[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[Annotator "Crowther, Mark"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 (9... Ne4) 10. bxc4 Nb6 {"It developed kind of fast. 10...Nb6
is a rather sharp idea basically forcing the play straight away. " Anand} 11.
c5 Nc4 12. Bc1 {Carlsen spent around 12 minutes here. "12.Bc1 was a bit of a
surprise." Anand.} (12. Qb3 {"To be honest I expected 12..Qb3 although after
12...Be6 black is probably doing fine. " Anand.} Be6 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qb3 {is a
possible repetition here.}) 12... Nd5 $1 (12... Ne4 {Wagner,F (2249)-Aring,G 
(2205) Gerlingen 2011 is at least equal for black.}) 13. Qb3 {"After 13.Qb3 I
can force this draw." Anand.} (13. Qe1 $2 Nb4 $1 {"is even getting very
unpleasant for white." Anand.} (13... Nc7 {is also good.})) 13... Na5 {Anand
decided to repeat because he didn't see any real advantage in the
complications of 13...b5.} (13... b5 $5 {would have led to some reasonably
interesting tactics.} 14. cxb6 {"14.cxb6 is what I thought he would play."
Anand.} (14. a4 $5) 14... Na5 15. Qb2 axb6 (15... Qxb6 {is quite interesting.}
16. e4 Nxc3 17. exf5) 16. Ne5 {"Ne5 I thought is keeping the balance reaonably
well." - Anand.} (16. e4 $5 {may be better.} Nxc3 17. exf5 Bxd4 18. Bh6)) 14.
Qa3 Nc4 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa3 Nc4 {1hr 8 mins vs 1hr 21 mins.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[Annotator "Crowther, Mark"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. e4 c6 {A small surprise from Carlsen as he hasn't played this move more
than half a dozen times before. However the Caro-Kann is an extremely
respectable opening which has featured many times in world championship
matches.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 {With
this move Carlsen seems to be inviting Anand to repeat his game against Liren
Ding from the Alekhine Memorial.} (7... Nd7 {is by far and away the most
popular choice here.}) (7... Nf6 {is the second most popular and 7...e6 only
the third but all have been played by black at the highest level. It's a
genuine choice.}) 8. Ne5 (8. h5 {is the other common move here.}) 8... Bh7 9.
Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ (11... Ngf6 {is an equally popular
continuation for black.}) (11... c5 {has also been played a few times.}) 12. c3
(12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4
Rad8 18. Qe3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 {1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D (2724)-Eljanov,P (2702)/Tromso
NOR 2013/The Week in Chess 980}) 12... Be7 {"It was a mild surprise. The
position after move 12 is a very sharp one and I hadn't really expected it,
that was clear. I had to decide if I wanted to fly blind or... I chose a
slightly solid line." - Anand.} 13. Bd2 {Not the sharpest.} 
(13. Nh5 {might well be the critical continuation.} Bxh4+
14. Kd1 Bf6 15. Kc2 Qe7) (13. Qf3 {also may be a try.} Bxh4 14. O-O) 13... Ngf6
14. O-O-O {Anand has had this position before this year, here he decides to
deviate from his game against Ding Liren from the Alekhine Memorial.} (14. Qe2
{So far no-one has used this move again.} c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. b4 O-O 17. O-O a5
18. a3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Ne4 axb4 21. cxb4 Qxe5 22. Bc3 Qc7 23. Rad1 Rad8
24. Qg4 g6 25. Nd6 e5 26. Qc4 Nb6 27. Qe4 Nd7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qf5 Bf6 30. Qxh5
Qc6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Qxe5 {1-0 Anand,V (2783)-Ding Liren (2707)/Paris/St
Petersburg FRA/RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 964}) (14. Qf3 $5 Qa5 15. c4 Qa6 16.
O-O Qb6) 14... O-O (14... c5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5
19. dxe5 Rfd8 20. h5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Kc2 Qd7 24. b3 Bf8
25. g4 Qb5 26. Bd2 Qa6 27. Kb2 Qf1 28. Qxb7 Qe2 29. Kc2 Qxg4 30. Qxa7 Qxh5 31.
Qb7 Qg6+ 32. Kc1 Qg1+ 33. Kc2 h5 34. a4 h4 35. Qf3 c4 36. b4 Qa1 37. f5 Qxa4+
38. Kc1 exf5 39. Qxf5 Qc6 40. Qg4 Be7 41. Kb2 Qd5 42. Be3 Qxe5 43. Bd4 Qh2+ 44.
Ka3 Bf8 45. Qc8 h3 46. Ka4 Qc2+ 47. Kb5 h2 48. Qa8 Qc1 {0-1 Inarkiev,E (2693)
-Eljanov,P (2702)/Poikovsky RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 982}) 15. Ne4 {Allowing
some piece exchanges.} (15. c4 {has been played in a couple of GM games and
was a clear alternative.}) 15... Nxe4 (15... Nxe5 {is an alternative.} 16. fxe5
(16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. fxe5 Bxh4 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Rh3 Bg5 20. Rdh1 f5) 16... Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Kb1 Rad8 20. Rde1 c5) 16. Qxe4 Nxe5 (16... f5 $6 {
doesn't look like a move Carlsen would ever play.} 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qd5 $6
(18... Qa5 19. Kb1 Rad8) 19. c4 Qd7 20. Bb4 Qe8 21. Bd6 c5 {1-0 Smeets,J (2613)
-Lauber,A (2465)/Forchheim GER 2012 (64) and white was well on top and went on
to win.}) (16... Nf6 {is a Khalifman suggestion whose line continues:} 17. Qb1
{already this looks very odd.} (17. Qe2 $5) 17... c5 (17... Qd5 18. g4 Ne4 19.
Rh2 Rad8) 18. g4 cxd4 19. g5 Nd5 (19... dxc3 $5 20. Bxc3) 20. gxh6 Qc7 $2 (
20... dxc3 21. Bxc3) 21. Rdg1 g5 22. c4 Bf6 23. Qe4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 {with a
crushing position for white in 1.e4 According to Anand by Khalifman but this
is a strange line.}) (16... a5 $5) 17. fxe5 Qd5 (17... Qa5 $6 18. Qg4) 18. Qxd5
$6 {It's Anand's turn to "pull the emergency brake" to use Carlsen's game one
phrase but it doesn't seem terribly necessary here and now black is at least
equal.} (18. Qg4 {was the obvious alternative for white and it has been seen
in a correspondence game.} f5 {Carlsen thought this less accurate but was
sufficient for a draw in this the only test and might very well be the best
here. Perhaps he feared Carlsen was still in preparation but this seems
unlikely given that Carlsen's suggestion here doesn't seem the best. Of course
hardly anyone tells the full truth at press conferences and Carlsen outright
refused to say where his preparation ended.} (18... Kh7 {was Carlsen's
suggestion after the game but it might not be that strong.} 19. Kb1 (19. Bg5 $5
) 19... f5 (19... Rad8 {although white seems better here too.}) 20. exf6 Rxf6
21. Bg5 Rg6 22. c4 $3 {Houdini and white is well on top.}) (18... Qxa2 19. Bxh6
Qa1+ 20. Kc2 Qa4+ 21. Kb1 {is winning for white.}) 19. Qg6 Qxa2 20. Bxh6 Rf7
21. g4 fxg4 22. Qxg4 a5 23. Rhg1 Bf8 24. Kc2 a4 25. Rdf1 Qb3+ 26. Kd3 Rxf1 27.
