World Chess Championship 2014

[BeyondCritics]

Seemingly 42...Re3! was critical here. And now not 43.Rd7?+ Kh6! 44.Rxb7 Rb3 45.Rxb3 axb3+ 46.Ka1 Qxh2 winning but 43.Qd1! Qxd1 44.Rxd1...
[d]8/1p4k1/5pp1/8/p4P2/P3r3/KP5P/3R4 b - - 0 44
Now after the natural 44...Rb3 white seemingly can hold the balance with 45.Rd8 (i will spare you the lines here) therefore: 44...Rf3!? and now 45.Rd7+ Kh6 46.Rxb7 Rxf4 and now the best try according to the latest stockfish is 47.b3 Rf2+ 48.Kb1 axb3 49.Rxb3 Rxh2 but this seems to loose
[d]8/8/5ppk/8/8/PR6/7r/1K6 w - - 0 28
50.a4 Rh5! 51.Rb5 g5 52.a5 g4 53.Rxh5 Kxh5 and this is a table base win for black:
54.a6 g3 55.a7 g2 56.a8=Q g1=Q+ and wins in 51 moves:
[d]Q7/8/5p2/7k/8/8/8/1K4q1 w - - 0 35

[jdart]

Anand was in serious trouble and was lucky to draw. Somehow Carlsen activated his pieces and got Anand in a difficult position. Svidler in the live commentary kept saying the word "unpleasant" to describe White's endgame.

--Jon

[reflectionofpower]

Anand was in serious trouble and was lucky to draw. Somehow Carlsen activated his pieces and got Anand in a difficult position. Svidler in the live commentary kept saying the word "unpleasant" to describe White's endgame.

--Jon

This is a psychological victory for Anand then. I think he'll win the second game because of it.

[yanquis1972]

thats certainly an interesting take on psychology..

[reflectionofpower]

thats certainly an interesting take on psychology..

He's the underdog, he didn't play for the short draw like last time and he squeaked out a draw in an "unpleasant" position so he should feel less nervous and more confident. The first match he just psyched himself right out of the match before it even began.

It's Magnus,youngest WC, strongest in history, blah,blah,blah He does have the experience and that will count once he gets his bearings.

[yanquis1972]

and i just dont see how scraping out a draw with white in the first game is going to do much for that confidence. but i hope youre right. id like vishy to get one last hurrah before the reign of magnus truly begins.

[reflectionofpower]

and i just dont see how scraping out a draw with white in the first game is going to do much for that confidence. but i hope youre right. id like vishy to get one last hurrah before the reign of magnus truly begins.

It was better than losing the first game of a world championship match which would have been disastrous so he did not win against the world champion, he drew him which is an even wash.

[AdminX]

[pgn]
[Event "FWCM 2014"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3
Re8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nc4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ra3 Nf8 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 Rd8 17. Qh5 f6 18. Nf5 Be6 19. Rg3 Ng6 20. h4 Bxf5 21. exf5
Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rc3 c5 24. Re6 Rab8 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. Rce4 Rb7
28. Qe2 b5 29. b3 bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb4 31. Re7 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 f3+ 34. g3
h5 35. Qb7 1-0
[/pgn]

[reflectionofpower]

[pgn]
[Event "FWCM 2014"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3
Re8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nc4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ra3 Nf8 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 Rd8 17. Qh5 f6 18. Nf5 Be6 19. Rg3 Ng6 20. h4 Bxf5 21. exf5
Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rc3 c5 24. Re6 Rab8 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. Rce4 Rb7
28. Qe2 b5 29. b3 bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb4 31. Re7 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 f3+ 34. g3
h5 35. Qb7 1-0
[/pgn]

I remember going on ICC and looking at the black's position after his 19th move and it looked like he was coming under attack.

Houdini 4 liked Bh6, as well as Zappa Dissident,Junior 2010 (psycho),StockfishMZ & Deep Fritz 13 34) ... h5?? was the howler, other than that he could've held the position. He must have choked cause anyone can see that you do not want the Q & R hooking up together at the G spot.

Other programs liked h4, some veered towards Qg4

[gerold]

Nice game but Carlsen really out played Anand the whole game. Very good game. If this game is any indication looks like Carlsen will win without any real strong play from Anand.