As it happened Game 2: Carlsen beats Anand to get first win

Highlights, analysis and tweets here: And that’s it. It’s over. Carlsen wins. Clean win for the Norwegian. Just too good. He kept squeezing on the pressure. https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531474447841370112 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531474428723744768 2119 IST: After White’s 33rd move… https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531473160940843008 2114 IST: Fight on… https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson/status/531471831266758656 2108 IST: What Vishy did wrong… https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson/status/531470530117763072 2101 IST: And the man closest to Carlsen in the ELO Ratings weighs in. https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana/status/531469063688822784 2054 IST: Nakamura joins the debate. https://twitter.com/GMHikaru/status/531467200461549568 2051 IST: After 28 moves, the position is not good for Vishy. https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/531466423403835392 2031 IST: Time trouble for Vishy? https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531461375223406593 2016 IST: After 23 moves, not good for black. The question that is being asked is whether Anand can save this game. Peter Svidler: “Very few people in the world are better at defending positions like this than Vishy” https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531457704490196992 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531459154670784513 2003 IST: After 20 moves… https://twitter.com/yelenadembo 1955 IST: Anand needs to channel his inner computer here. https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531452211843567616 1948 IST: No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness - Victor Kortchnoi. Let the maddest one win! 1942 IST: Battle stations!!!! https://twitter.com/reachvsara/status/531449316380925952 1941 IST: A ray of light for Carlsen? https://twitter.com/TarjeiJS/status/531448868479959041 1909 IST: Carlsen’s pieces are starting to move now – a direct attack against Black’s king seems to be coming. https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531440402596102144 1901 IST: After 15 moves, White looks menacing but Black still very solid. https://twitter.com/yelenadembo/status/531438728099934208 1850 IST: https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531435476822269953 1843 IST: Teymur Rajabov feels white has edged ahead after his 13th move… if only slightly. https://twitter.com/rajachess/status/531434102793445377 1831: Nigel Short on why long games aren’t good for Vishy. https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531431028972597248 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531433695488802817 1822 IST: https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531428790304768000 1813 IST: https://twitter.com/yelenadembo/status/531426698936713216 1806 IST: Susan Polgar explains what openings can be so tricky… yet simple. https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531423912975138816 1801 IST: “Black has done some work on this line… comes as surprise to Magnus,” says Svidler after 9 moves. 1753 IST: And we all hope, Nigel Short gets it right. https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531420840517468160 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/531422059566751744 1749 IST: Vishy is giving this a lot of thought – after Carlsen’s 9th move (Nd2) https://twitter.com/rajachess/status/531420614511579136 1744 IST: https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/531419576941416448 1738 IST: https://twitter.com/TarjeiJS/status/531417357789716480 1712 IST: https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/531410974981754880 The last time Anand played black against Carlsen – at the World Rapid – he won. Carlsen made a huge blunder then. But this is the classical format. Today, Carlsen will have white pieces and as such, will set the tone of the match. Anand, with black, will have to soak up the pressure and do his best to stay in the match. In the post-match conference after Game 1, Anand had said that playing with black isn’t as big a disadvantage as it used to be once upon a time. We will have to see if that holds true. [caption id=“attachment_1794419” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The second Carlsen vs Anand game promises to be just as exciting. AP[/caption] The World Chess Championship match consists of 12 games with a classical time control: 120 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes for 20 moves, and then 15 minutes plus 30 second per move until the end of the game. If the match is tied, a tie-break will be played on November 27th.