Rxf1 Qb5+ 28. c4 Qb3+ 29. Ke4 {1/2-1/2 Epure,C (2411)-Tikhobaev,A (2227)/ICCF
2010}) 18... cxd5 19. h5 b5 20. Rh3 {Black's queenside play is clear and quite
fast but white is just in time with his pressure on the kingside.} a5 21. Rf1
Rac8 {Inviting the draw seen in the game not that there is much to do to avoid
it.} 22. Rg3 {White best get on with forcing the draw before black arrives
with b4.} (22. Kb1 Kh7 23. Rhf3 Kg8 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 {is another draw.}
) 22... Kh7 23. Rgf3 {An attack on the vulnerable f7 pawn is white's main
counter-play here.} Kg8 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 {Carlsen is the first to deviate.} (3. Bg2 {was
chosen by Carlsen in game one.}) 3... dxc4 {White's opening is hardly critical
so grabbing a pawn to slow white's development seems a good test.} (3... c6) (
3... d4 {are both respectable and more commonly played alternatives.}) 4. Qa4+
(4. Na3 {is the main alternative.}) 4... Nc6 5. Bg2 (5. Qxc4) 5... Bg7 6. Nc3 (
6. O-O e5 7. Qxc4) 6... e5 {Grabbing a share of the centre.} (6... Nh6 7. Qxc4
Nf5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Bd2 Nfd4 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L (2575)-Dlugy,M (2545)/
London 1986 Was perfectly fine for black and led to an interesting game
settled on the run up to first time control.}) 7. Qxc4 (7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qe4 f6 11. f4 Ne7 12. fxe5 Bc6 $1 {was a nice line given
by Kasparov.}) 7... Nge7 8. O-O (8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qa4 Nd4
{1/2-1/2 Vukic,M (2482)-Palac,M (2565)/Neum BIH 2004}) 8... O-O 9. d3 h6 $5 (
9... Be6 {has been played more frequently.} 10. Qh4 Nf5 11. Qxd8 Rfxd8 12. Ng5
Bd7 13. Nge4 Nfe7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Rfc1
Nd4 19. Kf1 c5 20. Rab1 b6 21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Rc8 23. Rbb1 Rdc7 24. Bd2 Nef5
25. e3 Ne6 26. Nb5 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 a6 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Ke2 Kg8 31.
g4 Nd6 32. Bc6 Bf8 33. Nd5 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Nxb6 e4 36. d4 Nd3 37. Bd2 Nb5
38. Bb7 Nb4 39. a4 Nd6 40. Ba8 a5 {time 1-0 Stein,L-Averbakh,Y/Riga 1970/
URS-ch.} (40... a5 41. Bxb4 axb4 42. a5 $18)) 10. Bd2 Nd4 $5 $146 {starting to
exchange pieces and grabbing space.} (10... Be6 11. Qa4 Nd4 (11... f5 $5 {has
been very successful for black but has been only tested at a low level.}) 12.
Rfc1 f5 13. Ne1 c5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Rxb2 {was a draw in Kuzubov,Y (2624)
-Negi,P (2607) New Delhi 2011 (40 moves).}) 11. Nxd4 {"I missed some simple
things when I went for this whole 11.Nxd4, 12.Ne4, 13.Bb4 operation so I think
already then I misplayed something." - Carlsen.} (11. Rac1 Be6 12. Qa4 b6 {
seems fine for black.}) 11... exd4 12. Ne4 (12. Na4 Be6) 12... c6 13. Bb4 {
This seems to allow black complete equalisation but there doesn't seem to be
very much if anything for white here already. Carlsen commented that this
position wasn't a disaster because if he had had this as black it would be a
fairly common position from the Maroczy structure.} (13. h4 Be6 14. Qc1 Nf5 $11
) (13. Qc1 {may offer the best chances for something.} Kh7 14. Bb4 Be6 15. Nc5
Bc8 16. Re1) 13... Be6 14. Qc1 (14. Qc5 Nd5 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Rfc1) 14... Bd5 15.
a4 b6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a5 Rab8 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qf4 (20. Ra6)
20... Rd8 21. h4 Kh7 22. Nd2 {White's queen is terribly short of squares.} Be5
23. Qg4 h5 (23... f5 {was my thought when watching the game it seems black is
so in control he can play on either side of the board.} 24. Qh3 f4 $5 (24... h5
) 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. g4 Rb5) (23... Be6 {at first looks like it will lead to a
repetition but:} 24. Qf3 Bd5 25. e4 $5 Be6 (25... dxe3 $6 26. Qxe3 Re8 27. Nc4
Bxc4 28. Bxc6 Rec8 29. Bg2) 26. Qe2 Qb4 27. f4 Bg7 28. e5 {which also looks
better for white.}) 24. Qh3 Be6 25. Qh1 c5 26. Ne4 Kg7 27. Ng5 {"Here it felt
like white had more or less gotten enough counterplay, I'll have to check that
was indeed the case. I felt if we swapped light squared bishops white was not
risking anything to that rules out for me Bf5, Bg4 such moves and I didn't
really see where else I could go. Bb3 is a bit ridiculous so I decided just to
go for the opposite bishops." - Anand.} b5 $1 {Carlsen admitted he
"underestimated this plan with b5 giving up the bishop".} (27... Bf5 28. Bh3
Bxh3 29. Qxh3) (27... Bg4 28. Bf3 (28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 {transposes.}) 28...
f6 29. Ne4 Bd7) 28. e3 $6 {"I really didn't have any idea what was happening
next so I was happy to survive." - Carlsen. I think around here Carlsen lost
the thread of the position after being surprised by b5.} (28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29.
Bh3 {was Carlsen's initial intention but it "didn't seem to work out"
nevertheless most probably he should have played it.} Qe7 (29... f5 30. Qf3 Qf7
) 30. Qc6 c4 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Rxb2 {with a draw to follow.}) 28... dxe3
29. Rxe3 Bd4 $5 (29... Bxb2 $1 {is the best according to Houdini but only if
you see a finesse quite deep into the line.} 30. Rae1 Rb6 31. Bd5 (31. Bh3 {"I
thought white had full compensation, I didn't see the point in going for that.
" Anand.} Bd4 {is the move Houdini gives against this line of Anand's with
advantage to him.}) 31... Bd4 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 Qf8 $3 {Houdini} (33...
Rxe6 34. Nxe6+ Kh6 35. Nxd8 Qxd8 36. Qf3 {is completely equal.}) 34. Qg2 {when
black is better.}) 30. Re2 c4 {"I think I have enough counterplay here." Anand
didn't comment at all on 28.e3 suggesting that he didn't considered it an
important moment.} 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32. Be4 cxd3 33. Rd2 Qb4 $6 {Kasparov was
surprised Anand played this move so quickly.} (33... Rf8 $5 34. Bxd3 Qd6 35.
