Viswanathan Anand wriggles out of tight spot
DNA
Saturday, May 8, 2010 2:11
Viswanathan Anand stubbornly defended an inferior position with black pieces to eke out a draw against Veselin Topalov in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship in Sofia on Friday. The result puts the scoreline at 5-5 with two games remaining. Player reaching 6.5 wins the title.
“I think I got a decent position but a careless move on the 24th turn allowed Topalov to get some play,” Anand said. Anand will play with white pieces on Sunday.
Tired after defending passive positions in the Slav Defence which is not exactly his style, Anand adopted the Grunfeld Defence with which he suffered a shocking loss in the first round. Frequent exchange of pieces had Topalov in a better position with an advanced isolated pawn in the centre and his bishop pair controlling vital diagonals.
At that stage, Anand was in trouble. Topalov moved his King to the centre of the board while Anand’s King was tied down in his territory. Anand had a knight and bishop while Topalov had the bishop pair in the ending.
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Anand will win it in 15.