World Chess Championship 2013
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| Viswanathan Anand | Magnus Carlsen | |
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| status | Defending champion world champion since 2007 |
Challenger Winner of the Candidates Tournament |
| Age | 43 years | 22 years |
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Elo rating (November 2013) |
2775 | 2870 |
The 2013 World Chess Championship took place from November 7th to November 22nd, 2013 as a duel for the title of World Chess Champion between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen as challenger in Chennai (formerly Madras) in India . After ten of twelve scheduled games Carlsen was in the lead with 6.5: 3.5 and was the new world champion.
Candidates tournament
In the candidates tournament, which took place from March 14th to April 1st, 2013 in London , eight players played in double rounds each against each other. The eight starting places went to the loser of the 2012 World Chess Championship ( Boris Gelfand ), the three best placed players in the 2011 World Chess Cup ( Pyotr Swidler , Alexander Grishchuk and Vasyl Ivanchuk ), the three players with the best Elo rating from the average of the July 2011 and January ratings 2012 ( Magnus Carlsen , Lewon Aronjan and Wladimir Kramnik ) and one player nominated by the organizer ( Teymur Rəcəbov ). The winner was Magnus Carlsen due to the higher number of wins ahead of Wladimir Kramnik with the same number of points.
The final result of the Candidates Tournament at a glance:
| rank | Attendees | Rating March 2013 |
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| 1 |
 Magnus Carlsen
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2872 | * * | ½ ½ | 1 0 | ½ ½ | 1 1 | 1 ½ | ½ 0 | ½ 1 | 8.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |
 Vladimir Kramnik
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2810 | ½ ½ | * * | ½ 1 | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ 0 | 1 ½ | 8.5 | 1 | 4th |
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Pyotr Swidler
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2747 | 0 1 | ½ 0 | * * | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | 1 ½ | 8.0 | 1½ | |
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 Levon Aronjan
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2809 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | * * | 1 0 | ½ ½ | 1 1 | 1 1 | 8.0 | ½ | |
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 Boris Gelfand
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2740 | 0 0 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 0 1 | * * | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 |
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Alexander Grishchuk
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2764 | 0 ½ | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | * * | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 6.5 | 1 | 1 |
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 Vasyl Ivanchuk
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2757 | ½ 1 | ½ 1 | ½ 0 | 0 0 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | * * | 0 1 | 6.0 | ||
| 8th |
 Teymur Rəcəbov
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2793 | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | 0 ½ | 0 0 | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | 1 0 | * * | 4.0 | ||
Venue and Prize Fund
At the FIDE Presidential Board Meeting on May 5, 2013 in Baku , the world championship fight was awarded to Chennai . The Norges Sjakkforbund had previously protested against an organization in Chennai. The Fédération Française des Échecs had offered to organize the competition in Paris and to provide a prize fund of 2.65 million euros . The offer of Chennai amounted to 2.55 million US dollars . Carlsen initially received $ 100,000 from this because he competed in his opponent's home country. The remainder was split 60:40 between winners and losers. If the competition had been decided by a tie-break , the winner would only have received 55 percent.
Competition mode
The competition was played over a maximum of twelve games with a classic time limit (120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds time credit from move 61). The player who was the first to reach 6.5 points became the world chess champion. If there had been a tie after the twelve regular games, the colors would have been drawn anew and four tie-break games ( rapid chess with 25 minutes per game plus ten seconds per move) would have been played. In the event of a tie, two blitz games (five minutes per game plus three seconds per move) would have been played. Had this not led to a decision, two more blitz games would have been played. This would have been repeated until a winner had been determined or ten blitz games had been played. Had it been the same after that, one last sudden death game would have been played. By drawing lots a player would have been determined who would now have been able to choose whether he would have wanted to play the last game with white or black. The white player would have five minutes to think about, the black player four minutes. From move 61 the players would have received a time credit of three seconds per move. If there had been a draw in this last game, the player with the black pieces would have been declared the winner. The main referee of the competition was Ashot Vardapetyan from Armenia.
Carlsen enforced a contractual clause that gave a player the right to take a two-day break in the event of illness.
