Breaking News: World Chess Championship 2013 - chennai
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10-11-2013, 04:00 PM
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World Chess Championship 2013 - chennai
Chennai: World champion Viswanathan Anand started his title defence in style, holding off world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway to a draw in quick time in the first game of the World chess championship on Saturday. Anand, with black pieces, showed the world that he has come well prepared for the most challenging match yet.
The Indian gave no chance to Carlsen who started with the Reti opening and got nothing with his first white game. The quick draw, lasting a mere 16 moves, proved Anand's preparation right as Magnus spent more time on the clock in the opening and still could not get the complicated and sometimes lifeless positions wherein he famously outplays opposition. There was much speculation about Anand going for a sharp position and he did not disappoint his backers. "I know after two moves its Reti, after that I don't know what it is," said Anand smilingly in the post match conference. After Anand's 10th move Carlsen thought he had no chances and went for the repetition of moves by force. However, the highest rated player in the world did not think he was worse at any point in the game. "I would not have minded if he (Anand) had continued, my long term prospects are not bad," Carlsen said. Anand simply repeated the knight moves while Carlsen moved his queen a few times to get the same position three times. The players immediately shook hands. It was a position akin to the Grunfeld for Anand and he did not opt for a locked structure. His ninth move created the imbalance that the Indian wanted and Carlsen conceded that white had nothing after the tenth move. The Norwegian superstar said he was quite happy that he could start the match but not with the way it went. "I am happy that finally the match is on, hopefully we will give you more than one and a half hour," he said mentioning the duration of the game. With the first match done, Anand will now be playing with white pieces in the second game on Sunday. The 12-game match carries Rs 14 crore as prize money. Read more at: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/world-chess-c...ef_article |
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13-11-2013, 09:54 AM
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RE: World Chess Championship 2013 - chennai
After measuring each other up with two back-to-back draws, Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen are expected to play a bit more openly in Game 3.
Earlier on Saturday, Anand started his title defence playing with black pieces but held the world number one Carlsen to a draw. In the second game, Carlsen showed that he was made of sterner stuff and pulled back the attention on himself with an easiest of draws. This time Anand played with white pieces. Third game also completed with drawn |
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14-11-2013, 11:08 AM
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The fourth game is completed with drawn
Tomorrow the fifth game Anand and carlson - 2 points |
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15-11-2013, 12:20 PM
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RE: World Chess Championship 2013 - chennai
Fifth Game is Today
Live on - DD Sports - 3.30 pm |
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16-11-2013, 11:11 PM
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Chennai: World champion Viswanathan Anand struggled once again with his white pieces and suffered a painful defeat against challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the sixth game of the World Chess Championship on Saturday.
After a shocking loss from a drawn position in the fifth game, Anand looked prepared to strike back but the Berlin defence yet again came in his way as Carlsen demonstrated his superior skills on the board once more in a drawn endgame to beat the world champion. The Indian is now at a make-or-break situation and the next game will be most crucial to the final outcome of the match. As things stand, after six games and half way through, Carlsen leads the match 4-2, needing just 2.5 points more from next six to become the next world champion. Anand had his hopes pinned on the king pawn but the Berlin defense has troubled the best players in the world in the last decade. Team Anand had not found anything in the main line and it was evident from the fact that Anand went for the closed Ruy Lopez, often a simple reprieve when one wants to avoid the intricacies of the Berlin defense. Anand decided to try his chances in the middle game arising out a close variation. Carlsen was game for it if the opening and middle game was any indication. The Norwegian gave nothing away and by the 20th move it was a level position on board for Anand with not much to look upto. However the match situation suggested otherwise, Anand had to play on for a win and that's what he decided to do, unfortunately the plan boomeranged. Carlsen, with his immaculate understanding of almost all kind of positions, neutralized white's initiative in the middle game and when a queen and rook with pawns endgame arose on the board, it was already clear that the Norwegian was calling the shots. Pushed back on the defensive third time in as many games as white, Anand fumbled, probably this might be the costliest fumble for him ever, as he allowed Carlsen to get a pawn plus rook endgame. Theoretically the position was still drawn, but then that was the case in the prvious game of the match too. Yet again, Carlsen provoked Anand to do something to solve matters quickly and the defending champion realized how hard it is to achieve it against the 'Mozart of chess'. The endgame was drawn till move 56 according to the experts of the game. Then Anand made one mistake after another and it was all over 11 moves later. In the post game conference, Carlsen said he is happy to have a healthy lead at the half way stage in the match. Anand needs to do everything right to be back in the match. Things look very difficult for the Indian as of now, especially after two back-to-back losses from drawn endgame. |
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18-11-2013, 12:28 PM
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Chennai: The crown slipping away from his hands, defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have to pull himself together and produce a couple of sterling efforts to come back in the World Chess Championship match against Norwegian Magnus Carlsen.
