Sunday, April 25, 2010

World Championship Match Game 2: Anand ties the match 1-1

(Game and report courtesy: Chessbase.com)

Yesterday Viswanathan Anand suffered a painful defeat, casting doubt on his chances at a title defense. So how did he reply: by turtling up and licking his wounds? Not at all – in a dangerous, fighting game the World Champion outplayed challenger Veselin Topalov in positional masterpiece to level the score at 1-1.

[E04] Catalan, open, 5. Nf3

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