Eliminating an old friend from the WBC title

After 39 rounds, Anand trails Carlsen by 2.5 points. In round 40 of 42, Judit defeated Anand while Carlsen defeated Aronian. This sealed the deal for Carlsen as he leads by 3.5 points with just 2 rounds to go.

White: Judit Polgar
Black: Vishy Anand

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qg3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 O-O 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bg5 c6 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Qf3 Qe6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Ra6 Rfc8 21. Ng3 d5 22. Rc1 Bd4 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Rcxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 dxe4 26. dxe4 Ra8 27. g4 Ke8 28. Rxf6 Ra2 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Rf5 d3 31. Rd5 Rxb2 32. Rxd3 Ke7 33. Kg2 Ke6 34. Kf3 f6 35. Ke3 b4 36. f4 Rc2 37. Kd4 h6 38. f5+ Kd6 39. e5+ fxe5+ 40. Ke4+ Ke7 41. Kxe5 Re2+ 42. Kd4 Rc2 43. Kd5 Kf6 44. Rd4 Rc3 45. Rxb4 Rxh3 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. b4 Rg3 48. Rxh6 Rxg4 49. b5 Rb4 50. b6 1-0

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Round 40 results

Aronian, Levon – Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Bareev, Evgeny – Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Gashimov, Vugar – Tkachiev, Vladislav ½-½
Gelfand, Boris – Svidler, Peter ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Karjakin, Sergey ½-½
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1
Kosteniuk, Alexandra – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir – Dominguez Perez, Leinier 0-1
Leko, Peter – Karpov, Anatoly ½-½
Morozevich, Alexander – Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0
Polgar, Judit – Anand, Viswanathan 1-0

Round 41 results

Anand, Viswanathan – Aronian, Levon ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus – Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1
Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Gashimov, Vugar 0-1
Grischuk, Alexander – Morozevich, Alexander ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey – Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½
Karpov, Anatoly – Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Bareev, Evgeny 1-0
Naiditsch, Arkadij – Leko, Peter 0-1
Polgar, Judit – Gelfand, Boris 0-1
Ponomariov, Ruslan – Svidler, Peter 0-1
Tkachiev, Vladislav – Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1

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