Preparations
Anand spent two months preparing for the competition in Bad Soden am Taunus . After Peter Heine Nielsen and Rustam Kasimjanov had previously left his team, he worked with Surya Shekhar Ganguly , Radosław Wojtaszek and Chanda Sandipan as seconds . At the opening press conference on November 7, 2013, Anand confirmed that K. Sasikiran and Péter Lékó were also among his seconds.
Carlsen kept his preparations largely secret. Only Jon Ludvig Hammer was officially confirmed as the second .
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Carlsen was the world number one with a lead of 95 Elo points over Anand who was in 8th place as the favorite. Before the world championship match, the two players met in 29 games with a classic time limit. Anand led in this comparison with 6: 3 with 20 draws. In the last clash before the match, Carlsen won the Tal Memorial in June 2013 with White in 29 moves.
The opening ceremony took place on November 7, 2013 at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. The opening speech was given by the Prime Minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa .
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The start of the game was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. UTC , which corresponds to 3:00 p.m. local time and 10:30 a.m. CET (including D, A and CH) . In the event of a 6: 6 tie after twelve games, the tie-break was scheduled for November 28 (see the section on competition mode ). The opening ceremony draw revealed that Carlsen had white in the first game.
After the first game, the colors were changed for each new game during the first half of the duel, then Anand kept the white stones in the seventh game as the start of the second half, after which the colors were changed again in each game. This practice had already proven itself in previous world championships in order to neutralize the possible advantage of the first white game.
| Lot | Date (2013) | Game result | opening | ECO code | Trains | Intermediate result | link | Video | ||
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| 1 | Sat, November 9th | ½ | ½ | Grünfeld Indian | D78 | 16 | ½ | ½ | chessgames.com | Video 01 |
| 2 | Sun, November 10th | ½ | ½ | Caro-Kann | B19 | 25th | 1 | 1 | chessgames.com | Video 02 |
| 3 | Tuesday, November 12th | ½ | ½ | Réti opening | A07 | 51 | 1½ | 1½ | chessgames.com | Video 03 |
| 4th | Wed, November 13th | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C67 | 64 | 2 | 2 | chessgames.com | Video 04 |
| 5 | Fri, November 15th | 0 | 1 | Queen's Gambit | D31 | 58 | 2 | 3 | chessgames.com | Video 05 |
| 6th | Sat, November 16 | 0 | 1 | Spanish game | C65 | 67 | 2 | 4th | chessgames.com | Video 06 |
| 7th | Mon, November 18 | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C65 | 32 | 2½ | 4½ | chessgames.com | Video 07 |
| 8th | Tuesday, November 19th | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C67 | 33 | 3 | 5 | chessgames.com | Video 08 |
| 9 | Thursday, November 21 | 0 | 1 | Nimzowitsch Indian | E25 | 28 | 3 | 6th | chessgames.com | Video 09 |
| 10 | Fri, November 22 | ½ | ½ | Sicilian | B51 | 65 | 3½ | 6½ | chessgames.com | Video 10 ( 1 / 2 ) |
| 11 | Sun, November 24th |
It was no longer necessary to play these games because Carlsen had already reached more than half of the possible points after the 10th game. |
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1st game
The first game ended after only 16 moves and a less spectacular course with a draw by repetition .
- Carlsen - Anand
- Chennai, November 9, 2013
- Grünfeld-Indian , D78
- 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. 0–0 Nf6 6. b3 0–0 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nb6 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bc1 Nd5 13. Qb3 Sa5 14. Qa3 Nc4 15. Qb3 Sa5 16. Qa3 Nc4 ½: ½
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2nd game
In the second game, Carlsen surprised as Black with the Caro-Kann defense . Anand felt less prepared for the complicated position that arose and accepted an exchange of queens on move 18 . After 25 moves there was a draw by repetition of positions.
- Anand - Carlsen
- Chennai, November 10, 2013
- Caro-Kann , B19
- 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4 + 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. 0–0–0 0–0 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. h5 b5 20. Rh3 a5 21. Rf1 Rac8 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Rgf3 Kg8 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 ½: ½
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3rd game
In the third game, Carlsen began as in the first, but then moved the pawn to c4 as a variant in the third move. In the middle game, Anand seemed to gain the upper hand, Carlsen had to temporarily place his queen on the h1 corner field and ran out of time . However, with the pawn sacrifice 28. e3 Carlsen was able to reactivate his pieces, whereupon Anand turned into an even position, exchanged pieces and offered a draw after move 41. Carlsen continued to play, however, and the players continued to trade until a positional draw was reached after 51 moves .