Qg2 Rxf2 36. Rxf2 Rf8 37. Raf1 Bxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Rxf2 39. Qxf2 Qxd3) 34. Rad1 Bxb2
(34... Rf8 {"The thing is we were getting very short of time. Even if I win
the pawn on f2 if he plays Bd3 and Qe4 I don't see how I'm better. It seems to
me my upside was quite limited anyway." Anand.} 35. Bxd3 (35. Kh2 {doesn't
seem any better.}) 35... Rxf2 (35... Qd6 $5 {may be the critical try that
Anand missed as it stops Qe4.} 36. Qg2 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rf8 38. Rdd2 Rxf2 39. Rxf2
Bxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Qxd3 {with a pawn up in a Queen and Pawn ending but this I
think may be a long way from being won.}) 36. Rxf2 Rf8 37. Qe4 Bxf2+ 38. Kg2
Qxe4+ 39. Bxe4) 35. Qf3 Bf6 (35... Bd4) 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rd8 {A tacit
draw offer. "The thing is that although black has an extra pawn I'm not really
in danger of queening it. The problem is with these opposite coloured bishop
white's always going to have a backstop and the other thing is that g6. I saw
I could play Bd4 and normally this is what I would have done but I simply
didn't see anything anyway with something like Qe2, I didn't see any progress.
And then I was just swapping down with Rd8." Anand.} (37... Bd4) 38. Rxd8 Bxd8
39. Bd3 Qd4 40. Bxb5 Qf6 {Accompanied by a draw offer from Anand.} 41. Qb7+ {
Carlsen turns down the draw offer but there are no chances here. The first two
games were settled by three-fold repetition and perhaps this indicates Carlsen
won't agree any draws but will play out the games until the end. The players
quickly trade down to an absolute draw.} Be7 42. Kg2 g5 43. hxg5 Qxg5 44. Bc4
h4 45. Qc7 hxg3 46. Qxg3 e5 47. Kf3 Qxg3+ 48. fxg3 Bc5 49. Ke4 Bd4 50. Kf5 Bf2
51. Kxe5 Bxg3+ {Finally insufficient mating material for both sides, so draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Kasparov talked on twitter about the Berlin Defence that caused
him so many problems. "The Berlin is a sharp & rich middlegame, not an ending.
This was Kramnik's discovery, or re-discovery, vs me in 2000 that I didn't
grasp. Nor did most others then. Berlin is more than a wall. After I lost to
Kramnik & failed vs his Berlin in 2000, many said it was still lousy, only
good against me. Now every top player uses it! Berlin also has benefit of
rendering most machine analysis useless. Human chess, deep strategic planning
only way. Great from both players." Kasparov has written an essay for
Informant 118 on this issue.} 9. h3 (9. Nc3) (9. Rd1+) 9... Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 {
Quite a rare continuation.} (10... Kc8 {has been played a lot here.}) 11. Nc3 (
11. Bg5 Kc8 12. g4 h6 13. Bd2 (13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Kh2 Re8 15. Nbd2 b6 16. Re1 c5
17. Ne4 Bc6 18. h4 Kb7 {
0-1 Sutovsky,E (2692)-Hammer,J (2606)/Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011 (44 moves)}) 13...
Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Bc3 h5 16. f3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Bg3 {
1-0 Ganguly,S (2651)-Hammer,J (2647)/ Wijk aan Zee NED 2011 (67 moves)}) 11...
Kc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 (14. a4 a5 15. Rd2 c5 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. e6
fxe6 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nd5 21. c4 Nb6 22. h4 a4 23. h5 a3 24.
b3 a2 25. Ra1 Rd8 26. Rdxa2 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rb1 29. Ra3 Nd7 30. Ra8+
Nb8 31. Ra3 Nd7 32. Ra8+ Nb8 33. Ra3 Nd7 {
1/2-1/2 Berg,E (2587)-Hammer,J (2630)/Achaea GRE 2012/The Week in Chess 921})
14... c5 15. Rad1 $146 {"Something went horribly wrong in the opening - I made
one illogical move after the next" - Anand. This is the first new move in the
game. One can assume Anand's comment refers some if not all of this and the
next couple of moves.} (15. Ne4 b6 16. Ng3 Bc6 17. Nh2 Ng6 18. Re1 Nf4 19. f3
Kb7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nhf1 g6 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Ne3 Bb5 25. Nc3 Rd2+
26. Kg3 Bc6 27. Rd1 Rd4 28. Kf2 Kc8 29. Ne2 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Nd4 31. c3 Kd7 32.
Ne3 Nxe2 33. Kxe2 Ke6 34. f4 g5 35. g3 Be4 36. Ng4 gxf4 37. gxf4 h5 38. Nf6 Bg6
39. Kf3 c6 40. Ne8 f5 41. Nd6 h4 42. a4 Bh5+ 43. Ke3 Bd1 44. a5 bxa5 45. c4 Bb3
46. Kd3 Bd1 47. Ke3 Bb3 48. Kd3 Bd1 49. Nb7 Bf3 50. Nxc5+ Ke7 51. Nb3 Bg2 52.
Nd4 Bxh3 53. Nxc6+ Kd7 54. Nd4 Bf1+ 55. Ke3 h3 56. Nf3 Bxc4 57. Kf2 Bd5 58. Kg3
h2 59. Nxh2 Kc6 60. Nf1 Kc5 61. Kf2 Kd4 62. Ng3 Be6 63. Nh5 Kd3 64. Ng7 Bc8 65.
e6 Kc2 66. e7 Bd7 67. Nxf5 Kxb2 68. Nd6 a4 69. f5 a3 70. f6 a2 71. f7 {
1-0 Jakovenko,D (2710)-Almasi,Z (2691)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122}) (15. Ne1)
15... Be6 16. Ne1 $6 Ng6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Ne2 {"I just missed something after 18.
Ne2 and suddenly I was basically lost." - Anand who expanded on the theme
later saying that he played the move "just to be consistant" and that he
thought there might be tactics with a timely e6 that turned out not to work.} (
18. f4) (18. b3) 18... Bxa2 {The bishop cannot be rounded up. White has some
compensation for the pawn but almost certainly not enough.} 19. b3 c4 20. Ndc1
cxb3 21. cxb3 Bb1 22. f4 Kb7 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. g4 Bc8 25. Nd3 h5 (25... Ne7 {
"I don't think there's anything wrong with 25...h5 but I thought 25...Ne7 was
even stronger.} 26. f5 Nc6 {
Anand said he "didn't see how I could get anything" in this position.}) 26. f5
Ne7 27. Nb5 hxg4 28. hxg4 (28. Rc1 {
was a suggestion of Boris Gelfand's in commentary.} Nd5 {
The only move that promises any advantage.} (28... Nc6 29. Rdc2 {
is what white is hoping for.}) 29. Nc5+ bxc5 30. Rxd5 Bxf5 31. Rdxc5 Rac8 {
is better for black but I'm not sure by how much. "It just seemed to me some
kind of fantasyland" said Anand about his rejection of this line although he
showed a rather different set of ideas than this line. But he obviously
considered it for some time.}) 28... Rh4 $5 (28... Nc6 29. Rc1 Rh4 30. Nf2 a5 (
30... g6)) (28... a6 {If Carlsen wants to drive away the white knight then
this proves to be the last chance to do it.}) 29. Nf2 {Forced.} Nc6 30. Rc2 (
30. Rc1) 30... a5 (30... g6 $5) 31. Rc4 g6 32. Rdc1 Bd7 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6
Be8 35. Ne4 {"Curious that - 35.Ne4 was the only move Kasparov wanted to
analyse ten minutes ago in Chennai" Ian Rogers on twitter.} (35. R1c3 {
is an alternative.}) 35... Rxg4+ 36. Kf2 Rf4+ (36... Rd8 $5 {may be the best
but maybe Carlsen missed it due to the rather rare tactical idea involved.} 37.
