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Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen in action during game 11 of the World Chess Championship.
World Chess Championship:
Magnus Carlsen Wins Game 11 vs Viswanathan Anand, Defends Title
Viswanathan Anand lost Game 11 to Magnus Carlsen, who successfully defended his the World Chess Championship in Sochi.
Reported by: Indo-Asian News Service Last updated on Sunday, 23 November, 2014 22:20 IST
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Carlsen scored 6.5 points first to retain the title that he wrested from Anand last year.
As predicted earlier Anand played it safe in the initial phase of the game as he was trailing a point behind Carlsen.
Playing white, Carlsen opened by pushing his king pawn two squares forward. The game soon transposed into Ruy Lopez-Berlin defence.
And as it happened in the earlier games, Carlsen went in for exchange of queens.
On move 9, Anand moved his white bishop to d7 square which was considered as a fighting move.
Both the players blitzed their moves consuming around five minutes for the first 12 moves.
"Again Berlin defence-third time by Anand. It is unclear whether they played the prepared moves.
Seems Carlsen did not expect Berlin defence," World number 26 and Indian Grandmaster P. Harikrishna
told IANS.
At the end of 13th move, Carlsen's minor pieces were ready to come into play but the same could not
be said so for Anand as his rooks and black bishop were rooted to their original squares.
"The Berlin defence is like that. Initially black pieces would seem to be inactive but they play an active
role in a passive manner," Harikrishna said.
Two moves later, Anand opened up his king side by pushing his g file pawn two squares. Carlsen had
castled on the king side. The game taxied along with Carlsen moving his knight to control space as well
as constrict Anand's pieces to the back rank.
On move 23, Anand offered a pawn sacrifice playing b5. However Carlsen declined the sacrifice to avoid
any complications. Computer engines showed Anand could end up with a passed pawn on the c file.
On move 24, Anand went for exchange sacrifice giving up his rook for Carlsen's black bishop.
But the game plan backfired as Anand did not have sufficient counter play. All Carlsen had to do was to
bide his time. "It was a bluff," termed Harikrishna about Anand's exchange sacrifice.
On move 31, Carlsen simplified his position by going in for knight exchange.
And the end for Anand came soon.