- Carlsen - Anand
- Chennai, November 12, 2013
- Réti opening , A07
- 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4 + Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8. 0–0 0–0 9. d3 h6 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 c6 13. Bb4 Be6 14. Qc1 Bd5 15. a4 b6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a5 Tab8 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qf4 Rd8 21. h4 Kh7 22. Nd2 Be5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qh3 Be6 25.Qh1 c5 26.Ne4 Kg7 27.Ng5 b5 28.e3 dxe3 29.Rxe3 Bd4 30. Re2 c4 31.Nxe6 + fxe6 32.Be4 cxd3 33.Rd2 Qb4 34.Rad1 Bxb2 35.Qf3 Bf6 36.Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Bd3 Qd4 40. Bxb5 Qf6 41. Qb7 + Be7 42. Kg2 g5 43. hxg5 Qxg5 44.Bc4 h4 45. Qc7 hxg3 46. Qxg3 e5 47. Kf3 Qxg3 + 48. fxg. Ke3 + 48. fxg 50. Kf5 Bf2 51. Kxe5 Bxg3 + ½: ½
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4th game
In the fourth game, the Berlin defense of the Spanish opening was played. After exchanging queens on move eight, the game quickly took on the character of an endgame. The eighteenth move, in which Carlsen and his bishop was able to take an edge pawn, caused a stir: In a similar situation, Bobby Fischer lost a bishop in the first game of the 1972 World Cup . In this case, however, Carlsen was able to win the pawn and free his bishop, albeit at the expense of weaker piece position. Anand was able to keep the game balanced then, in the rook ending parry some threats and Carlsen's extra pawn neutralize, so there was a draw back.
- Anand - Carlsen
- Chennai, November 13, 2013
- Spanish game, C67
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0–0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8 Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. Bg5 h6 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Rd2 c5 15.Rad1 Be6 16. Ne1 Ng6 17.Nd3 b6 18. Ne2 Bxa2 19.b3 c4 20.Ndc1 cxb3 21.cxb3 Bb1 22.f4 Kb7 23.Nc3 Bf5 24.g4 Bc8 25. Nd3 h5 26. f5 Ne7 27. Nb5 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rh4 29. Nf2 Nc6 30. Rc2 a5 31. Rc4 g6 32. Rdc1 Bd7 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6 Be8 35. Ne4 Rxg4 + 36. Kf2 Rf4 + 37. Ke3 Rf8 38.Nd4 Nxd4 39. Rxc7 + Ka6 40. Kxd4 Rd8 + 41. Kc3 Rf3 + 42. Kb2 Re3 43. Rc8 Rdd3 44.Ra8 + Kb7 45.Rxe8 Rxe4 46. e7 Rg3 47.Rc3 Re2 + 48.Rc2 g5 Tee3 49. Rd2 Re5 51. Rd7 Kc6 52. Ted8 Tge3 53. Rd6 + Kb7 54.R8d7 + Ka6 55. Rd5 Re2 + 56. Ka3 Re6 57. Rd8 g4 58. Rg5 Rxe7 59. Ra8 + Kb7 60th Day8 a4 61. Rxg4 axb3 62.R8g7 63. Rxe7 Rxe7 64. Kxb3 ½: ½
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5th game
Carlsen's opening culminated in the semi-Slavic version of the Queen's Gambit , which resulted in an open exchange of blows. This led to a rook ending in which Anand had one pawn less and after the error 45 ... Rc1 + instead of 45 ... Ra1 soon lost another. In a hopeless situation, he gave up after 58 moves.
