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From the postings of Agent Chronicle, he (or she) apparently grew up in or near La Cañada and has had a lifelong interested in chess. The Agent has provided these notes: Time, time, what is time? The Swiss manufacture it. The French hoard it. Italians want it. Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist. Do you know what I say? I say time is a crook. —"Beat the Devil" (1953) Time, time, time, see what's become of me While I looked around For my possibilities I was so hard to please —"Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon and Garfunkle Life Song Isn't life beautiful? Isn't life gay? Isn't life the perfect thing To pass the time away? —Dickie Smothers and Mason Williams "I wish there were more time." -- Richard Ney 1915-2004 Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. —Job 14:1-2 (NIV) He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. —Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV) The only completely reliable information we have obtained at this point is that Agent Chronicle is perceived by his family members as always being late.
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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 18

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This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 18 of the Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

Game 18, August 24-25, 1972

    Fischer        Spassky
    White          Black
    (ar)  (0:08)
 1. e4    (0:08)   c5     (0:02)
 2. Nf3   (0:09)   d6     (0:02)
 3. Nc3   (0:09)   Nc6    (0:03)
 4. d4    (0:09)   cxd4   (0:03)
 5. Nxd4  (0:09)   Nf6    (0:03)
 6. Bg5   (0:10)   e6     (0:04)
 7. Qd2   (0:10)   a6     (0:04)
 8. 0-0-0 (0:10)   Bd7    (0:05)
 9. f4    (0:10)   Be7    (0:06)
10. Nf3   (0:12)   b5     (0:06)
11. Bxf6  (0:13)   gxf6   (0:07)
12. Bd3   (0:18)   Qa5    (0:30)
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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 19

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This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 19 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship match.

Game 19, August 27th, 1972

    Spassky        Fischer
    White          Black
 1. e4             Nf6
 2. e5             Nd5
 3. d4             d6
 4. Nf3            Bg4
 5. Be2            e6
 6. 0-0   (0:04)   Be7   (0:05)
 7. h3    (0:06)   Bh5   (0:06)
 8. c4    (0:08)   Nb6   (0:08)
 9. Nc3   (0:08)   0-0   (0:08)
10. Be3   (0:16)   d5    (0:27)
11. c5    (0:22)   Bxf3  (0:27)
12. Bxf3  (0:43)   Nc4   (0:27)
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The 2008 Anand – Kramnik Times for Game 1

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This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 1 of the 2008 World Chess Championship Match between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany.

Game 1, October 14th, 2008

    Kramnik        Anand
    White          Black
 1. d4    (1:59)   d5    (1:59)
 2. c4    (1:59)   c6    (1:59)
 3. Nc3   (1:59)   Nf6   (1:59)
 4. cxd5  (1:59)   cxd5  (1:59)
 5. Bf4   (1:59)   Nc6   (1:58)
 6. e3    (1:59)   Bf5   (1:57)
 7. Nf3   (1:58)   e6    (1:56)
 8. Qb3   (1:56)   Bb4   (1:54)
 9. Bb5   (1:55)   O-O   (1:53)
10. Bxc6  (1:48)   Bxc3+ (1:52)
11. Qxc3  (1:48)   Rc8   (1:52)
12. Ne5   (1:48)   Ng4   (1:46)
13. Nxg4  (1:41)   Bxg4  (1:46)
14. Qb4   (1:40)   Rxc6  (1:42)
15. Qxb7  (1:36)   Qc8   (1:26)
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The 2008 Anand – Kramnik Times for Game 2

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This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 2 of the 2008 Anand – Kramnik World Chess Championship Match.

    Anand          Kramnik
    White          Black
 1. d4    (1:59)   Nf6   (1:59)
 2. c4    (1:59)   e6    (1:59)
 3. Nc3   (1:59)   Bb4   (1:59)
 4. f3    (1:59)   d5    (1:57)
 5. a3    (1:59)   Bxc3+ (1:57)
 6. bxc3  (1:59)   c5    (1:56)
 7. cxd5  (1:58)   Nxd5  (1:56)
 8. dxc5  (1:58)   f5    (1:54)
 9. Qc2   (1:56)   Nd7   (1:45)
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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 20

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This article lists the times for the moves of game 20 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship match in Iceland. This was Fischer’s last game as White.

