Magnificent Magnus is the new chess king............... Norwegian Magnus Carlsen dethroned Viswanathan Anand as the World Chess Champion with a 65 move draw in the 10th game here Friday. Carlsen, 22, becomes the first World Champion from Norway defeating the five-time champion Anand, 43, on his home turf. The final tally stood at 6.5-3.5 in favour of Carlsen in the title match sponsored by the Tamil Nadu government. The winner takes home $1.53 million while Anand will settle for $1.02 million. Giving full credit to Carlsen for his title victory Anand said his mistakes did not happen on their own. He said he lost the plot in the fifth game. I would first take rest and take stock of what has happened at the match and come to terms. At the end of the day the match was disappointing. I was not able to execute the match strategy, he said. I havent achieved any other thing I had aimed for, he added. According to Carlsen the third and fourth games made him feel that Anand was vulnerable. During the third and fourth games, I was able to settle down and realised that I dont have to do anything special. I just have to play my natural game, he said. Asked about Anands mistakes, Carlsen said: I would take the responsibility of that. The results were decided on the board and there was no role for psychological play. The 10th game was once again a lesson in end game strategy for all chess players with Carlsen and Anand fighting till the end. Carlsen opened the game by moving his king pawn two squares to which Anand replied pushing his pawn on c file two squares. Subsequent moves signalled the game was progressing to Sicilian defence unorthodox variation.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:37:14 +0000
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