Ned6+ (37. Ke3 {is the best white has and black is better.}) 37... cxd6 38.
Rxg4 Ne5 $3 {when black is threatening at least three things and is winning.})
37. Ke3 Rf8 $6 (37... g5 $1 {maintains black's advantage.}) 38. Nd4 $1 {
Carlsen looked very unhappy when this appeared on the board.} Nxd4 39. Rxc7+ {
Anand commented that he was lucky that here and on move 59 he had checks to
take him to time control when short of time.} Ka6 40. Kxd4 Rd8+ 41. Kc3 Rf3+
42. Kb2 Re3 43. Rc8 {There was the expectation that the players would soon
agree to a draw but Carlsen kept the problems going for another 20 moves.} Rdd3
$1 (43... Rxc8 44. Rxc8 Bc6 45. Rxc6 Rxe4 46. Rd6 Kb5 47. e7 Rxe7 48. Rxg6 {
and the ending is a simple technical draw for a player of Anand's class.}) 44.
Ra8+ {This finesse may or may not be an improvement over directly capturing
the bishop straight away.} Kb7 45. Rxe8 Rxe4 46. e7 Rg3 {
Black needs to hang on to the g-pawn if he is to have any chance to win.} 47.
Rc3 Re2+ 48. Rc2 Ree3 49. Ka2 g5 $5 {Again the most taxing.} (49... Rxb3 $2 50.
Rb8+ {wins for white.}) 50. Rd2 Re5 51. Rd7+ Kc6 52. Red8 Rge3 53. Rd6+ Kb7 54.
R8d7+ Ka6 55. Rd5 Re2+ 56. Ka3 Re6 $5 {setting up a final rather evil plot.}
57. Rd8 (57. e8=N Rxe8 58. Rxg5 R8e6 59. Rgg7) (57. Rxg5 $4 b5 {and mate or
ruiness loss of material follows. Anand said he thought he had checked
everything before this final problem turned up.}) 57... g4 58. Rg5 Rxe7 59.
Ra8+ {a welcome check to take Anand to the time control.} Kb7 60. Rag8 a4 61.
Rxg4 axb3 62. R8g7 {In spite of getting more time Anand played very fast at
the end showing he had everything under control.} Ka6 63. Rxe7 Rxe7 64. Kxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Marshall gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 {This seems a strange choice from Carlsen if
he wasn't comfortable in playing the main line. This means that he saw some
prospects in the coming play.} (4. e3) (4. Nf3 {are in fact the most played
moves. I go with e3 personally.}) 4... dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 $5 {A surprise.
I don't expect to see this again later in the match.} (6. Bd2 {has been seen
as the true critical test in this variation, I doubt this game will change
this assessment, Anand would however have prepared it extremely deeply.}) 6...
c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nf3 (8. dxc5 {when white's trebled pawns don't leave a good
impression even if one is extra and he has the two bishops.} Bxc3+ 9. bxc3
Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nf6 11. f3 Na6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Nh3 Ba4+ 14. Kc1 Nd7 15. Rb1
Naxc5 {drawn in 79 moves Georgiev,K (2636)-Potkin,V (2647)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS
2013.}) 8... Nf6 9. Be3 (9. Be2 Nc6 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4 11. Ndb5 Qxd1+ 12.
Bxd1 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. a4 Bc6 16. O-O Nd7 17. a5 a6 18. Ba3
{1/2-1/2 Babula,V (2581)-Khenkin,I (2624)/Tegernsee GER 2003/The Week in Chess
427}) 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 Ne4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {and
against draw this time in 43 moves Gurevich,M (2643)-Khenkin,I (2633)/Polanica
Zdroj POL 1999.}) 9... Nc6 (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O
13. Bd3 h6 $6 {and white went on to win in 36 moves Yermolinsky,A (2530)
-Shulman,Y (2623)/Philadelphia USA 2008.}) 10. Qd3 $146 {"There were lot of
options for all the sides. A lot of unconventional positions. It is natural
that you need to take your time." Carlsen commenting on the slow pace of the
opening play.} (10. d5 $5 exd5 11. Bxc5 Ne4 12. Qe2 Be6 13. O-O-O Nxc5 14. cxd5
Qf6 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Nd5 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Qb5 Rab8 19. Ne7+ Nxe7 20. Qxa5
Nc6 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf6 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bc4 Kf6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rd7 h6
27. Rhd1 Rbd8 28. Kc2 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Rf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Kubala,
M (2310)-Splosnov,S (2335)/Frydek Mistek 1998/CBM 062 ext}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4
Ng4 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bc7 $6 {"Probably Anand had chance to draw in
endgame...But what was the point of 13...Bc7?! and to play endgame?" Pentala
Harikrishna. "Not to say Anand's 13..Bc7 was objectively bad, probably it is
fine & had many chances to hold draw. But fits Carlsen's style perfectly." -
"After 13..Nxd4 14.exd4 the queens are still on the board & black has the
bishop pair to compensate for white's central pawns. A middlegame!" - Garry
Kasparov.} (13... O-O) (13... Nxd4 {"Again Carlsen got next to nothing in the
opening. Amazed Anand went into endgame. Could take on d4, keep queens on,
very different game." Garry Kasparov} 14. exd4 O-O) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd8+
Bxd8 16. Be2 Ke7 {"Anand plays again passively for a draw, dismissing any
chances to get double edged game. May still hold though, why not?" Later "I
meant that 13...Bc7 and 16...Ke7 were not necessary. For example 16...Bb6!? is
way sharper if you ask me! Still shocked though that Anand didn't manage to
save this one." were Anish Giri's comments on twitter.} (16... Bb6 {a quick
sample Houdini variation:} 17. Bf3 Bxe3+ 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Rhe1 Bb6 20. Ne4 Ke7
21. c5 Bc7 22. Nd6 Rhd8 23. Nb7 Rdb8 24. Nd6 Rd8 {is a drawing line.}) 17. Bf3
Bd7 18. Ne4 Bb6 {It's not quite clear to me why Anand plays this way.} (18...
f5 19. Nc5 Be8 20. Na6) (18... Bc7 19. c5 Rhb8 20. Nd6 Rb3 21. Rd2 Rab8 22. e4
Ba5 23. Rc2) 19. c5 f5 20. cxb6 fxe4 21. b7 Rab8 22. Bxe4 Rxb7 {Now an end
game where Carlsen has static weaknesses to play at. Q: At which moment did
you have the advantage? A: (Magnus Carlsen) "I mean it is not huge. I have 
(pointing mouse after move 22) I have better bishop and better pawn structure.
