Chess world championship as it happened: Anand strikes back to win Game 3

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Vishy wins!
Powerful opening,precise calculation, good technique,excellent time management.
He played,dare I say it, like a World Champion.

— Jonathan Rowson (@Jonathan_Rowson) November 11, 2014

There is a lot being made of Anand's prep, but you still have the knowledge to play the correct moves at the board. #carlsenanand #c24live

— Daaim Shabazz (@thechessdrum) November 11, 2014

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28...Ba5 may not have been best, but this game was not decided there but in home preparation. Black never got into the game. #CarlsenAnand

— Lars Bo Hansen (@GMLars) November 11, 2014

31...e5 32 Bxe5 No chance to save this. #CarlsenAnand @anandcarlsen14

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

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For the 1st time, I feel that Anand will win this game. Magnus will not be able to hold this #CarlsenAnand @anandcarlsen14

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

Ba5 is a bad move by Magnus. Qa6 and it is close to winning for Anand #CarlsenAnand @anandcarlsen14

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

Carlsen has 10 minutes left for 13 moves. He's not in time trouble often. How will he deal with it, under this pressure? #CarlsenAnand

— Chess.com Community (@GreenPawns) November 11, 2014

I like white's position but i like the time situation even more!#govishy #CarlsenAnand

— Abhijeet Gupta (@iam_abhijeet) November 11, 2014

Magnus is very clever. He is making Anand calculate this out. He is making it complicated for his opponent :) #CarlsenAnand @anandcarlsen14

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

A very neat resource! Black wants to improve the Bishop and to control a5 to be able to play ...Ra5 at some point. #CarlsenAnand

— Yelena Dembo (@yelenadembo) November 11, 2014

Hmmm... Bg3,not even considering Be5.. Idea on Bb4 to play Qxb4-Qxc6-Qe7! and g5 is hanging... #CarlsenAnand

— Teimour Radjabov (@rajachess) November 11, 2014

Looks like White has a rather large plus already, his pieces are very active and the a-pawn doesn't anywhere right now. #CarlsenAnand

— Yelena Dembo (@yelenadembo) November 11, 2014

After ...Rc8, Rc6 looks right to me. Then Black needs a creative answer to slow burning threat of Rfc1, Qa6 and Rc6-b6-b8. #CarlsenAnand

— Jonathan Rowson (@Jonathan_Rowson) November 11, 2014

0-0 is not bad in general,is just bad compared to Qa6 I think! #CarlsenAnand

— Teimour Radjabov (@rajachess) November 11, 2014

If Carlsen escapes this, maybe there is something to Korchnoi's theory that the Norwegian is hypnotizing his opponents. #CarlsenAnand

— Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS) November 11, 2014

Qa6 is such an easy move with engines running :D in my opinion 0-0 is more human #CarlsenAnand

— Harikrishna (@HariChess) November 11, 2014

Anand got cold feet and chose a safer line with 0-0 #CarlsenAnand @anandcarlsen14

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

If (emphasis on IF) @vishy64theking can avoid another blunder, he evens the match after today's game. His advantage is clear. #CarlsenAnand

— Art Smart (@Art_Smart) November 11, 2014

Anand looks to be seriously better but this is an unholy mess of a position. Game 3 #CarlsenAnand

— Devangshu Datta (@devangshudatta) November 11, 2014

My sense, after watching last hour of World Chess Championship, I have no idea what #CarlsenAnand are thinking. Ever

— Warren Leight (@warrenleightTV) November 11, 2014

There is something wonderful about following #CarlsenAnand even if you are not a strong chess player. (tension, drama, waiting)

— Hernán A. Bruno {🇦🇷,🇩🇪} (@HernanBruno1975) November 11, 2014

He will castle next, then Rf2-h3-Qx one of the pawns, blockade them and see what is going on.Easy to play with white #CarlsenAnand

— Teimour Radjabov (@rajachess) November 11, 2014

Let's be clear. Both sides know this line. But it seems that Anand remembers it better & Magnus has to recall what he knows #CarlsenAnand

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

The reason I said this is the best Anand got is because Magnus usually stays away from sharp theorical battles -> favor Anand #CarlsenAnand

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

Anand could not have asked for a better chance. This is super sharp. 1 mistake by either side and it's over #CarlsenAnand @anandcarlsen14

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

GM Agdestein after 18...Nxe4: "Just a tiny error in this position can be fatal for either." #CarlsenAnand #vgsjakk

— Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS) November 11, 2014

After Nxe4 now, black has to take with the pawn on e4, otherwise after Nxe4 f3 he has to solve hard problems.#CarlsenAnand

— Teimour Radjabov (@rajachess) November 11, 2014

17...Ndf6 played - so now we'll see what Anand's idea is - still following Aronian-Adams. #CarlsenAnand

— Tom Rendle (@TERendle) November 11, 2014

Magnus after 17. Bg5 #CarlsenAnand @anandcarlsen14 pic.twitter.com/8a21RkBmUT

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

15...a4 Interesting that both teams feel that this position is good for them. We'll see which team did a better job preparing for this game

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

Everyone is saying this is a solid line for Black. But.... isn't that a white pawn on c7? #CarlsenAnand

— Fabiano Caruana (@FabianoCaruana) November 11, 2014

Vishy is going for a sharp line instead of playing more positionally #CarlsenAnand

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) November 11, 2014

#CarlsenAnand Anand is playing my favorite opening lines with d4 today. It's very aggressive....

— Ravi Shekhar Ojha (@RaviShekharOjha) November 11, 2014

Black wants to apply pressure on the queenside with ideas like ...Qc8 and perhaps doubling on the a-file in the future #CarlsenAnand

— Yelena Dembo (@yelenadembo) November 11, 2014

Preview Game three could be a pivotal game for Viswanathan Anand. His win-less streak against Carlsen is now at 12 games in this format and he has lost four of the last eight games going back to their 2013 world championship match in which Carlsen beat Anand in 10 games. Anand needs a win, or at least a superior position that puts Carlsen under pressure, to create some doubt in the mind of the 23-year-old champion. Anand’s body language after the second game suggested that he is currently downbeat, especially since the openings in both games left the players with an even position. [caption id=“attachment_1797849” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Can Anand find a way past Carlsen? FIDE[/caption] But it is precisely those sorts of positions that Carlsen exploits so ruthlessly. “Watching Game 2, I was irresistibly reminded of two rules or rather, two heuristics, both of which I learnt some 40 years ago,” Devangshu Datta writes on his blog. “Magnus Carlsen broke one of those rules and Viswanathan Anand broke the other. The result was a one-sided classic. Carlsen demonstrated yet again, how he can squeeze effortless victories out of a seemingly dull, dry simple position.” Meanwhile Firstpost sports editor Ashish Magotra thinks Carlsen is in Anand’s head, which was the case in Chennai too. “Carlsen is in his prime. Anand knows that but he is perhaps allowing himself to over-think the situation. If the 44-year-old India can reproduce the form he displayed at the Candidates, then he would be fine. “But right now, he isn’t playing chess… he is playing Magnus – an incomparable genius who, in Anand’s mind, doesn’t make any mistakes.”