Sochi (Russia), Nov 21: Overcoming some anxious moments, Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen Friday played out the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match to a 32-move draw against Indian challenger Viswanathan Anand in Russia.
Perhaps the one notable aspect of the game was that Anand was able to queen a pawn, for the first time in the 10 rounds.
Bad move from Anand
Anand's 24th Rd2 move was considered bad as he did not try to control the open e file which Carlsen controlled with his Re8 move.
"Re8 was an important move by Carlsen. In the end game, controlling the e file is important which Anand failed to do and with that he had put out any chances of winning a point," Harikrishna said.
"What is happening is Anand not creating any complications and trying to consolidate a stable plus," Giri tweeted.
Two moves later, both players exchanged their black bishops and on move 30, Anand queened his d pawn only to be slayed by Carlsen's knight. With two rooks and four pawns each, the players signed the peace treaty after Anand made his 32nd move. At the end of this round, Carlsen has 5.5 points to Anand's 4.5 in the 12-round match.
The 11th round will be played Sunday with the players resting Saturday.
Score after 10 games: Carlsen 5.5 - Anand 4.5
IANS/OneIndia News