If I can consolidate than I can win. I did not manage to play with the right
plan."} 23. Rhf1 Rb5 $5 24. Rf4 g5 25. Rf3 h5 $5 {Actually rather a commital
idea. Anand had choices.} (25... Re5) (25... Be8) 26. Rdf1 Be8 27. Bc2 Rc5 28.
Rf6 h4 29. e4 a5 30. Kd2 Rb5 31. b3 Bh5 (31... g4) 32. Kc3 Rc5+ 33. Kb2 Rd8 34.
R1f2 Rd4 {Anand labeled this as the decisive error but to be honest I don't
think he was mentally there in the press conference. "Somehow my plan did not
materialise. I had to go 34...Rg8. There are many small inaccuracies. But Rd4
was the decisive mistake." - Anand. "After ...Rd4 I thought... I was worried
that I might be even worse. (after browsing the game on Chess Base says...)
Probably I am not" - Carlsen} (34... Rg8 35. Rh6 Bg6) 35. Rh6 Bd1 36. Bb1 Rb5
37. Kc3 c5 38. Rb2 e5 39. Rg6 a4 $5 {This isn't losing and indeed sets up a
clear drawing idea so it really can't be that bad.} (39... g4 {"As I see
others suggesting, playing 39..g4 instead of sacrificing the pawn also looks
superior. Though was likely still drawn as I said." Kasparov.}) 40. Rxg5 Rxb3+
41. Rxb3 Bxb3 {After the time control there was an important moment. I really
wanted to go Bd3.} 42. Rxe5+ (42. Bd3 c4 43. Rxe5+ Kd6 44. Kxd4 cxd3 $3 45. Rf5
d2 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rf1 d1=Q+ 48. Rxd1 Bxd1 {winning a piece.}) 42... Kd6 43.
Rh5 Rd1 44. e5+ Kd5 45. Bh7 Rc1+ $2 {"Truly baffled by each of Anand's moves
from 39 onwards. But especially 45...Rc1??" - Nakamura.} (45... Ra1 $1 {"Sure
its easier for us who are sitting at home without the pressure, but 45... Ra1
seemed very natural and intuitive." - Nakamura. Q: (FIDE Press Officer) When
you played 45...Rc1 did you also consider also 45...Ra1? A: (Viswanathan Anand)
"It is possible. Somehow I missed in the rook ending. It is so difficult. I
thought I should be able to generate counterplay in the end."} 46. Bg8+ Kc6 47.
Bxb3 Rxa3 48. Kc4 axb3 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Kc3 Ra2 51. Kxb3 Rxg2 52. h3 Rg3+ 53.
Kc4 Rxh3 54. Kxc5) 46. Kb2 Rg1 {Without deeper analysis hard to say what "last
mistake" was. Even 46..Re1 looks like it gives better drawing chances. Keep
king active.} (46... Re1) 47. Bg8+ Kc6 48. Rh6+ Kd7 {Black is just lost here.}
(48... Kc7) 49. Bxb3 axb3 50. Kxb3 Rxg2 51. Rxh4 Ke6 52. a4 {"I was amazed at
how quickly Magnus played 52.a4. He just *knows* these positions. It's very
complex, a lesson in how to cut off king." - Kasparov.} Kxe5 53. a5 Kd6 54. Rh7
Kd5 55. a6 c4+ 56. Kc3 Ra2 57. a7 Kc5 58. h4 {Q: How does it feel to break the
deadlock? A: (Magnus Carlsen) "It feels good. It was good fighting game. It
got messy at times. I got there in the end. I am very, very happy about that."}
1-0

[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Bg5 $146 {Anand comes up with a new, if not especially
surprising new move. Again Carlsen had been following a recent Anand game.
This is why players often hide their intended repertoire in events before the
world championship. Anand however had to play a lot of chess this year in
order to get some form back. Perhaps however he gave away some of his intended
repertoire.} (10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. h3 h6 14. d4 c5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 Ba5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bb7 21. Ra2 Bc7
22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Nd2 Kf8 27. Bc5 Nd7
28. Ba3 g6 29. f3 Ke8 30. b3 cxb3 31. Nxb3 Nc8 32. Bd3 Bc6 33. c4 bxc4 34. Bxc4
Ba4 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Bxc5 Nb6 37. Bxb6 Bxb6 38. Ne2 Ba5 39. Nc1 Ke7 40. Nd3 Bc3
41. g4 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2809)/Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS
2013/The Week in Chess 964}) 10... Be6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bh4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nb8
14. h3 Nbd7 {"I thought I got a solid position out of the opening." - Carlsen}
15. Nh2 Qe7 16. Ndf1 Bb6 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. b4 a5 19. bxa5 Bxa5 20. Nhg4 Bb6 21.
Bxf6 {Anand trades minor pieces hoping his remaining ones would stand well
already an indication things have gone slightly wrong. "Magnus' manoeuvre with
the knight was quite good. Then I started wondering what to do. Then I thought
with Qg4 with the major pieces I could get a solid position. Then I dont know .
.. one mistake after the other." - Anand} Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qg4 Bxe3 24.
fxe3 Qe7 {"Then at some point I was little bit better. But nothing much going
on." Carlsen.} 25. Rf1 c5 26. Kh2 c4 27. d4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qb7 29. Rd1 (29. d5 {
attempting to close things up was a possible alternative although white's
position is a very static target.}) 29... Qc6 30. Qf5 exd4 31. Rxd4 Re5 32. Qf3
Qc7 $1 {Just a nice manoever.} 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Qg4 Kh7 35. Qf4 g6 36. Kh2 Kg7
37. Qf3 Re6 38. Qg3 $6 {"He sacrificed or blundered a pawn. After that I got a
good rook ending. I am not at all sure if it is winning." - Carlsen. I presume
Anand thought simplification at the expense of a pawn was the best idea. I
wasn't sure what Anand meant by his explanation "Well, what can I say. Some
days goes like that."} (38. Qf4 Kh7 39. Qf3) 38... Rxe4 39. Qxd6 Rxe3 40. Qxe7
Rxe7 41. Rd5 Rb7 42. Rd6 f6 $1 {The best idea for making progress.} 43. h4 Kf7
$6 (43... h5 {and "press for a win eventually with Re7-e5" according to
Carlsen.}) 44. h5 $1 {"At this point I missed the whole h5 idea. I didnt think
you can really give up a pawn like that. Now, it was a draw." - Carlsen.} gxh5
45. Rd5 Kg6 46. Kg3 Rb6 47. Rc5 f5 48. Kh4 Re6 49. Rxb5 Re4+ 50. Kh3 Kg5 51.
Rb8 h4 52. Rg8+ Kh5 53. Rf8 Rf4 54. Rc8 Rg4 55. Rf8 Rg3+ 56. Kh2 Kg5 57. Rg8+
$2 {Not losing but now the game continues and black's task quickly turns out
to be very hard. "I had one little trap. Which was my Kf4-Ke3 etc. Fortunately
he went for it. It is very difficult. May be impossible to hold after that." -
Carlsen.} (57. Rc8 {Seems to be an easy draw as black has no way to progress.}
Rg4 58. Rg8+ Kf6 59. Rh8 Kg7 60. Rc8) 57... Kf4 58. Rc8 Ke3 59. Rxc4 f4 {
Carlsen only said "Maybe" when asked if he thought this position was winning.
