World Chess Championship as it happened: Anand vs Carlsen game one drawn

Highlights, tweets and analysis: 2250: That Qh5 triggered a flurry of moves and with Anand repeating his Qd7+ move - settling for a draw. That was white’s 48th move. 2245: Seems like Vishy has found a way to make things even after his 44th move - Qh5. Heading for a draw after Magnus was pushing for an unlikely result. 2220: GM Bauer - The move Re3 was more effective and dangerous for Magnus, but he probably feels Vishy can counter it and looks for an alternative. https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531114486162538496 2120: Chess teacher Oladapo Adu - “Magnus’s persistence in such even Positions just wears his opponents down!” https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531106478820573185 2100: Svidler - “When people commentating from the outside use the expression “dead draw” it always irks me a little.” https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531104922884775937 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531101430145613825 2030: GM Bauer - Black is threatening Rxd5 when Qxd5 runs into Qc2+ Ka1 Qc1+, so a “luftloch”, a2-a3, could prove quite useful. 2025: Terjei Svenson on Twitter - Magnus must be fine here and can’t possibly lose. https://twitter.com/MarkTWIC/status/531095298337435649 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531088782968094720 1925: Susan Polgar on Twitter - 17 f4 Eventually, white’s Bishop will land on e6 then the h4 will march forward. 1900: Vishy again plays fast. In this ending time plays an important role, but if Black is given 1 or 2 tempo/tempi he will consolidate and might even get the better of it in the long-run. https://twitter.com/OlimpiuUrcan/status/531082033196318720 1845: Anand finally gets his queen into the mix. Carlsen replies with f6. 14 moves gone. Analysis - The problem with Qc3 is that Black will have Rc8 as a subsequent threat, once the “c” file will be opened. https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana/status/531071330175946752 1825: GM Bauer on why Carlsen took ages to decide on 13th move - Quite a committal move, especially since 14. Qc3 is an option here, when the Rd1 and the Qd8 will be placed in a vis-a-vis. No wonder Carlsen pondered for a while before playing it. https://twitter.com/rajachess/status/531065309864927232 1805: Very very quick game, at least from Anand — who looks very much in preparation till now (12 moves). The Indian has lost both his knights and Carlsen doesn’t have his bishops on the board. https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531059996474482688 1750: Carlsen takes some time on that 9th move and chooses Bg4. Vishy has about 17 minutes on him already. https://twitter.com/rajachess/status/531058321802166273 1743: Expert speak via Ashish Magotra and Susan Polgar: Anand goes with a Grünfeld? Is this within Anand’s preparation? On the other hand, Vishy moved quite fast. This makes me believe that Vishy anticipated this. https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/531055536243220481 https://twitter.com/MarkTWIC/status/531054309728088064 https://twitter.com/TarjeiJS/status/531053750535065600 1735: So it’s not the typical e4 opening from Anand. d4 today – let’s see where this goes. Carlsen castled in the 7th move. Preview: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will look to avenge last year’s championship defeat and clinch his sixth world title when he takes on Magnus Carlsen in the first game of the World Chess championship on Saturday. The Indian ace, who has silenced his critics with some remarkable performances this year, is still the underdog but his chances seems to have improved greatly as compared to last time. [caption id=“attachment_1793453” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Anand and Carlsen during the World C’ship in Chennai. PTI[/caption] The match, to be played over 12-games, will have the Classical time control with 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 and then fifteen minutes each with a 30 second increment from move 61 onwards. In case of a tied result after 12-games, four rapid games will be played to determine the winner and if the scores are still tied, the match will be fought over in a series of blitz games till a clear winner emerges. The winner will get 60 per cent from the total prize fund of 1 million Euros (Approx. Rs. 7.6 Crores). For Anand it will be a new challenge under better conditions than the last time when the Indian was struggling before the match took place (PTI).