- Carlsen - Anand
- Chennai, November 15, 2013
- Queen's Gambit, D31
- 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4 + 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. 0–0– 0 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bc7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd8 + Bxd8 16. Be2 Ke7 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Ne4 Bb6 19. c5 f5 20. cxb6 fxe4 21. b7 Tab8 22. Bxe4 Rxb7 23. Rhf1 Rb5 24. Rf4 g5 25.Rf3 h5 26.Rdf1 Be8 27.Bc2 Rc5 28.Rf6 h4 29.e4 a5 30. Kd2 Rb5 31. b3 Bh5 32. Kc3 Rc5 + 33. Kb2 Rd8 34.R1f2 Rd4 35. Rh6 Bd1 36.Bb1 Rb5 37. Kc3 c5 38. Rb2 e5 39. Rg6 a4 40. Rxg5 Rxb3 + 41. Rxb3 Bxb3 42. Rxe5 + Kd6 43. Rh5 Rd1 44. e5 + Kd5 45. Lh7 Rc1 + 46. Kb2 Rg1 47. Lg8 + Kc6 48. Rh3 + Kd6 50. Kxb3 Rxg2 51. Rxh4 Ke6 52. a4 Kxe5 53. a5 Kd6 54.Rh7 Kd5 55. a6 c4 + 56. Kc3 Ra2 57. a7 Kc5 58.h4 1: 0
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6th game
In the sixth game - as in the fourth - the Berlin defense of the Spanish opening was played. In the rook ending sacrificed Carlsen at first an extra pawn gradually two farmers to using his active king and tower a pawn to create. Anand gave up when his conversion into a lady could no longer be prevented.
- Anand - Carlsen
- Chennai, November 16, 2013
- Spanish game, C65
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 0–0 6. 0–0 Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bh4 Bxb3 13.axb3 Nb8 14.h3 Nbd7 15.Nh2 De7 16.Ndf1 Bb6 17. Ne3 De6 18.b4 a5 19.bxa5 Bxa5 20.Nhg4 Bb6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxf6 + Qxf6 23.Qg4 Bxe3 24.fxe3 De7 25. Rf1 c5 26. Kh2 c4 27. d4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qb7 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. Qf5 exd4 31. Rxd4 Re5 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. Kh1 De7 34. Qg4 Kh7 35. Qf4 g6 36. Kh2 Kg7 37. Qf3 Re6 38. Qg3 Rxe4 39. Qxd6 Rxe3 40. Qxe7 Rxe7 41.Rd5 Rb7 42.Rd6 f6 43.h4 Kf7 44. h5 gxh5 45.Rd5 Kg6 46. Kg3 Rb6 47.Rc5 f5 48. Kh4 Re6 49. Rxb 50. Kh3 Kg5 51. Rb8 h4 52. Rg8 + Kh5 53. Rf8 Rf4 54. Rc8 Rg4 55. Rf8 Rg3 + 56. Kh2 Kg5 57. Rg8 + Kf4 58. Rc8 Ke3 59. Rxc4 f4 60.Ra4 h3 61. gxh3 Rg6 62. c4 f3 63. Ta3 + Ke2 64. b4 f2 65. Ta2 + Kf3 66. Ta3 + Kf4 67. Ta8 Rg1 0: 1
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7th game
In the seventh game, in which it was the third time in the match for the Berlin defense of the Spanish opening, Anand was allowed to lead the white stones for a second time in a row due to the regulations. But after the previous two defeats, Anand let the game flatten out quickly despite a new variant by Carlsen in the opening and accepted the draw instead of attacking.
- Anand - Carlsen
- Chennai, November 18, 2013
- Spanish game, C65
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. 0–0– 0 0–0-0 13. Ne2 The8 14. Kb1 b6 15. h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 20. Rh7 Rh8 21. Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf3 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. c3 Ne6 29. Kc2 Ng5 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qf2 Ne6 ½: ½
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8th game
The eighth game ended after a little over an hour by exchanging the easy and difficult pieces in an even pawn ending. After the game, the two players had to undergo a doping control independent of suspicion , as was done at previous world chess championships.
- Carlsen - Anand
- Chennai, November 19, 2013
- Spanish game, C67
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0–0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 0–0 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. De2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. De5 Ng7 25. Qxe8 + Nxe8 26. Rxe8 + Qxe8 27. Nf6 + Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 b5 31. b4 Kf7 32. h3 h6 33. h4 h5 ½: ½
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Anand used a sharp opening in the ninth game that gave him attack. Due to a serious mistake, however, he stopped the game: After 28.Nf1 instead of 28.Bf1 Carlsen's second queen, who had just been converted into a pawn, was able to repel the attack without any problems.
