Game over https://twitter.com/Pogonina/status/533639760976564224 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533639556948824064 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533639501243875328 https://twitter.com/OlimpiuUrcan/status/533639448450174976 Huge blow for Vishy https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533636053509611520 Kramnik thinks Vishy has a chance https://twitter.com/TarjeiJS/status/533631244186025986 Bad opening choice by Anand? https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533630926690209792 Can Vishy hold on? https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533630555351707648 https://twitter.com/rajachess/status/533630804724031488 Magnus blunders, Vishy also blunders https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533624209780772864 https://twitter.com/JacimovicSara/status/533622358381449216 https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana/status/533622205884936192 https://twitter.com/MarkTWIC/status/533622221944930304 https://twitter.com/iam_abhijeet/status/533622171013103616 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533622143016505345 Looking to the heavens? https://twitter.com/reachvsara/status/533620612845944832 It’s not over for Vishy yet https://twitter.com/reachvsara/status/533617855237853186 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533617745527840770 https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/533617282698993664 Magnus the model https://twitter.com/Pogonina/status/533615803850297344 Wait and watch https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533614910887182336 https://twitter.com/yelenadembo/status/533614933242806272 https://twitter.com/iam_abhijeet/status/533614475790667776 Does Anand have a plan? https://twitter.com/yelenadembo Anand’s 20th move https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533610250629570560 Or maybe something went very wrong… https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana/status/533604997062483968 VA still in prep! https://twitter.com/GMjtis/status/533605944266330112 Magnus pulls ahead https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/533601948571009024 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533599463139729408 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533598959311544320 https://twitter.com/tigerlilov/status/533602516299431936 Anand’s challenge https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533597940259254272 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533597274518343680 https://twitter.com/reachvsara/status/533597204154298368 https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson/status/533595707283091456 Not everyone is happy with Anand’s start though https://twitter.com/GMHikaru/status/533595228595159040 Long game ahead it seems https://twitter.com/HarikaDronavali/status/533594650255187968 Passive Anand? https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533593727064080384 https://twitter.com/Pogonina/status/533593811310874625 https://twitter.com/ChessBase/status/533593906529968128 Not the sharpest Sicilan https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533592016308142080 After the opening https://twitter.com/TarjeiJS/status/533591806605541376 https://twitter.com/yelenadembo/status/533591101790502912 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533590965509193728 https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/533590610578784256 https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana/status/533590519533015040 Game 5: Contrary to the expectations of some exciting chess, the fifth game of the World Chess Championship between champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Viswanathan Anand at Sochi, in Russia, Friday ended in a draw on the 39th move. [caption id=“attachment_1804511” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of Viswanathan Anand. AP[/caption] Though the Indian chess ace Anand displayed good form and pushed the reigning champion on to the back foot, Carlsen got out of the bind exchanging pieces. At the end of the fifth round, both players have 2.5 points each in the 12-game match. Speaking about the game, World No.7 and Grandmaster Anish Giri said that after the opening phase, which showed the defending champion’s good preparation, he thought the game would end in a draw. “But then Anand managed to get a long-term pull. So at some point, a quick draw seemed very unlikely,” Giri told IANS. Anand started the game with white pieces, moving his queen pawn to which Carlsen replied bringing out his knight to f3 square. Both the players played their initial moves very fast and the challenger paused a bit for his eighth move consuming six minutes. After his loss in the third round playing black, Carlsen decided to play it simple. Replying to Anand’s move faster than in his defeat in the third round, Carlsen showed that he was better prepared this time around. The challaneger’s 20th move of putting his knight on the d5 square made the game interesting but Carlsen was unruffled. The Norwegian also decided to hunt for Anand’s pawn on b2 square instead of going for an exchange of queens which he normally prefers to do. Anand’s foray to the seventh rank with his rook did not yield much results. Anand decided not to prolong the game and settled for a draw. According to Giri, the Indian challenger should have tried further and white pieces still had a pull and letting Carlsen go so quickly wasn’t necessary. “But we can’t get into Vishy’s mind. Maybe he wanted to preserve energy and thought of winning was extremely unlikely,” Giri said. “Had it been colours reversed, the game would have still been going on… Carlsen always plays till the last resource,” Giri said. Carlsen will play with white pieces Saturday.
At the end of the fifth round, both players have 2.5 points each in the 12-game match.
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