Anand on top of World Chess
On a crucial day everything went fine with Anand. The decisive match turned his way.Topalov had the advantage of white pieces and but couldnot even manage a draw.And the end result is Anand defeated the bulgarian challenger 6.5-5.5.He admits the tournament was one of the challenging ones inhis career.It took 56 moves to break the tie prevailed throughout the championship matches. This is a remarkable achievement.He successfully defended the title, even after loosing the first match badly.And the last match witnessed the only win for black in the whole set of 12 games.With this 12th match win Anand grabbed the 1.2million Euros and the world title will be with him for another 2 years. At the start of the match there were talks like the 39 year wont be sharp enough to defend his title.With the results Anand shut the mouths of all the critics and cemented his place as the world champion.
If the game was a draw then the match would have moved to a day of rapid and blitz games on 13th something that many experts said would favour Anand.Anand tacitly offered draw by repeating moves but Topalov was not ready to accept it and the game went complicated till he made a mistake at move 31.There on Anand had a slight upperhand.
Whole Match Score Card:
| Date | Anand(Point/Color) | Topalov(Color) | Standings |
| 24 April | 0/B | 1/W | Topalov leads 1-0 |
| 25 April | 1/W | 0/B | Tie 1-1 |
| 27 April | .5/B | .5/W | 1.5 each |
| 28 April | 1/W | 0/B | 2.5-1.5 Anand Leads |
| 30 April | .5/B | .5/W | 3-2 Anand Leads |
| 1 MAy | .5/W | .5/B | 3.5-2.5 Anand Leads |
| 3 MAy | .5/W | .5/B | 4-3 Anand Leads |
| 4 MAy | 0/B | 1/W | 4-4 Ties |
| 6 MAy | .5/W | .5/B | 4.5-4.5 Ties |
| 7 MAy | .5/B | .5/W | 5-5 Ties |
| 9 MAy | .5/W | .5/B | 5.5-5.5 Ties |
| 11 MAy | 1/B | 0/W | 6.5-5.5 Anand Leads |
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