WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013-PRESS RELEASE OF GAME 9 BY NIIT TEAM

ANAND
Chennai, November 21st
Viswanathan Anand started actively and aggressively but lost way after building up a good
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position in the 9 round of the World Chess Championship at the Hyatt Regency. It was a
fascinating duel where human angle was more prominent as the chess engines were found
wanting.
Needing a win to keep the title which has been in his sole possession since 2007, Anand
piled on pressure on the young Challenger, Magnus Carlsen but the Norwegian maintained
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his cool and pocketed a point after Anand blundered on the 28 turn.
"The position was extremely imbalanced. Fear of being mated was there," said Carlsen
speaking after the game in a crowded press conference.
Anand later admitted that playing all out for victory was paramount, "There was not much of
choice. I needed to change the course of the match drastically,"

After nine games Carlsen leads the 12 game Match 6-3 and just needs a draw to win the title.
For Anand though there is a mathematical possibility of scoring 3/3, it is difficult to execute it
on the chessboard.
For the record, the last time a player won three games in a row in a world championship was
Anand in 2000 against Alexei ShirovAnatoly.
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Anand will play with the Black pieces in the 10 game tomorrow.
As expected, Anand surprised by opening with the Queen Pawn for the first time in this Match
and Carlsen responded with the Nimzo-Indian. Anand adopted a sharp set up by playing the
Sammisch variation .
The game then on was razor sharp with the NIIT MindChampion Anand building up a King-
side attack and Carlsen operating on the queen side. The Writing then was clear on the wall
that either Anand would succeed in checkmate or Carlsen would crash through with his
pawns on the queen side to win.
The elite chess world following the game at this point were tilted in Anands favour. Anand
couldnt have imagined getting as good a position as this today said GM Peter Svidler after
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the 18 move.
Also for the first time in the Match Anand was playing rapidly and Carlsen had fallen back on
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the clock. Anand took a long think on the 23 move before swinging his Queen onto the
Kingside.
Carlsen calculated accurately and always had a counter- plan ready. Anand in his quest to
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inflict a check-mate made a wrong knight move on the 28 turn and resigned immediately
after Carlsens move as he was losing a rook.
The moves:

White: Viswanathan Anand

Black: Magnus Carlsen
Nimzo-Indian Defence, Samisch variation, E25
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.e3 c4 9. Ne2
Nc6 10. g4 O-O 11. Bg2 Na5 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 b5 14. Ng3 a5 15. g5 Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1
17. Qxc1 Ra6 18. e5 Nc7 19. f4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 b3 23. Qf4 Nc7 24. f6
g6 25. Qh4 Ne8 26. Qh6 b2 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28.Nf1 Qe1 0-1.

By NIIT TEAM ANAND

TeamAnand@niit.com.

About NIIT MindChampions Academy
The NIIT MindChampions Academy (MCA), a not-for-profit initiative has been set up as a
joint initiative by Grand Master Viswanathan Anand and NIIT Limited with the objective of
promoting Chess in schools to enable development of young minds. Studies have shown that
Chess improves concentration and diligence thus helping students perform better
academically.
Established in 2002, MCA has touched 1.65 million children in over 17,000 schools across
India. Over the last 11 years MCA has organized more than 16,000 school level tournaments
and over 5,500 District level & State Level tournaments. World Chess Champion and NIIT
MindChampion Viswanathan Anand has personally travelled to various parts across India
and has visited countries like Africa & China, spreading the message and motivating the
school students to start playing Chess.
NIIT MindChampions Academy conducts the hugely popular Annual Event, known as
ChessMaster for school children across India within the NIIT network of schools where it
provides IT education. It is also the first institution in India to launch a certificate program in
Chess under a Central Government University umbrella- Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU).
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MindChampion Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship at Chennai through
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