India's Viswanathan Anand beat challenger Vladimir Kramnik again on Tuesday to put another nail in the coffin of the Russian challenger's fast-disappearing hopes of reclaiming the chess world championship. The win - Anand's third in four games - gave the defending champion a 4.5-1.5 lead in their 12-game match. Such a streak is virtually unheard of in world championship match play, where the vast majority of games are drawn. When Kramnik defeated then-world champion Garry Kasparov in 2000, for example, he won two games, while the other 13 were drawn. Kramnik lost the world championship to Anand last year. Kramnik, who has never before lost three games out of four, has slim chances of digging himself out of his hole with only six games to go - three of them with the white pieces. That means Anand can afford to keep drawing in the remaining games. Anand's ninth move, in a Classical Nimzo-Indian, was a prepared novelty that he later called “interesting because it forces him to start thinking very early.” Former world champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia said that “Kramnik's reaction was not good.” Anand will have the white pieces in game seven on Thursday. The moves: Anand-Kramnik, game six: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. g4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Rac8 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Bb4 c5 19. dxc5 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Bc1 f5 27. Kd1 Rc8 28. f3 Nd6 29. Ke1 a5 30. e3 e5 31. gxf5 e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd2 a4 34. Nf2 Nd6 35. Rg4 Nc4 36. e4 Nf6 37. Rg3 Nxb2 38. e5 Nd5 39. f6 Kf7 40. Ne4 Nc4 41. fxg7 Kg8 42. Rd3 Ndb6 43. Bh6 Nxe5 44. Nf6+ Kf7 45. Rc3 Rxc3 46. g8=Q+ Kxf6 47. Bg7+ Black resigns. - AP __
