World Chess Championship Game 5: Anand, Carlsen agree to a draw

And we have a draw. https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533266825782784001 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533266743784120320 https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/533266465492062208 https://twitter.com/MarkTWIC/status/533266438283616257 MC in trouble https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson/status/533260892696506368 https://twitter.com/GMJanGustafsson/status/533259038524731392 Before and after 22…Qxb2 https://twitter.com/OlimpiuUrcan/status/533256670034395137 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533257074168561664 This is starting to become a lot more fun: https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533255252456505344 World no.2 Fabiano Caruana on Vishy’s performance so far: https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana/status/533254202483834880 https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana/status/533254007549337601 Still okay for Carlsen: https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533252797832380416 Carlsen vs Carlsen (After 21 moves) https://twitter.com/rajachess/status/533251812032532480 Long endgame https://twitter.com/yelenadembo/status/533250479191756800 But drawish… https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson/status/533245397435940866 Computers like white: https://twitter.com/TarjeiJS/status/533243624700784641 After 19 moves: https://twitter.com/MarkTWIC/status/533243500754903040 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533242145826959360 https://twitter.com/GMjtis/status/533242447879753729 After white’s 18th move: https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533241450931433473 After 17 moves: https://twitter.com/erwinlami/status/533239097851408384 https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533238982638071808 Carlsen’s super quick play upto the 16th move: https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson/status/533236776065044481 https://twitter.com/TarjeiJS/status/533237101882785792 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533236858634121216 After 15 moves: https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533235163497762816 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533234909775925249 After 11 moves: https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533231775808753665 https://twitter.com/yelenadembo/status/533231644141191168 https://twitter.com/yelenadembo/status/533232018768015360 Is Anand surprised or not? https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/533230755594665984 Why Carlsen’s 7th move was big: https://twitter.com/TarjeiJS/status/533230313078796288 Queens Indian Defence: https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/533228990585384961 https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/533228986344960000 https://twitter.com/anishgiri/status/533228931567349760 Preview Having shocked Magnus Carlsen with a victory in Game 3 and then held him at bay in Game 4, Anand, playing with white, has a chance to take the lead in Game 5. While a draw would not be a bad result for Anand, he needs to keep the pressure on the world champion, needs to keep him off balance. “The next two games will be crucial for both the players. Anand plays white tomorrow (Friday). He won game 3 after a defeat and plays game 5 after a draw. If Anand approaches tomorrow’s game as he did during third game (good home preparation, complicated position) it will have a pressure on Carlsen,” World No.23 and Indian Grandmaster P. Harikrishna told PTI. [caption id=“attachment_1803219” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Can Viswanathan Anand beat Magnus Carlsen twice in a 12-game series? Anastasia Karlovich/FIDE[/caption] Susan Polgar, the four-time women’s World chess championship feels Anand is the one who has more confidence at this point in the match. “This match is exciting and intriguing,” she told PTI. “Anand did not play well in the first two games. He was in trouble in game 1 and lost in game 2. After demonstrating his superior home preparation in game 3 to score his first win against Carlsen in classical chess in many years, he did well in game 4 to hold with black. “Even though the score is the same as in Chennai after 4 games (2-2), it seems that Anand is more relaxed in Sochi. Anand has to keep up this momentum.”