Game 20

    Fischer        Spassky
    White          Black
 1. e4             c5
 2. Nf3            Nc6
 3. d4             cxd4
 4. Nxd4           Nf6
 5. Nc3            d6
 6. Bg5            e6
 7. Qd2            a6
 8. 0-0-0          Bd7
 9. f4             Be7    (0:04)
10. Be2   (0:09)   0-0    (0:14)
11. Bf3   (0:26)   h6     (0:42)
12. Bh4   (0:30)   Nxe4   (0:45)
13. Bxe7  (0:40)   Nxd2   (0:46)
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The 2008 Anand – Kramnik Times

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This article contains the links to the times for the moves of the Anand – Kramnik World Chess Championship Match in Bonn, Germany, from October 14th to October 29th, 2008. Our Agent Chronicle was in place and covered all 11 games:

1        2        3        4        5        6        7        8        9        10      11

The management of time played a significant role in the match, as can be seen in Games 3 and 5. Kramnik responded to new positions successfully, but took a lot of time with his early decisions. As a result, he had to hurry his moves later, made decisive mistakes, and lost both of these game. These two losses turned out to be the margin of defeat at Bonn.

Remember the time factor; it always comes into play in the end, and this match was no exception.

For more on time management at the World Chess Championship level, please view our notes on Fischer – Spassky 1972, which provides information that has been unavailable for 36 years.

Until now.

 

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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 3

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This article lists the times taken for the moves of Game 3 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Click here for info on other games of this match.

Game 3, July 16-17, 1972

    Spassky        Fischer
    White          Black
 1. d4    (0:00)   Nf6      (0:09)
 2. c4             e6
 3. Nf3            c5
 4. d5             exd5
 5. cxd5           d6
 6. Nc3            g6
 7. Nd2            Nbd7
 8. e4    (0:11)   Bg7      (0:24)
 9. Be2   (0:15)   0-0      (0:24)
10. 0-0   (0:15)   Re8      (0:31)
11. Qc2   (0:17)   Nh5      (0:40)
12. Bxh5  (0:40)   gxh5     (0:40)
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The 2008 Anand – Kramnik Times for Game 11

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This article lists the times taken by Anand and Kramnik for the moves of the 11th and final game of their 2008 World Chess Championship Match in Bonn.  Anand needed a draw to win the match; he got it today.

Game 11, October 29th, 2008

    Anand          Kramnik
    White          Black
 1. e4    (1:59)   c5   (1:58)
 2. Nf3   (1:59)   d6   (1:58)
 3. d4    (1:59)   cxd4 (1:58)
 4. Nxd4  (1:59)   Nf6  (1:58)
 5. Nc3   (1:59)   a6   (1:57)
 6. Bg5   (1:58)   e6   (1:57)
 7. f4    (1:58)   Qc7  (1:56)
 8. Bxf6  (1:56)   gxf6 (1:56)
 9. f5    (1:56)   Qc5  (1:51d)
10. Qd3   (1:42)   Nc6  (1:49)
11. Nb3   (1:38)   Qe5  (1:47d)
12. O-O-O (1:34)   exf5 (1:36d)
13. Qe3   (1:17)   Bg7  (1:11d)
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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 21

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This article lists the times taken for the moves of the 21st and final game of the World Chess Championship Match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer.  Fischer won this game to go 4 games ahead with only three to play.

For more games of the match, see the 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times Home Page

Game 21, August 31st-September 1st, 1972

    Spassky         Fischer
    White           Black
                    (ar)  (0:03)
 1. e4     (0:00)   c5    (0:04)
 2. Nf3    (0:01)   e6    (0:04)
 3. d4     (0:02)   cxd4  (0:04)
 4. Nxd4   (0:02)   a6    (0:04)
 5. Nc3    (0:04)   Nc6   (0:05)
 6. Be3    (0:05)   Nf6   (0:10)
 7. Bd3    (0:15)   d5    (0:14)
 8. exd5   (0:29)   exd5  (0:16)
 9. 0-0    (0:39)   Bd6   (0:19)
10. Nxc6   (0:53)   bxc6  (0:20)
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