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Game 2 – Anand beats Topalov, levels scores 1-1

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World Champion Viswanathan Anand showed that he made of sterner stuff, as he brought down Veselin Topalov in the second game of the World Chess Championship at Sofia. The scores are now level at 1-1 with ten games to go. The Catalan game began in a sedate manner, with Anand showing off with some risk free chess. Into the middle game, Anand’s early pawn gambit put the Bulgarian behind with a passive position.

Exchanging the queens by the fifteenth move, Anand kept a marginal edge, despite a pair of doubled pawn on the rook file. Trying to wriggle out of the awkward position, Topalov went for the suspectful exchange of knight with 25…Ne3. Anand seized the opportunity and wound up the game in 43 moves. An excellent come back by the world champion, who would be going into the first rest day with a winning mind set.

The match runs until May 12 at the Central Military Club in Sofia, Bulgaria. The match will consist of 12 games, and the winner will be first player to reach 6.5 points. If tied at 6-6 after 12 games,  a four game rapid tiebreak, if necessary five sets of two game blitz matches and if necessary 1 sudden death game. No postponements are allowed.
The time control for each game is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting after move 61. The Chief Arbiter is Panaqiotis Nikolopoulos (Greece). The Deputy Chief Arbiter is Werner Stubenvoll (Austria). The total prize fund is Euros2 million with the winner receiving 1,2 million Euros while the loser receives 800.000 Euros.

Viswanathan Anand – Veselin Topalov

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Naxc4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Ba5 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 N7f6 17. Nce5 Re8 18. Rc2 b6 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Rbd8 21. f4 Bb8 22. a4 a5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 h5 25. R1c4 Ne3 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27. Bf3 g6 28. Rxb6 Ba7 29. Rb3 Rd4 30. Rc7 Bb8 31. Rc5 Bd6 32. Rxa5 Rc8 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. a3 Ra2 35. Nb4 Bxb4 36. axb4 Nd5 37. b5 Raxa4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. b6 Ra8 41. b7 Rb8 42. Kf3 d4 43. Ke4 1-0

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