LIVE: World Chess Championship 2013 Game 10 - Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
Update: The 10th game of the 2013 World Chess Championship has ended in a draw, which means that Magnus Carlsen has been crowned the new World Champion, having taken an unassailable 6.5-3-5 lead in the 12-game series.
Having won Game 9, Magnus Carlsen has left Anand completely driven to the wall; nothing less than a win in Game 10 can help the Indian stay afloat in the tournament. Carlsen’s last victory, which came after 28 moves, has seen the 22-year-old take an almost unassailable lead of 6-3 over Anand, and the challenger is only a draw away from his world championship.
You can watch the match LIVE below -
The moves of the game are given below -
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rac1 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. h3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 Kf8 21. Qb2 Kg8 22. a4 Qh5 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Rc3 24. Rc3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe5 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. Re3 Rd7 28. a5 Qg5 29. e5 Ne8 30. exd6 Rc6 31. f4 Qd8 32. Red3 Rcxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Kc5 Kc7 40. Nc3 Nf5 41. Ne4 Ne3 42. g3 f5 43. Nd6 g5 44. Ne8+ Kd7 45. Nf6+ Ke7 46. Ng8+ Kf8 47. Nxh6 gxf4 48. gxf4 49. Nxf5+ exf5 50. Kb6 Ng2 51. Kxb7 Nxf4 52. Kxa6 Ne6 53. Kb6 f4 54. a6 f3 55. a7 f2 56. a8=Q f1=Q 57. Qd5 Qe1 58. Qd6 Qe3+ 59. Ka6 Nc5+ 60. Kb5 Nxb3 61. Qc7+ Kh6 62. Qb6+ Qxb6+ 63. Kxb6 Kh5 64. h4 Kxh4 65. c5 Nxc5 ½-½
Here are some of the tweets coming in on the match:
An exchange of Queens and Carlsen becomes the World Champion! #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Andrew Veda (@AndrewVeda) November 22, 2013
It’s over! @MagnusCarlsen is the new World Champion! #AnandCarlsen — Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS) November 22, 2013
Looks like Anand won’t stop fighting till’ the fight is done like a true champion #AnandCarlsen — Evan Dennehy (@EvanDennehy) November 22, 2013
Awesome game .. This chess championship is like a guide for end games :-D amazing game by both. We want more chess #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— Aravindh Ram (@aravindhram) November 22, 2013
Amusingly, #Anand promoted the old-fashioned way (put a queen on the board right away instead of f1 first, then a queen) #AnandCarlsen
— Natalia Pogonina (@Pogonina) November 22, 2013
Will people now follow Magnus’s style to the extent of sitting like this during games? . #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen pic.twitter.com/rfXcfHDGkE — GaryLanechess (@garylanechess) November 22, 2013
These two gave everything they had in this game. Big applause for these 2 warriors. @FWCM2013 #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen — Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 22, 2013
Amazing endgame today. Win/lose/draw doesn’t matter – it’s a thriller. #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Harsha Kollaramajalu (@hkollar) November 22, 2013
Magnus cannot lose this. This should be a draw, unless Vishy blunders. @FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 This is the end of the road.
— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 22, 2013
Carlsen got the Queen first. Anand got the queen too!! #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 — Harsha Kollaramajalu (@hkollar) November 22, 2013
Magnus calculated everything out. He’s confident that he’s not losing. Amazing. He saw all of it. Incredibly complicated @FWCM2013 #FWCM2013 — Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 22, 2013
Even if he loses today, Carlsen is a deserving WC. Going in for 20 something move complication instead of a draw in hand. #FWCM2013
— ????????? (@balachandarzh) November 22, 2013
Magnus was playing the ending for win without any risk involved… until NOW :) Taking the pawn on h6… and a plunge ! #AnandCarlsen
— lestrelin guillaume (@GLestrelin) November 22, 2013
With correct play, draw. But this is insanely difficult to calculate, long variations! @FWCM2013 #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen — Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 22, 2013
that’s confidence. #Carlsen #AnandCarlsen pic.twitter.com/ASvzLmluke — Christoph Prager (@c_prager) November 22, 2013
Very tense end to the World Championship. Carlsen could take the title if he wanted to settle for a draw – but he wants to win.#AnandCarlsen
— John Foley (@ChessScholar) November 22, 2013
Carlsen’s sponsors bought beer for everyone in the Norwegian lounge. Had Anand been winning, we would not have even got a samosa #FWCM2013
— Vishnu Prasad (@visheprasad) November 22, 2013
Magnus is probably calculating Nh5 and checking whether he is safe and/or winning if Vishy tries to win the knight with Kf7. #AnandCarlsen
— Jonathan Rowson (@Jonathan_Rowson) November 22, 2013
@SusanPolgar @FWCM2013 Yes, it is great that they are both playing the game out. Both deserve credit #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— ChampionshipChessSet (@SACchess) November 22, 2013
It seems that Magnus is pushing. He is not playing for draw. @FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 Nh5 is strong.
— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 22, 2013
After 44.Ne8+ I’m feeling ever so slightly excited by the still unlikely prospect that Magnus might overpress and lose. #AnandCarlsen
— Jonathan Rowson (@Jonathan_Rowson) November 22, 2013
Norway’s biggest bank DNB had to close their employees access to #AnandCarlsen live coverages because it was slowing the network.
— Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS) November 22, 2013
Everyone bemoaning “end of an era” forgets that Anand can simply challenge again and win back his championship. #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— Gabriel Rice (@realgabrielrice) November 22, 2013
Carlsen’s manager @Agdestein thinks the Norwegian is going to win today. Anand looks like he thinks so too #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Vishnu Prasad (@visheprasad) November 22, 2013
@CzTeacherMan It would be considered rude if White offers a draw here. Just professional etiquette. @FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 22, 2013
All these are chess followers in chennai, hyatt..problem solving while fowlling the #anandcarlsen duel pic.twitter.com/4eEYaoxrIG
— neeru bhatia (@neerubhatia3) November 22, 2013
For a change its Knight ending rather than rook ending and Anand is suffering again #AnandCarlsen .
— Sethuraman (@sethuramanchess) November 22, 2013
#FWCM2013 Even ‘The tiger of Madras’ has to stand aside one day. The Norwegian wolf is in town…
— Carl Portman (@Carl_Portman) November 22, 2013
In this game 10 @vishy64theking is in strange position.. cant win , cant draw and also cant resign ! #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Prasad Bhave (@PVBhave) November 22, 2013
An awkward endgame for Vishy. He will probably draw, but I am not certain. #AnandCarlsen
— Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess) November 22, 2013
Knight endgames are very tricky!! #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— DRMWZRD (@DRMWZRD) November 22, 2013
So instead of 30.Nc3 Carlsen plays 30.ed6; he is human after all. #AnandCarlsen
— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess) November 22, 2013
exd6 is so unlike Carlsen. He gave Anand scope to play. #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Andrew Veda (@AndrewVeda) November 22, 2013
2 of Magnus Carlsen’s 3 victories over the course of 9 games so far have come with black pieces. #AnandCarlsen
— Bhupesh (@Bhupsi10) November 22, 2013
#FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen @LawrenceTrentIM Magnus found the best way to draw: by reaching a winning position.
— Jesper de Groote (@JesperdeGroote) November 22, 2013
28…Qg5?! – engines give 29.e5 now, followed by 30.Nc3-a4-b6; entirely thematic and leading to a won position for White. #AnandCarlsen
— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess) November 22, 2013
#FWCM2013 If this was a boxing match, the referee would have stepped in and stopped it now.
— Carl Portman (@Carl_Portman) November 22, 2013
If Vishy wants to make a draw, he should offer it soon. If he waits too long, he could be going down #AnandCarlsen
— Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess) November 22, 2013
It also reminds one how much the standards of play have gone up in the past two decades or so. What is the limit for a human? #AnandCarlsen
— Natalia Pogonina (@Pogonina) November 22, 2013
#FWCM2013 I want to say India has gone a great job hosting the match.
— Danny Woodall (@NDN74) November 22, 2013
White has to make a huge blunder or a number of small mistakes in order for Anand to win, says former World Champ @SusanPolgar #AnandCarlsen
— TnieSports (@TNIESports) November 22, 2013
If @MagnusCarlsen wins, he will break his record and reach the highest ever rating with 2876. #AnandCarlsen
— Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS) November 22, 2013
Interesting Magnus avoids repetition and so Vishy sends his queen to the kingside #FWCM2013
— Malcolm Pein (@TelegraphChess) November 22, 2013
@Jonathan_Rowson Have to respect Magnus – he wants to become WC by winning, and not taking a tame draw. #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Graham Clayton (@Graham_Clayton) November 22, 2013
I don’t know if it’s poor form or over-satiation with chess,but Anand would’ve lost this match against other top players too. #AnandCarlsen
— Andrija Djuranovic (@andrijadj) November 22, 2013
Magnus turns down tacit draw offer and plays for the win. #itsonlytheworldchampionshiptitleafterall #AnandCarlsen
— Jonathan Rowson (@Jonathan_Rowson) November 22, 2013
Looks like Magnus wants to play and close out heroically, but is torn by the proximity of the title. #AnandCarlsen
— Jonathan Tisdall (@GMjtis) November 22, 2013
Ok, now that both Anand and Magnus have repeated moves, I am holding my #chess breath. #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Claudia Munoz (@chesscampeona) November 22, 2013
Anand is offering a repetition. This is it!! #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Ashwin Jayaram (@Ashwin148) November 22, 2013
Is Magnus playing for a win, despite only needing a draw? I seem to remember him doing that against Aronian recently. #FWCM2013
— derrick neese (@d_neese) November 22, 2013
“Could Magnus be the Justin Bieber of Chess?” – “There’s a huge difference between Justin Bieber & Carlsen: Magnus has talent.” #FWCM2013
— DeutscheSchachjugend (@Schachjugend) November 22, 2013
#AnandCarlsen match 10 underway. Nervous #Anand fans watch on screens outside. #Chess #Chennai #India #FIDE. pic.twitter.com/7B5WuaEC4u
— Nidhi Dutt (@nidhidutt) November 22, 2013
#AnandCarlsen Has there ever been a match between the World Champion and the Women’s World Champion. It would capture the media’s attention
— Mr Sittingbourne (@MrSittingbourne) November 22, 2013