"Without these pawns (b2, c3) it would be a dead draw but these pawns
seriously inhibit the rook and h3, f3 is coming very fast." - Carlsen. "Here
it's lost" according to Anand but computers suggest this simply isn't the case.
} (59... Rg4 {"I thought he was going to go for Rg4 and a similar idea and
then I'm OK." Anand.}) 60. Ra4 $2 (60. b4 {Both players thought this idea way
too slow but it seems to draw.} h3 61. gxh3 Rg6 62. Rc7 f3 63. Re7+ Kd3 64. b5
f2 65. Rf7 Ke2 66. Re7+ Kf1 67. c4 Rg2+ 68. Kh1 Rg6 69. Kh2) 60... h3 61. gxh3
Rg6 62. c4 f3 63. Ra3+ {Loses immediately but the position is gone anyhow.} Ke2
64. b4 f2 65. Ra2+ Kf3 66. Ra3+ Kf4 67. Ra8 Rg1 0-1

[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 {Definitely third choice in
terms of frequency in this position. The trouble with this is that it starts a
simplification process that seems likely to play to Carlsen's strengths.} (5.
c3) (5. O-O) 5... dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 $5 {Practically a novelty as it
has only been played by a couple of lower rated players before. One of
Carlsen's real abilities is to be able to play such positions without knowing
theory as he's confident of finding better continuations for himself.} (7...
Bxf3 {Is presumably what Anand was hoping for.} 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nc4
O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. b4 Bf8 16. Qg4 b6 17.
g3 f6 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. Ne3 Kh8 20. Kg2 a6 21. Qf3 Ne7 22. h4 b5 23. Rfb1 Qd7 24.
h5 h6 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 Nc8 27. Bd2 Nb6 28. a5 Nd7 29. c4 c5 30. cxb5 axb5
31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxb5 Nxd3 33. Ra4 Ra6 34. Rc4 c5 35. Ne3 Rea8 36. Rc3 Nb4 37.
Nc4 Be7 38. Rb3 Nc6 39. Rb6 Nb4 40. Kf3 R6a7 41. Be3 Kg8 42. Rb2 Rc7 43. Kg4
Kf7 44. Rb1 Nc6 45. R1b5 Nd4 46. Rb1 Nc6 47. R6b5 Nd4 48. Rb7 Rxb7 49. Rxb7 Ke6
50. Bd2 Ra6 51. Bc3 Bf8 52. f4 exf4 53. gxf4 f5+ 54. exf5+ Kd5 55. Ne5 Ne2 56.
Be1 Bd6 57. Rxg7 Nxf4 58. Nf7 Nd3 59. Nxd6 Nxe1 60. Ne8 Rxa5 61. Rd7+ Kc6 62.
Rd6+ Kb5 63. f6 Ra7 64. Re6 Nd3 65. f7 Ra4+ 66. Kg3 {1-0 Adams,M (2733)
-Fressinet,L (2696)/Germany 2012/CBM 148}) 8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 (9. g4) 9... Bxf3
10. Qxf3 g6 {Limiting the squares white's knight can go to.} 11. Be3 Qe7 12.
O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14. Kb1 b6 15. h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 (17. fxe3 {
Is Houdini's suggestion here but it's not going to amount to much anyway.})
17... Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 {A waiting move. Carlsen doesn't want to
allow f4.} (19... Rh8 20. f4) 20. Rh7 Rh8 21. Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8
24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 {Black has at least equality.} 26. Qf3 f5 27. exf5
gxf5 28. c3 Ne6 29. Kc2 Ng5 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qf2 Ne6 {Drawn by
repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {With a two point lead it
isn't up to Carlsen to win a game.} (5. d4 {is the move with real interest.})
5... Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 {One of the most drawish variations
in elite level chess. White very occasionally wins one, black pretty much
never.} O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 (12... Nf5 13. Bf4
d6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Bd3 Nh4 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. Bd2 d5 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qe3 b6 20.
Nb3 Qd6 21. Qe8+ Nf8 22. Re1 Bb7 23. Qe3 Ne6 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Qf5 Nf8 26. Bf4
Qc6 27. Nd2 Bc8 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qe2 Ne6 30. Bg3 Qb7 31. Nf3 c5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33.
Ne5 c4 34. Bb1 Bg7 35. Rd1 Bd7 36. Qf3 Be8 37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Rxd8 Nxd8 39. Qe2
Ne6 {0-1 Steinitz,W-Zukertort,J/USA 1886/}) 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7
16. Qe2 (16. Nf3 c6 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Re1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5
Qf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Nd3 Kf8 24. Nc5 Nd6 25. Nd7+ Kg7 26. Nc5 Kf8 27. Nd7+ Kg7
28. Nc5 Kf8 29. Nd7+ Kg7 30. Nc5 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Salgado Lopez,I (2621)-Bruzon
Batista,L (2694)/Quito ECU 2012/The Week in Chess 911}) 16... c6 17. Re1 $146 {
The first new move not that it matters all that much.} (17. Nb3 b6 18. Re1 Bf5
19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Nc1 Qd7 21. Nd3 Ng7 22. Be5 Re8 23. Qf1 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qd6 {
1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi,I (2711)-Riazantsev,A (2688)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2011/
The Week in Chess 878 (88)}) (17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re1
Qd6 21. Nb3 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 f6 23. Re2 Kf7 24. Nc5 Nd6 25. f3 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8
27. Kf2 b6 28. Nd3 Kd7 29. g4 g5 30. Ke3 h6 31. f4 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E (2619)
-Bruzon Batista,L (2691)/Montreal CAN 2013/The Week in Chess 981}) 17... Bf5
18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 {
The position is dead equal, the players force the pieces off to show this.} (
23... Qg5 $2 24. f4 $1 {wins} (24. h4 {is not quite as good} Qxh4 25. g3 Qd8
26. Qe5 Ng7 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxf6 Rxe1+) 24... Qxf4 25. Rf1 Qb8 26. Qf2 f5 27.
Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxe8) 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 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 (
7... Nxd5 {is the most common choice.}) 8. e3 c4 9. Ne2 (9. g3 Nc6 10. Nh3 Na5
11. Bg2 Nb3 12. Ra2 Qa5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Nf2 Bf5 16. Re1 Re7 17. e4
dxe4 18. fxe4 Bg6 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. h4 h5 21. Re2 {1-0 Biolek,R (2399)-Agdestein,
S (2555)/Prague CZE 2013/The Week in Chess 950 (54)}) 9... Nc6 10. g4 O-O {
Looks very brave at first glance.} (10... h6 {weak according to Kasparov.} 11.
