LIVE: World Chess Championship 2013 Game 8 - Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
Update: Game 8 is a quick draw. Magnus Carlsen playing with the white pieces plays out an easy draw.
World champion Viswanathan Anand drew the seventh match by repetition of moves against challenger and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
The scores after seven games is 4.5-2.5 in favour of the Norwegian challenger. In the remaining five games, Anand gets two whites and three black games. Carlsen appears to be the favourite at this juncture with the scoreline and trend favouring him.
Game 7 saw Anand opening again with the king pawn for the fourth time in the match. Carlsen responded with the Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez. It was his second choice opening after trying the Caro-Kann in game 2.
Carlsen will have the advantage of making the first move. Anand will have to make things difficult for Carlsen in the opening and middle game. The Norwegian has had an easy ride so far though he accepted in the post game press meet that he was ‘nervous’ during some games.
You can watch the match LIVE below
The moves of the game are given below:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 b5 31. b4 Kf7 32. h3 h6 33. h4 h5 ½-½
Some of the tweets coming in on the match:
Well, that game was as dead as a dodo… Hope, Vishy will show more fight in the next game… #AnandCarlsen
— Ismail Mohamed (@ismohd87) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 Yet another draw #MagnusCarlsen cruising towards his maiden #worldchesschampionship. #VishyAnand slipping further
— Williams 4Ever (@williams4ever) November 19, 2013
Game 8 drawn. Score now at 5-3 in favour of Carlsen #AnandCarlsen
— Bharadwaj Raghuraman (@aaju) November 19, 2013
Game 8 of #FWCM2013 between #AnandCarlsen ended in another draw..!! Carlsen is moving towards his title of WC.. @ChessClubLive @SusanPolgar
— ImAmol (@amolnwagle) November 19, 2013
Bloodbath on the board….#AnandCarlsen
— Rahul Bhangadia (@thisisrmb) November 19, 2013
Anand’s expression says it all… #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 pic.twitter.com/Td3qO0n2Kj
— herneoakshield (@Herneoakshield) November 19, 2013
Virtual slaughter: By move 21, a Knight n Rook + 2 Bishops *each* off the board. #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— madmadrasi (@madmadrasi) November 19, 2013
A.N.A.N.D. = Agree No Attacks Nick Draw #AnandCarlsen
— BnR (@BetNotRoulette) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen bout hottest trending # on Twitter- http://t.co/kcli34KU0b #FWCM2013 pic.twitter.com/C8ZBxHHmvA
— TnieSports (@TNIESports) November 19, 2013
Magnus plays confidently at rapid chess pace. It’s a world championship game. Comfortably drawing to win the crown. #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— Andreas Sjostrom (@AndreasSjostrom) November 19, 2013
Today it was the day to play 1…c5, Vishy… :-/ #AnandCarlsen pic.twitter.com/Sb7HGCVXvk
— David Llada (@lladini) November 19, 2013
@themariebalto @DRMWZRD It’s sad #VishyAnand not playing to his strength #Fireworksontheboard #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Williams 4Ever (@williams4ever) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen Sympathy for #anand ..//// HE can not make it happen
— Shashi Ranjan Kumar (@ranjan_srk) November 19, 2013
We’ve had the ‘Thriller in Manila’, this is the ‘shut-eye in Chennai’….. #AnandCarlsen
— James Coleman (@jcoleman1976) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 Both players are up from the slumber….Tania is back !!
— Bond Lady (@wideclops) November 19, 2013
This #FWCM2013 #anandcarlsen match not doing much for chess – need the variation of a round robin format with the top 8 world players
— Mark Watts (@MarkFPWatts) November 19, 2013
Looks like a repeat of 1995: 2 points down and simply content not to be punched any more #AnandCarlsen
— Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess) November 19, 2013
Every second counts for Anand- http://t.co/jKg6mKMzUe #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 pic.twitter.com/pu8AHOog5G
— TnieSports (@TNIESports) November 19, 2013
Shouldn’t Anand play Re8 here? #AnandCarlsen
— diptanjan s p (@DipMeteor) November 19, 2013
Anand looks totally frustrated with the situation, while Carlsen looks like he’s gonna fall asleep any minute. #AnandCarlsen
— Janne Strang (@jannestrang) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen #Chess Magnus preparation with #Berlin is #perfect his position is strong. Anand won in 2011 2010 with Black but its over now!
— Neur0z0ne (@Neur0z0ne) November 19, 2013
Vishy looking really worried there, have to say even as a chess newbie I can see why. #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— herneoakshield (@Herneoakshield) November 19, 2013
Carlsen has got a “what’s going on here” expression at the moment. Another draw likely here #AnandCarlsen
— TnieSports (@TNIESports) November 19, 2013
And now the great Magnus is falling asleep on the board #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Manuel Belli (@manuelbelli) November 19, 2013
#anandcarlsen also part of magnus’ match strategy is to take the game into the ending as quickly as possible and this variation does that
— michael penway (@parinda27) November 19, 2013
Should’ve played the Sicilian #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen #boooring
— Marie Baltodano (@themariebalto) November 19, 2013
Enjoy some of those fun pictures. There’s no animosity between these 2. They like & respect each other @FWCM2013 #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 19, 2013
Most boring game ever. Chess is going back to its stereotype! Im not entertained. #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Marie Baltodano (@themariebalto) November 19, 2013
After 22 moves its equal with neither of the two having an upper hand. The match is set for another draw #AnandCarlsen
— TnieSports (@TNIESports) November 19, 2013
Man, this has been a doll game from day 1. Half the time control, 2 games per day, 24 game match. #AnandCarlsen
— PistolPete (@VamosPistolPete) November 19, 2013
The Anand – Carlsen mutual stare? :) @FWCM2013 #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen pic.twitter.com/88nPZAkkN5
— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 19, 2013
Vishy Anand for the first time in the championship match is not wearing a jacket. Wish Vishy goodluck: http://t.co/FXyrhO9ufF #AnandCarlsen
— New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) November 19, 2013
Even the young active Carlsen now want to put a soon end to this misery and start to trade pieces @FWCM2013 #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— Manuel Belli (@manuelbelli) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 Magnus played his 20 moves in 10 minuts and it’s already a clear message to Anand : Beat this! ..if you can ;) #draw
— Neur0z0ne (@Neur0z0ne) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 GM Ramesh is a funny guy! I like his stories a lot. Susan should let him talk sometimes too!
