{"id":1476,"date":"2011-12-12T08:22:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T08:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2011-12-12T08:22:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T08:22:03","slug":"anand-plays-draw-against-carlsen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1476","title":{"rendered":"Anand plays draw against Carlsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London: <\/strong>The encounter between the reigning World champion and  the one dubbed as the \u2018Prince in waiting\u201d is always eagerly anticipated  but Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the highest rated  player in the World reached a draw in London Chess Classic 2011.<\/p>\n<p> The Category 20 nine player Round Robin event being played at the  Olympia Conference Centre is still wide open though former World  Champion Vladimir Kramik has shot into sole lead with 15 points after  defeating overnight joint leader Luke McShane.<\/p>\n<p> Magnus Carlsen is in second place with 13 points while Luke McShane and  Hikaru Nakamura are trailing one point behind him. Anand and Levon  Aronian follow next with 8 points, then Nigel Short with 5 points, David  Howell with 4 points and an out of form Michael Adams in last place  with 3 points.<\/p>\n<p> Anand who entered his 43rd year yesterday, later said that his 17th rook  move was a \u2018fingerfehler\u2019 (German for slip of the finger)\u00a0 and this  allowed easy equality for Carlsen who was playing with the Black pieces.  Carlsen was jointly leading the tournament along with Kramnik and  McShane but has slipped down because of this draw.<\/p>\n<p> The Queen\u2019s Gambit game between the players was keenly fought and after  the 18th turn, it was Anand who had to play accurately to get the draw.  The players meanwhile had exchanged most pieces to reach a rook and  knight ending in quick time. And thed raw was sealed after 33 moves by  repetition of moves.<\/p>\n<p> Hikaru Nakamura who also had title chances before this round was held to  a draw by Nigel Short. Nakamura had defeated Anand and Aronian in this  tournament. British hope McShane did have his moments but maybe missed  drawing chances to ultimately lost to Kramnik after a marathon hard  fought game.<\/p>\n<p> The final round on Monday will commence early and Anand will take on Luke McShane.<br \/> With the Black pieces. Vladimir Kramnik is pitted against Levon Aronian  and needs a draw to take the title as he has a better tie-break than  Carlsen. The Norwegian on the other hand takes on Nigel Short and can  harbour title aspiration if he wins and Kramnik loses.<\/p>\n<p> <strong><br \/> Round eight<\/strong><br \/> Round 8: Sunday, December 11, 2011<br \/> Vishy Anand\u00bd-\u00bdMagnus Carlsen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/> David Howell\u00bd-\u00bdLevon Aronian\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/> Luke McShane0-1Vladimir Kramnik\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/> Hikaru Nakamura\u00bd-\u00bdNigel Short\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/> Michael Adams (bye) \u2013 assisting commentary<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London: <\/strong>The encounter between the reigning World champion and  the one dubbed as the \u2018Prince in waiting\u201d is always eagerly anticipated  but Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the highest rated  player in the World reached a draw in London Chess Classic 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-chess-chess"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anand plays draw against Carlsen - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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