Viswanathan
Anand put aside the experts` claim that the challenger will
make a comeback at the half way stage, and played out another
draw to maintain his full point lead.
|Last Updated: May 01, 2010, 11:27 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Sofia(Bulgaria): World champion Viswanathan
Anand put aside the experts` claim that the challenger will
make a comeback at the half way stage, and played out another
draw to maintain his full point lead over Veselin Topalov of
Bulgaria in the sixth game of the world chess championship
2010 now underway here.
Anand, who had won the second and the fourth game after
losing in the opener, has drawn the remaining three games of
this high profile two million euros world championship and it
now appears that the Indian ace is on course for his fourth
world championship crown.
With just six games to come in the 12-match championship,
Anand is presently sitting pretty but Topalov could have some
positive thoughts especially after the sixth game wherein, for
the first time in the match, Anand conceded a draw with what
is considered to be the favourable colour on the chequered
board.
Anand played his third white game in the same opening
that has held him in good stead. It was a kind of surprise to
some experts who were hoping that Topalov will get out of dry
positions and try something else to combat the Indian.
Playing another Catalan, Anand yet again got a decent
position out of the opening but Topalov this time was better
armed to find moves to keep parity in the position in the
middle game. Anand parted with his Bishop for a knight early
in the opening, conceding the Bishop pair to Topalov but the
latter found some equalising moves early in the game.
As it transpired after the early trading of queens, only
Topalov had some real chances provided he maintained a
composed structure. The Bulgarian maintained the latter but,
for sure, Anand did not give any further lee-way to give
Topalov and real chances.
For the records, Anand had two knights for two Bishops
apart from the pair of rooks for both pairs and it was a
picturesque site to see the Indian troubling the black pieces
with some deft manoeuvres. As it turned out, Topalov was left
with only an optical advantage when the players exchanged a
pair of rooks and a set of minor piece and the result was
never in doubt thereafter.
Topalov was known to be following the Sofia rules here
that bar any player to offer draw or talk to opponent. So it
was expected that there will be another repetition. For once
the audiences` prediction went perfect when on the 58th move
the game was agreed drawn vide another repetition.
Anand now has a rest day to ponder over what is to be
done for the final half of the match. The world champion has
every reason to be pleased about the way things have gone thus
far in the championship.
Topalov will play black again in the seventh game as the
colour pattern will be reversed for the remaining games.
PTI
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