen on board - before finally calling it a day.

As thing stand, Anand leads by 4.5-1.5 and the match is expected to get over sooner than the stipulated 12 games unless a disaster strikes the Indian. With three white games remaining, the Indian can simply relish the dish called Kramnik.

The world championship is a 12-games match with a prize pool of 1.5 million Euros divided equally irrespective of the outcome of the match. Wednesday is the third rest day and the battle will resume on Thursday now.

Yuvraaj(A sneek preview)

There are many reasons to look forward to Subhash Ghai's upcoming musical, Yuvvraaj
For one, we will get to see Salman Khan and his girlfriend Katrina Kaif on screen after three years. And then, there is the brilliant A R Rahman, who provides the film's music

Ghai claims that Yuvvraaj is about the arrogance and overconfidence of today's youth. Katrina plays one of the three main players in the movie. Incidentally, the actress was a natural at playing the cello after a few lessons.

While this is the first time Salman will work with Subhash Ghai, the director re-unites with his favourite actor, Anil Kapoor. The duo have worked in many films like Ram Lakhan, Trimurti, Taal and Black & White.

Mithun Chakraborty will make a special appearance in the film.

Katrina's last film with Salman, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, was a big hit, and people loved their chemistry on screen.

ike always, Ghai pays special attention to his film's music. The director has collaborated with Rahman earlier in Taal and Kisna, and the duo have always made good music together.

"Once you have an artistic mind like Subhashji behind you, I guess everything falls in place," Rahman had once said. "Taal was a mega success and I see Yuvvraaj as bigger than that."

Yuvvraaj will release in theatres on November 21.

Indian Dream Theater - MotherJane

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MOVIE MELTDOWN: The sequels have become Hollywood's first major victims of the current economic crisis.





Two planned sequels of the movie The Golden Compass have become Hollywood's first major victims of the current economic crisis, with their production being put on hold indefinitely.

Produced by New Line studio, The Golden Compass that starred actors Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig was the first of author Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy to be adapted for the big screen, reports contactmusic.com.

Two further films based on Pullman's novels - The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass - were due to be made following the box office success of The Golden Compass. But plans have stalled as a result of the downturn in the international economy.

The movie has grossed more than $370 million worldwide since its December 2007 release against its budget of $180 million.

Paramount delaying films due to economic crisis

Meanwhile, Paramount Pictures' decision to delay two major holiday films - including one with an Oscar aspirations - may be a sign of Hollywood's retrenchment amid the US economic crisis, a media report speculates.

Paramount late last week announced that it would delay the release of The Soloist - a Los Angeles drama about a homeless violin player and a newspaper columnist who intervenes in his life - until next March, the Wall Street Journal said.

The movie comes from DreamWorks, the Paramount unit whose principals, Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider, recently left to start a new film venture.

The decision to delay the movie came barely a month before its planned November 21 debut, resulting in The Soloist star Robert Downey Jr's consideration for the Academy Awards to be put off till next year.

The limited release of Defiance - a war picture with Daniel Craig from the studio's Paramount Vantage specialty unit - has also been delayed until the end of 2008, meaning the film won't be in wide release until January, the paper said.

Paramount, a unit of Viacom Inc, announced the delays as part of a new business strategy under which it is cutting costs by reducing the number of films released each year from around 25 to 20.

To start cutting back in 2008, the studio delayed a couple of films, which puts off most of the cost of marketing and distributing the movies until next year, the Journal said.