partia 7. 7. Gelfand – Anand, obrona słowiańska (D45) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Sc3 Sf6 4.e3 e6 5.Sf3 a6 6.c5 Sbd7 7.Hc2 b6 8.cb6 S:b6 9.Gd2 c5 10.Wc1 cd4 11.ed4 Gd6 12.Gg5 0-0 13.Gd3 h6 4.Gh4 Gb7 15.0-0 Hb8 16.Gg3 Wc8 17.Qe2 G:g3 18.hg3 Hd6 19.Wc2 Sbd7 20.Wfc1 Wab8 21.Sa4 Se4 22.W:c8+ G:c8 23.Hc2 g5 24.Hc7 H:c7 25.W:c7 f6 26.G:e4 de4 27.Sd2 f5 28.Sc4 Sf6 29.Sc5 Sd5 30.Wa7 Sb4 31.Se5 Sc2 32.Sc6 W:b2 33.Wc7 Wb1+ 34.Kh2 e3 35.W:c8+ Kh7 36.Wc7+ Kh8 37.Se5 e2 38.S:e6 1 – 0World Championship G7 – Gelfand draws first blood and leads
partia 8. 8. Anand – Gelfand, obrona królewsko-indyjska (E60) 1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Gg7 6.Se2 0-0 7.Sec3 Sh5 8.Gg5 Gf6 9.G:f6 ef6 10.Hd2 f5 11.ef5 G:f5 12.g4 We8+ 13.Kd1 G:b1 14.W:b1 Hf6 15.gh5 H:f3+ 16.Kc2 H:h1 17.Hf2 1 – 0World Championship G8 – Anand strikes back, wins in 17 moves!
partia 9. 9.