Bg2 Na5 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 O-O 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. Qe1 Re8 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4
Nxg4 18. Bf4 Qh4 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 Rad8 21. Qf2 Nh5 22. Bxh6 Re7 23. Nf5 Qxf2+
24. Rfxf2 Re6 25. Be3 Bc6 26. Bf1 f6 27. Bxc4 Bd5 28. Be2 fxe5 29. Bxh5 exd4
30. Bg5 Rd7 31. Rae2 Be4 32. Nxd4 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2820)-Polgar,J (2670)/
Tilburg NED 1997}) (10... Na5 {was certainly an option.}) (10... h5) 11. Bg2
Na5 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 b5 14. Ng3 (14. g5 Nd7 15. e4 Nb6 16. e5 Bf5 17. f4 Na4
18. Rf3 Bb1 19. Rc2 a5 20. Rh3 b4 21. Be3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 g6 23. axb4 axb4 24.
cxb4 Nb6 25. f5 Qd7 26. Ng3 Ra1+ 27. Bf1 Nc8 28. Rh6 Ne7 29. Qg2 Nxf5 30. Qh3
Rfa8 31. Rxh7 Kf8 32. Ne2 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Qg4+ 34. Ng3 R8a2 35. e6 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1
Qd1+ 37. Qe1 Qf3+ {0-1 Gardner,R (2202)-Shabalov,A (2534)/Calgary CAN 2012/The
Week in Chess 916}) 14... a5 15. g5 (15. e4 {was a definite option.} dxe4)
15... Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 {If white is really much better in only a few moves then
this may be the culprit but otherwise the knight may end up just being out of
play.} (16... Nc7 {could easily be the better move.} 17. Be3 (17. e5 $2 b4)
17... Ra6 18. e5 b4 19. f4 {is worth investigating.} f5 {Giri}) 17. Qxc1 Ra6
18. e5 Nc7 19. f4 b4 20. axb4 $6 {After the game this move got some criticism.
Anand almost certainly was motivated to play this to get rid of Ra6 as a
defensive piece.} (20. f5 Nb5 {This is the move that everyone was afraid of at
the time but it doesn't seem to work. White would have to trust to intuition
that his attack will break through at this point.} (20... b3) 21. axb4 axb4 22.
Rxa6 Bxa6 23. f6 g6 {Is a line given by ChessPro Ru and Mikhail Golubev. It's
possible to calculate to here and feel this has a good chance of winning. Will
take a bit more work to prove it's winning.} 24. Qf4 (24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe3 Bc8
26. cxb4 Qd6 {is ChessPro's line with equality.}) 24... Qb6 25. Qh4 h5 26. Nxh5
bxc3 27. Kh1 Nxd4 28. Ng3 Ne6 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. Qh5 Qb7 31. Bh3 {is indeed
winning if I run Houdini long enough.}) (20. a4 {was recommended by several
strong players with the idea that it stops a lot of black's counter-play but
that would require a lot of analysis.}) 20... axb4 21. Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 b3 {
Cold blooded in the extreme but it seems sufficient to hold. Carlsen was over
half an hour behind on the clock but then Anand had a huge think himself.} (
22... bxc3) 23. Qf4 {After 45 minutes thought.} (23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 Kh8 25. Qh4
{isn't fast enough.}) (23. h4 {a very slow continuation of the attack which I
suggested during the game in commentary also looks playable.}) 23... Nc7 24. f6
g6 (24... gxf6 25. Nh5 {Looks very dangerous according to Carlsen.} Ne8 $1 (
25... fxg5 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qxg5 Rg8)) 25. Qh4 Ne8 $1 26. Qh6 b2 $1 27. Rf4
b1=Q+ 28. Nf1 $2 {A complete surprise. Anand moves quickly and it's a losing
blunder.} (28. Bf1 Qd1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Bf5 32. g6 Bxg6 33.
Rg5 {is equal.}) 28... Qe1 {And white has to resign.} (28... Qd1 $2 {Was the
move Anand was expecting and it just loses.} 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Ne3
Be6 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Nf5 Be4 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Qxf8#) 0-1

[Event "WCh 2013"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2013.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 (3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7.
d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2 Rfd8
14. Bc3 Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe1 Rdc8 18. e5 Ne8 19. e6 fxe6 20.
Nf4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 d4 22. Qd2 c5 23. Rae1 Ng7 24. g4 Rc6 25. Nh3 Ne8 26. Qh6 Nf6
27. Ng5 d3 28. Re5 Kh8 29. Rd1 Qa6 30. a4 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2780)/
Sao Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP 2012/The Week in Chess 936}) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 {Anand finally deviates from the game he played against
Carlsen in Norway earlier in the year.} (7... e5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4
Be6 11. Qd3 h6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfc8 17.
b3 a5 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Be1 Nd7 20. f3 Rc6 21. Qxa6 Rcxa6 22. Ned5 Bd8 23. Nb5
Rc8 24. Bf2 Kh7 25. Kf1 Rcc6 26. Rac1 Bg5 27. Rc3 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxc3 29. Nxc3
Rc6 30. Be1 Nc5 31. Nb5 Nb7 32. h4 Be3 33. Ke2 Bc5 34. h5 Bb4 35. Bd2 g6 36. a3
Bxd2 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Kxd2 h5 39. g3 f6 40. Na7 Rc7 41. Nb5 Rc6 42. Ke2 Kf7
43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Ke6 45. Rd3 Rc4 46. Rb3 d5 47. Kd3 Rc6 48. exd5+ Kxd5 49.
Rc3 f5 50. Nc7+ Kd6 51. Ne8+ Kd5 52. Rxc6 Kxc6 53. Ng7 Nd6 54. Nxh5 e4+ 55.
fxe4 Nxe4 56. Kd4 Kb5 57. g4 fxg4 58. Kxe4 g3 59. Nxg3 Kxb4 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M
(2868)-Anand,V (2783)/Sandnes NOR 2013/The Week in Chess 966}) 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nc3
Be7 10. O-O Bc6 (10... h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Be8 {and eventually
drawn in Moskalenko,A (2459)-Antipov,M (2473)/Moscow RUS 2013}) 11. Qd3 {"I
was trying to play solidly in the opening. And I am pretty happy with what I
got. Very solid position. No weaknesses. As the game went on he started to
drift a bit I thought as long as there is no risk I should try and win it. " -
Carlsen.} (11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 e5 16.
Rc1 Rfc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rc3 h6 {and eventually drawn in 49 moves Girinath,P
(2448)-Sitanggang,S (2410)/Singapore SIN 2007.}) 11... O-O 12. Nd4 Rc8 (12...
Qc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Kh1 Rfd8 {0-1 in 60 moves Kidzinski,L (2001)-Szczesniak,
P/Bartkowa 2002.}) (12... Be8 {keeping the light squared bishop surely comes
into consideration.}) 13. b3 Qc7 (13... Qa5 $5) 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rac1 h6 16.
Be3 {White of course keeps his bishop rather than exchanging.} (16. Bf4 Nh5 17.
Be3 Nf6) 16... Nd7 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. h3 {Just playing things safe by breaking
the back rank. White is fairly comfortable here.} (18. Rfd1) 18... Qc7 (18...
b6 {is Anand's alternative setup. Both sides have some latitude in their
setups.}) 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 Kf8 (20... Bg5 {was the clear alternative.} 21.
