Sad news for Indian fans on Sunday 23rd Nov
2014….. as Norway’s Magnus Carlsen completed the defence of his world chess
title by defeating Viswanathan Anand in the eleventh game of the ongoing
championship at Sochi as the five-time world from Chennai threw away an
advantageous position in the fourth hour of play.
Yes, the news is Viswanathan Anand playing with black pieces
lost to Magnus Carlsen. With this win Carlsen has successfully defended his World
Champion title. Trailing by a full point with just two games remaining, Indian
chess ace Viswanathan Anand desperately needed a victory to stay afloat - with the scores at
5.5-4.5 in favour of the Norwegian, Anand needed that one extra elusive victory
in the penultimate game, when Carlsen played white.
The chances for Anand had actually been diminishing with each passing game – we only
hoped that the Norwegian would be vulnerable ! One point ahead at the start of the eleventh
game, Carlsen needed a win on Sunday to end the match - Anand’s win could have taken the contest down to the last
game.
Unlike what happened
in Chennai, where Anand played passively and went down in 10 games, losing his
world title, at Sochi, he played
confidently at Sochi- game 3 on Nov. 11 proved good, when Vishy won.
Sochi, is a
city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Black Sea coast near the border
between Georgia/Abkhazia and Russia- and that was the venue for the ‘World Chess Championship 2014’ - the
title match which has concluded
today. It was held under the auspices of the World Chess
Federation (FIDE).
With regards – S. Sampathkumar
23rd Nov. 2014.@ 21.45 hrs.