With the scores reading 4-2 in favour of Carlsen and just six games to come, the Norwegian is well on track to win his maiden world title in his first match itself. Carlsen has clearly dictated the course of the match so far and Anand needs to do a 'Houdini' of sorts if he has to remain in the match. As things stand, Carlsen needs just 2.5 points in the next six games to prove youth's supremacy over experience. While the championship started on a predictable course no one had expected Anand to cave in so easily. The defending champion is feeling the heat and the way the last two losses have come, they are sure to dampen the spirits. Carlsen had started as the favourite and he is living upto that. Everyone, who understands chess, knows his style, which are long and tiring grinds where he creates complications out of nothing and then almost hypnotises opponents into making mistakes. This has been the hallmark of the world number one and in this championship too, he has carried on in similar vein. Anand has been looking at forcing variations both as white and black but has not succeeded as Carlsen's plans have proved to be better. One Caro Kann and two Berlin defense in the three black games have given nothing away to Anand and the Indian in fact has found very little going his way. On the contrary, Carlsen has succeeded in creating exactly the kind of positions he wanted out of nonchalant, in fact, almost forgettable openings. The Norwegian has presented a new style to the chess world wherein home preparation takes a backseat. Anand, if anything, seemed stressed. Normally, the one to keep emotions in check, the local hero had a mild loss of temper during the press conference after game six. "I mean, today was a heavy blow. I will not pretend otherwise. Nothing to be done, you just go on," he said. A Norwegian journalist asked how he would deal with it, to which Anand answered: "Well you just do your best." The same journalist wanted him to elaborate on his answer, to which Anand answered: "Doing your best means doing your best. I don't know why you don't understand English?" It is never too easy to take such losses in stride and even more difficult to attend a press conference soon after such pressing defeats. Fortunately for Anand, it's not over yet. He still has three white games and he needs to wins to equalise. The Indian ace needs to pull himself together to make a match of it. Monday is when he he will his white pieces again. If he can turn the clock back a little by winning one, then a lot can still happen. Team Anand has a lot to do on the rest day. Plan 'B' has to be initiated. |
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21-11-2013, 12:00 PM
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Chennai: With four games to go, defending champion Viswanathan Anand will probably have one last chance in the ninth game to defend his title against challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the ongoing World Chess Championship on Thursday.
With eight games gone, Anand is down but still not out. It's a two-game deficit for the Indian ace and the ninth game would decide the course of the match as Anand plays white on Thursday. Carlsen has been the pick between the two and he appears completely relax with his 5-3 lead. It's a now or never situation for Anand as he has just two white games left. A victory in the ninth game will reduce the deficit to just one point and can unsettle Carlsen who is playing his first serious match. After four draws and two losses, the situation has brewed up before Anand can go for his comeback act. The last two games were the easiest draws that he could have hoped for. The eighth game, in fact, was over in just under 75 minutes, giving the impression that Carlsen is also a contented man. The Chess pundits had predicted that Anand will try to claw his way back in the match soon after the sixth game loss but the composure on Anand's face tells a different story about his plans. The king of the 64 squares knows pretty well the match situation and now the time has come to show if he has any aces up his sleeves. Carlsen, on the other hand, has been rock solid and apart from the third game, he has not shown any weakness in the match so far. Add to that the two defeats handed out to Anand after gruelling battles and we know that the future of chess for the next few years is around. A Carlsen's victory at this point of the match is anyone's guess but those who have known Anand also know that he is a tireless fighter and the Indian can turn things around on Thursday. Anand too has made it clear that he will come back harder in the next game. "The match situation explains itself and I guess it's my job to liven things up but I guess I will try in the next game," Anand had said. In the ninth game on Thursday, Anand will play with white and chances of going for a win are high because after this the Indian will get white only in the penultimate game and by then it may be too late. On the other hand if this plan boomeranged, then there is no looking back. If Anand losses one more game, the match is as good as ever. What Carlsen needs is 1.5 points from next four games. For Anand just one victory can liven things up. |
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22-11-2013, 11:06 AM
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Viswanathan Anand loses Game 9, Magnus Carlsen a draw away from title
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24-11-2013, 09:35 AM
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A grandmaster at 13 and a world champion at 22 - Magnus Carlsen certainly knows how to breach a fortress with carefully planned and timed moves, that take him to an unarmed King and his throne.
With his victory over five-time world champion from India, Viswanathan Anand, in Chennai, the baby-faced assassin from Norway not only has the crown sitting on his head but also the highest rating in the history of world chess. He was just 13 when sitting on the other side of the table to Gary Kasparov with a chess board between them. Kasparov, arguably the best chess player the world has seen, didn't win that game; the legend from Russia had to settle for a draw. arlsen grew up watching his sisters placing the chess pieces on a chequered black-and-white board. And it didn't take him long to develop fancy for bringing a citadel down. By 10, he had made winning tournaments a habit. Then, there was no looking back. Many consider Carlsen as the complete player since Kasparov, gifted with the skills of strategising, memory, concentration and mental toughness. He doesn't mind playing long, draining games; if anything, he enjoys to tire his opponents down into making tactical errors. Unlike most chess players, Carlsen is a poster boy too - having already made an appearance as a model for a Dutch clothing company and ranked by UK magazine Cosmopolitan among 'The Sexiest Men of 2013'. Not that Carlsen's good looks will add glamour to chess, but the crown he won in Chennai surely marks the beginning of a new era in world chess. |
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