Be3 (21. f4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Ne5 {is about equal.}) 21.
Qb2 Kg8 22. a4 (22. Qd2 {offering a repetition was expected by many at the
time.} Kf8 23. Qb2 Kg8 24. Qd2 {etc}) 22... Qh5 (22... Bg5 {Houdini looks a
bit odd to me.} 23. Rc2 Kh7) 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Rc3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe5 (25... Nf6
26. Qd2 Qa5) 26. Qd2 Nf6 (26... Nc5) 27. Re3 {Keeping black bottled in.} (27.
Rcd3 $5) 27... Rd7 {Looks like the best response.} (27... b5 $6 28. f4 Qc5 29.
e5 Ne8 30. b4 Qb6 31. cxb5 axb5 32. a5) 28. a5 {White's position looks
pleasant.} Qg5 $2 {Already this position is quite uncomfortable for Anand.
This however is just a mistake. "I simply blundered Qg5. I saw the same tactic
for Qc5 but I simply put the queen on g5. And the same e5 happened. I simply
don't know the evaluation after that." - Anand. It isn't that easy to offer a
move to Anand. I think he already stands worse.} (28... Qc5 {allowing the same
e5 break was seen by Anand.} 29. e5 Ne8 {is great for white eg} 30. b4 Qc7 31.
c5 d5 32. Nc3 Re7 33. Na4 g6 34. Nb6 {with black having a miserable position.})
(28... Rcd8 {is perhaps best for black but he's still passive.} 29. b4 Qg5 30.
f4 Qg6 31. Nc3 {is nice for white.}) (28... g5 {Yermolinsky in his ICC game of
the day broadcast suggests this is a thematic move but he also recognises how
reluctant you might be to play it.} 29. Nc3 {is Houdini's suggestion} (29. Kh1
Rcd8 30. Ng1 (30. b4 Kg7 31. Ng1) 30... Qc5)) (28... g6 29. b4 {looks better
for white too.}) 29. e5 $1 Ne8 30. exd6 $2 {"Played very quickly by Magnus
Carlsen. "When I took on d6 I missed something simple. I thought I was just
winning with that. If I knew this move wasn't so good I would have taken some
more time and perhaps found a better move and put even more pressure on him.
That wasn't terribly impressive. Anyway, it doesn't feel very important now."
- Carlsen.} (30. Nc3 {should lead to a winning position and there are other
better moves than capturing too. This one seems the best.} Rc6 (30... Qf5 31.
Na4 Rc6 32. b4) 31. f4 Qf5 32. Ne4 Qg6 33. Nxd6 Nxd6 34. Rxd6 Rcxd6 35. exd6
Qf6 36. Re1 g6) (30. Rg4 {Nakamura}) 30... Rc6 31. f4 Qd8 {Black gets to
recover his pawn just in time.} 32. Red3 Rcxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35.
Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Kf2 {White is better in this ending, but by how much? Carlsen
also only needs a draw.} Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd7 (38... g5 {seeking
counter-play is the other option that has to be considered but it looks very
dangerous for black.} 39. Kc5 Kd7 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. Kb6 Kc8 42. c5 Nb5 43. c6
bxc6 44. Kxc6 {and I wouldn't be surprised if white isn't just winning.}) 39.
Kc5 Kc7 40. Nc3 Nf5 $5 {Anand played this rather quickly with plenty of time
on the clock. This ending is terribly difficult and I don't know the
assessment.} (40... g5 {may be the time to try the g5 counter-play.} 41. g3 (
41. fxg5 hxg5)) 41. Ne4 {Played pretty quickly.} Ne3 {Only played after a
big think.} 42. g3 f5 {Probably the best try.} (42... Nc2 43. Nd6 Na1 44. Ne8+
Kd7 45. Nxg7 Nxb3+ 46. Kb6 {and white may very well be winning.}) 43. Nd6 $5 {
This may not be the best here. It depends on the evaluation of 43.Nd2. Carlsen
thought for some time. This is a very tough position.} (43. Nd2 {"As far as I
can tell after playing around with the engine, 43.Nd2 was pretty safe and
actually - as an added bonus - winning." - Jon Ludvig Hammer. This position is
worth analysing at least.} Nd1 $5 {The assessment of this line looks to hinge
on the evaluation of this move.} (43... g5 $2 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. Kd4 Nc2+ 46.
Ke5 Kd7 47. Kf6 g4 48. h4 {and although there is still some way to go this
must surely be winning for Carlsen.}) 44. b4 (44. Kd4 {is the alternative.})
44... Nf2 45. Kd4 Nxh3 46. Nb3 g5 47. Nc5 gxf4 48. Nxe6+ Kd6 49. Nxf4 Ng5 {
needs looking at.}) (43. Kd4 Nxc4 44. Nc5 Nxa5 45. Nxe6+ Kd7 46. Nxg7 Nxb3+ 47.
Kc3 Nc5 48. Nxf5 {is equal}) 43... g5 44. Ne8+ Kd7 45. Nf6+ Ke7 46. Ng8+ {"At
some point after the time control, the variations were simply getting too
complicated. So I decided to shut it down and force a draw." - Carlsen} (46.
Nh5 {was the alternative that keeps winning chances but Carlsen only needs a
draw and isn't totally crazy but he did think for a long time.} Kd7 47. b4 Nc2
48. b5 Na3 49. Kb6 axb5 (49... Nxc4+ $5) 50. cxb5 Nc4+ 51. Kxb7 Nxa5+ 52. Ka6
Nb3 53. Nf6+ Kd6 54. b6 gxf4 55. gxf4 Nc5+ {These lines are better for white
but can easily get out of control and there is no clear win.}) 46... Kf8 47.
Nxh6 gxf4 48. gxf4 Kg7 49. Nxf5+ {Very precisely calculated by Carlsen. This
leads to a forced draw where he eliminates all black's pawns and both sides
get queens.} exf5 (49... Nxf5 $2 50. b4 Kf7 51. Kb6 Nd6 52. c5 Nb5 53. Kxb7)
50. Kb6 (50. b4 Ng2 51. Kb6 Nxf4 52. Kxb7 Ne6 53. Kxa6 f4 54. Kb6 f3 55. a6 f2
56. a7 f1=Q 57. a8=Q Qxc4 58. Qb7+ Kf8 {still a draw.}) 50... Ng2 51. Kxb7 Nxf4
52. Kxa6 Ne6 53. Kb6 f4 54. a6 f3 55. a7 f2 56. a8=Q f1=Q {It's only been
about counting for both sides.} 57. Qd5 Qe1 58. Qd6 Qe3+ 59. Ka6 Nc5+ 60. Kb5 {
Now the game ends very quickly as all the pieces are eliminated.} Nxb3 61. Qc7+
Kh6 {Black has to come forwards at some point otherwise the white queen will
continue checking. Now Carlsen swaps queens to get his draw.} 62. Qb6+ Qxb6+
63. Kxb6 Kh5 64. h4 Kxh4 65. c5 Nxc5 {Automatic draw as there is no mating
material! "I think it was a nice fight and a worthy end to the match." -
Carlsen} 1/2-1/2