- Anand - Carlsen
- Chennai, November 21, 2013
- Nimzowitsch-Indian, 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 0–0 11. Bg2 Sa5 12. 0– 0 Nb3 13.Ra2 b5 14.Ng3 a5 15.g5 Ne8 16.e4 Nxc1 17.Qxc1 Ra6 18.e5 Sc7 19.f4 b4 20.axb4 axb4 21.Rxa6 Nxa6 22.f5 b3 23.Qf4 Sc7 24.f6 g6 25. Qh4 Ne8 26. Qh6 b2 27.Rf4 b1D + 28. Nf1 ?? Qe1 0: 1
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Carlsen was now enough for an overall victory a draw. Thus, Anand played aggressively in order to keep the outcome of the match open by winning. After Carlsen had chosen the Rossolimo variant of the Sicilian Defense, a knight endgame led by both players risky resulted. In the course of this, Carlsen sacrificed a jumper. Both players were able to convert a pawn into a queen on move 56. After exchanging queens, the game ended in an endgame with two pawns on the white side and one knight on the black side. When the last white pawn was defeated, the draw was perfect. The challenger Carlsen was the new world chess champion.
- Carlsen - Anand
- Chennai, November 22, 2013
- Sicilian Defense, B51
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5 + Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7 + Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. 0–0 Bc6 11. Qd3 0–0 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Tac1 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. h3 Qc7 19.Rfd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 Kf8 21. Qb2 Kg8 22. a4 Qh5 23. Ne2 Bf6 24.Rc3 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 De5 26.Qd2 Nf6 27.Re3 Td7 28. a5 Qg5 29. e5 Ne8 30. exd6 Rc6 31. f4 Qd8 32. Ted3 Rcxd6 33.Rxd6 Rxd6 34.Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Kc5 Kc7 40. Nc3 Nf5 41. Ne4 Ne3 42. g3 f5 43. Nd6 g5 44. Ne8 + Kd7 45. Nf6 + Ke7 46. Ng8 + Kf8 47. Nxh6 gxf4 48. gxf4 Kg7 49.Nxf5 exf5 exf 50. Kb6 Ng2 51. Kxb7 Nxf4 52. Kxa6 Ne6 53. Kb6 f4 54. a6 f3 55. a7 f2 56. a8D f1D 57. Qd5 De1 58. Qd6 De3 + 59. Ka6 Nc5 + 60. Kb5 Nxb3 61. Qc7 + Kh6 62. Qb6 + Qxb6 + 63. Kxb6 Kh5 64. h4 Kxh4 65. c5 Nxc5 ½: ½
Reviews
Grandmaster Anish Giri attributes Carlsen's victory to several factors. Anand was not able to shed his fear of Carlsen during the competition. This was particularly evident in the press conferences after the games in which Anand underestimated his positions. Furthermore, Anand's preparation for the opening largely came to nothing because Carlsen always chose side options.
Robert K. von Weizsäcker , former president of the German Chess Federation , described the world championship as disappointing, since Carlsen did not demonstrate a superior understanding of chess, but merely waited and exploited his opponent's mistakes. National coach Uwe Bönsch , on the other hand, said that the games were not spectacular, but still at a very high level. Grandmaster Nigel Short wrote that Anand lost through his own mistakes, but that these were brought about by Carlsen's constant pressure. As for the new world champion, Der Standard from Austria stated under the heading Precise Product of Systematic Development : Carlsen has an extraordinary memory and a mental strength that is atypical for his age. Instead of attacking (and sometimes losing), he waits for tiny bumps in the opponent's game and then relentlessly increases the pressure like Bobby Fischer . The most striking feature is its enormous precision. In many ways, his style is therefore similar to that of the Cuban world champion José Raúl Capablanca .
