Anand draws in 7th game

18th November 2013, Kuala Lumpur – Tonight’s game between Anand and Carlsen ended in a draw after the 32nd move. Anand played white in a Ruy Lopez opening. With this draw, Carlsen continues to lead 4.5-2.5 after the seventh game. Anand needs to win two games to level the score. It didn’t happen tonight.

[Event "FIDE World Chess Ch 2013 Chennai"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2013.11.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, V."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14. Kb1 b6 15. h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 20. Rh7 Rh8 21. Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf3 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. c3 Ne6 29. Kc2 Ng5 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qf2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

Links:

World Chess Championship 2013 (Chennai IND)
Sat 9th Nov 2013 - Thu 28th Nov 2013 - Official Site

WCh 2013 (2 players 12 Rds Match Indiv TC:120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)) - Games in PGN: Games| Live

(Photo by Anastasiya Karlovich)

Carlsen captures second victory in Chennai

17 November 2013, Kuala Lumpur – In Chennai, India, Magnus wins his second victory against Anand in the sixth game of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013. With this win, Magnus pulls ahead with a 4-2 scoreline against Anand.

The Ruy Lopez Opening transpired with the Berlin Defense variation. Carlsen played black in this game and won in the rook endgame.

The game viewer for the sixth game between Anand and Carlsen is shown below:-

Official website: http://chennai2013.fide.com

 

 

(Photo by Anastasiya Korlovich)

Carlsen pulls ahead with a win in 5th game!

16th November 2013, Kuala Lumpur - In Chennai, India, Magnus Carlsen manages to make a breakthrough win over Vishy Anand in the fifth game of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013. This win gives Carlsen a 3-2 lead over Anand in this 12 match series.

The official website reported that the challenger started the game with 1.c4 and after sidelining several popular openings, from Semi-Slav to Noteboom to Marshall Attack, the relatively rare 6.Nc3 brought about an interesting position that resembled Nimzo-Indian pawn structure.

Anand’s bishop was passive but it successfully protected the entry points on the 7th rank. Black also activated the rook along the 5th rank, according to the old Capablanca’s recipe.

White couldn’t break in and black pieces gradually gained activity. However, Anand still had to find the best moves just to stay in the game. He did so for some time until a careless check 45…Rc1+ cost him the a-pawn.

In the resulting rook endgame with ‘a’ and ‘h’ pawns white pieces were ideally placed to force the quick advance of the passer. Anand resigned after Carlsen got the second passer going.

 

Official website: http://chennai2013.fide.com

Caro-Kann 2nd Game Drawn, FIDE World Chess Championship 2013

10th November 2013, Kuala Lumpur – In Chennai, India, the Caro Kann opening was played with Anand playing white in the second game of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013. The game ended in an another draw after 25 moves.

The standings after two games is Anand 1 – 1 Carlsen. Vishy Anand is the defending World Champion and Magnus Carlsen the number one ranked player in the world is the current challenger.

In the first game, Carlsen playing white chose the Reti System an extremely conservative choice and the game ended in a draw in 16 moves and 90 minutes of play.

Link: http://chennai2013.fide.com

(picture from Chess Network)

Anand-Carlsen World Chess Championship 2013 in Chennai

5 November 2013, Kuala Lumpur - The FIDE World Chess Championship  match (FWCM) between the defending World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) and the Challenger Magnus Carlsen (Norway) starts this week in Chennai, India. The opening ceremony is scheduled for Thursday 7th of November 2013, while game 1 is going to take place on Saturday 9th of November.

It will be played over 12 matches and the first player scoring 6.5 points or more wins.

According to the official website, the FWCM 2013 shall be played over a maximum of twelve (12) games and the winner of the match shall be the first player to score 6.5 points or more. If the scores are level after the regular twelve (12) games, after a new drawing of colors, four (4) tie-break games shall be played. The games shall be played using the electronic clock starting with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move. In case the match is still drawn, a match of 2 games shall be played with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment after each move. In case of a level score, another 2-game match will be played to determine a winner. If still there is no winner after 5 such matches (total 10 games), one sudden-death game will be played.

Links:

World Chess Championship 2013 (Chennai IND)
Sat 9th Nov 2013 - Thu 28th Nov 2013 - Official Site

WCh 2013 (2 players 12 Rds Match Indiv TC:120m:60m:15m+30spm(61))