— DRMWZRD (@DRMWZRD) November 19, 2013
I’d hate to play Carlsen his body language comes across as hes bored with the game play has to knock your confidence #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— herneoakshield (@Herneoakshield) November 19, 2013
Anand main strategy on @FWCM2013 #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen is to bore to death his opponent and all audience worldwide then loose or draw
— Manuel Belli (@manuelbelli) November 19, 2013
Today is do or die for Anand. #AnandCarlsen – all the best #Anand.
— Abdulla Madumoole (@AMadumoole) November 19, 2013
Carlsen happy to trade off all the pieces looking for another quick draw. #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen #TrickyKnight
— CzTeacherMan (@CzTeacherMan) November 19, 2013
@FWCM2013 @SusanPolgar Could Carlsen be demostrating Zermelo’s theorem? We need super computers on this game. #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— Lars Joar Hognestad (@larshognestad) November 19, 2013
Playing for draw from start as white may not be illegal, but it maybe should be. #AnandCarlsen
— Janne Strang (@jannestrang) November 19, 2013
Exclusive pic: The look AFTER the handshake :) @FWCM2013 #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen pic.twitter.com/6AdyM0K235
— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 19, 2013
The question is, is Anand lulling Carlsen into a false sense of security, or a true one? #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 @FWCM2013
— Karthik Madathil (@kmadathil) November 19, 2013
to play og not to play bishop f5 … what a quote! #chess #AnandCarlsen
— Rasmus Carlsen (@Rasmus_Carlsen) November 19, 2013
@ginger_gm I’m somewhat shocked he didn’t; given he’s been outplayed in quiet positions, Berlin seems a capitulation. #AnandCarlsen
— Andrew Wiese (@AndrewWiese) November 19, 2013
RT @SusanPolgar: Carlsen – Anand game 8 no look handshake :) @FWCM2013 #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen pic.twitter.com/1YwC1JgyJB
— Pablo Rodríguez (@Suanzes) November 19, 2013
#FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen Within the first 15 minutes all major pieces have gone from the board.
— Radhakrishna Sharma (@MatKarma) November 19, 2013
12 games is way too short #FWCM2013 #anandcarlsen
— Mark Watts (@MarkFPWatts) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 Chess coaches around the world will give Carlsen’s example to their wards who are fixated with #chessopenings.
— Williams 4Ever (@williams4ever) November 19, 2013
Looks like a fine position for @MagnusCarlsen after the opening, small advantage and very limited chance for losing? #AnandCarlsen
— Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS) November 19, 2013
@FWCM2013 expected ….. It’s not good for anand to have carlsen with a rook during end game #AnandCarlsen
— SRIRAAM DHILIBAN (@sriraamdhiliban) November 19, 2013
All the best Anand sir. #fwcc2013 #AnandCarlsen
— kavita bapat (@kavitabapat) November 19, 2013
Carlsen is playing a line which I thought I “invented” 7 yrs ago I always lost badly, I hope so do Carlsen#GoVishy #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013
— Siddharth Patel (@sidoknowia) November 19, 2013
Anand has played the Berlin defence that Carlsen has been using with the black #AnandCarlsen
— TnieSports (@TNIESports) November 19, 2013
@ChessNetwork is this bullet chess and we missed the memo? :P #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— Rest Petrovic (@MidnightDota) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen quick moves!
— Ashok Karri (@akarri) November 19, 2013
@MagnusCarlsen his approach is like he is toying with tha game. taking up opponents strategy #AnandCarlsen
— Tushar (@Tusharchb) November 19, 2013
Carlsen opens with e4, based on about 3 million games stats (http://t.co/zQ6iSJU6s3), odds aren’t in Anand’s favor. #AnandCarlsen
— vishnu (@vishnu_db9) November 19, 2013
WTF, Vishy, here is your chance to play a Najdorf, and you play the Berlin? I don’t get this anymore. #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— Martin Bennedik (@bennedik) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 Someone should remind Anand he’s two points down in this match…
— Gumball Watterson (@Gumball331) November 19, 2013
#AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 #MagnusCarlsen starts #Game8 with white pieces and #Ruylopez #Berlinvariation it is. gotto love Magnus
— Williams 4Ever (@williams4ever) November 19, 2013
Best wishes to Vishwanathan Anand for his today’s game #AnandCarlsen #Chess
— Manish Prasad (@_manish25) November 19, 2013
Game 8 – Carlsen white. I like Carlsen’s chances. Even if a draw, all smiles for team Carlsen! #AnandCarlsen #FWCM2013 @ChessNetwork
— Joel Meekings (@JoelMeekings) November 19, 2013
Good luck to both players this morning #FWCM2013 #AnandCarlsen
— ChampionshipChessSet (@SACchess) November 19, 2013