In a newspaper article at the end of November 2013, Michael Ehn wrote : "The severity of the defeat was of course not a surprise. Carlsen's clear win was almost exactly the result to be expected according to the Arpad Elo rating. ... Chess at this highest level is obviously something for youngsters Brains.… Among the 50 (world's best) grandmasters with over 2700 Elo points "only Ivanchuk and Gelfand are older than Anand. "Of course the world champion also knew from this distribution of chances that his match experience and intuition could hardly stand up to the precision of the younger in critical moments. It would have taken an emergency incarnation of Vishnu , the exalted maintainer, to put the Norwegian in his place. The 43-year-old's performance and courage are all the more respected. After the knock-downs in games five and six, he took on a 20-year-old Mike Tyson , who was 20 years younger than him , with enormous punch, agility and controlled aggression. In game nine with White one last heroic attempt at a lucky punch, Anand went down himself. The new world champion ... how will he shape the style of the present? Maybe not at all. He just plays very, very strong chess. He knows that, and that's all. And, that's his message, it has never been different in chess history. "
Grandmaster Boris Gelfand thinks that Carlsen deserved to win. In particular, his understanding of the endgame is extraordinary. In Gelfand's opinion, Carlsen plays stronger than a computer in this phase of the game. As usual for him, Carlsen did not show anything special in the openings. This could prove to be a serious weakness in future competitions. In the third game Carlsen did not do well after the opening phase, but intuitively found the right defense to save the game. With the exception of the 9th game, when Anand was already well behind and was no longer full of self-confidence, it was not possible to achieve complicated tactical positions.
useful information
The world championship was after Lasker against Capablanca in 1921 ( Lasker's premature abandonment at +0 = 10 −4) and Kasparow against Kramnik 2000 (+0 = 13 −2 from Kasparov's point of view) the third in the history of the world chess championships , in which in one Title duel, the reigning "classic" world champion could not win a single game against his challenger. These two world championships did not take place under the aegis of the world chess federation FIDE, but are counted as classic world championships for different reasons: In 1921 the world chess federation did not exist and in 2000 the match was lost during the title split by the previously classic world champion Kasparov, who has been his title since Defended twice outside of FIDE in 1993.
Carlsen became the 16th classic world chess champion with his victory. He is the first Norwegian to win this title.
literature
- Vasilios Kotronias and Sotiris Logothetis: Carlsen's Assault on the Throne . Quality Chess, Glasgow 2013, ISBN 978-1-906552-22-0 .
Web links
- Official website (English).
- Tournament report and games at chessgames.com. (English).
- Analysis videos of the World Cup games from SPON
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top 100 Players November 2013 - Archives. FIDE, accessed November 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Rules & regulations for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Championship cycle 2011–2013. English. (PDF, 459 kB).
- ↑ Candidates Tournament London 2013. Final Ranking. FIDE, accessed April 2, 2013 .
- ↑ FIDE Top players - Top 100 Players March 2013 . FIDE. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ↑ Chennai confirmed for World Championship Match. On: Chessdom.com. May 5, 2013.
- ↑ Norwegian Chess Federation protests. On: Chessbase.de. May 3, 2013.
- ^ Paris is ready to organize the World Championship match. On: Chessvibes.com. May 3, 2013.
- ↑ Anand-Carlsen: three weeks until game 1. On: Chessvibes.com. 19th October 2013.
- ↑ Rules & Regulations for the FIDE World Championship Match (FWCM) 2013. (PDF; 316 kB) FIDE, accessed on October 7, 2013 (English).
- ↑ Carlsen insists on 'illness clause' for Indian chess match. AFP, August 19, 2013 (English).
- ↑ Go there, sit down, play well. Die Zeit, October 29, 2013.
- ^ Anand reveals his seconds but Carlsen play coy. The Times of India, November 8, 2013.
- ^ Anand - Carlsen 2013, seconds preview. On: Chessdom.com. October 30, 2013.
- ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
- ^ Head-to-head: Anand leads Carlsen. The Hindu, November 7, 2013.
- ↑ Anishgiri.nl , accessed on November 26, 2013.
- ↑ German honorary president criticizes world champion Carlsen. Spiegel Online, November 25, 2013.
- ^ "Carlsen plays like Roger Federer" , N-tv.de, November 25, 2013.
- ^ A champion of his time , Indian Express, November 27, 2013.
- ↑ The Standard of November 23, 2013, p. 36.
- ↑ In the grinder of the young genius. In: Der Standard of November 30, 2013, p. A 8
- ↑ Gelfand on World Championship Match 2013. TheChessWorld, December 13, 2013, accessed on December 17, 2013 .