2013 FIDE Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India November 9 - 28, 2013

The World Chess Championship 2013 is a match between the current world champion Viswananthan Anand(India)and Magnus Carlsen(Norway)ranked No 1 in the World to determine the 2013 World Chess Champion

The Challenger was determined in the 2013 Candidates Tournament which took place in the Institution of Engineering & Technology,Savoy Palace,London from 15 March 15 Aprl 01,2013

The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen on the second tiebreak

Viswanathan Anand(DOB Dec 11,1969) -2012 FIDE World Chess Champion
Magus Carlsen(DOB Nov 30,1990) - 2013 Candidates Tournament Champion

Viswanathan Anand & Magnus Carlsen -Head-to-Head Record
From 2005 to June 18,2013,Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen played 29 games against each other, out of which Viswananthan Anand won six, Magnus Carlsen won three, and twenty were drawn

Match and schedule

 

• The match between Anand and Carlsen will take place in the Hotel Hyat Regency Chennai from Nov 09 to Nov 28,2013 under the auspices of FIDE.

• 12 classical games are scheduled, each starting at 3 pm IST

• There will be rest days after games 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11

• Should the match be tied after the 12th game on Nov 26,2013tie-break games will be played on Nov 28,2013

• The time control for the games will give each player 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for moves 41–60 and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting after move 61

  With one point awarded for a win and half a point for a draw, the first man to reach 6.5 points will be declared the champion. 

   

  The total prize fund for the title clash is approximately $2.24 million, with the winner getting 60 percent and the loser taking home the rest

  
  

   

   

  World Chess Championship 2013

  	Rating	1 9 Nov.	Game 2 10 Nov.	Game 3 12 Nov.	Game 4 13 Nov.	Game 5 15 Nov.	Game 6 16 Nov.	Game 7 18 Nov.	Game 8 19 Nov.	Game 9 21 Nov.	Game 10 22 Nov.	Game 11 24 Nov.	Game 12 26 Nov.	Points
  Viswanathan Anand(India)	2775	1/2	.1/2	.1/2	.1/2	.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½
  Magnus Carlsen(Norway)	2870	1/2	.1/2	.1/2	.1/2	.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½

   

   

 Game 1 Sat Nov 09,2013 - Match Result -Draw

On Saturday, from the moment Magnus Carlsen entered the playing area — separated from the spectators by a sound-proof glass wall — he looked fidgety.

He arrived ahead of Viswanathan Anand, occupied his place, adjusted the pieces and gave a cursory glance at the battery of photographers
Within moments of Anand’s arrival, with 10 minutes still to go for the scheduled 3 p.m. start, a restless Magnus Carlsen left his chair. 
Pushed by the World champion, the challenger pulled the “emergency brake” at the first sign of a crisis and agreed to a 16-move draw with white pieces

 Game 2 Sunday Nov 10,2013 - Match Result -Draw

 
Playing white, Anand was “mildly surprised” by his younger rival’s choice of opening in their 25-move draw. Unable to solve the riddles posed by Carlsen, Anand chose to force a draw by repetition of moves

Game 3 Tuesday Nov 12,2013 - Match Result -Draw

 

Watched by former World champion Garry Kasparov — a known Carlsen supporter — the silent but serious debate, interspersed with brief stares that reflected their resolve to find a decisive outcome, lasted 51 moves spread over four hours.

There were stages in the game which Anand controlled and raised visions of drawing first blood. It is to Carlsen’s credit that he discovered his resources in time to defend adequately. Eventually, a third successive draw


Game 4 Wednesday Nov 13,2013 - Match Result -Draw

It was the fourth draw in as many games, it was a gruelling contest as World champion Viswanathan Anand had to wriggle his way out of trouble after being pushed to the wall by Magnus Carlsen

The score is tied at 2-2 in this best-of-12-game battle of brains. But in all four games, the player sitting behind the black pieces looked brighter

 Game 5 Friday Nov 15,2013 - Match Result -Magnus Carlsen beats Viswanathan Anand

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand lost to world No.1 Magnus Carlsen after 58 moves in a gruelling fifth game of the World Chess Championship in Chennai on Friday Nov 15,2013

The match went on for over five and a half hours.

Viswananthan Anand was playing with black pieces while Magnus Carlsen played with white

With 7 games still to come in the 12-game affair, Magnus Carlsen leads Anand by 3 points to 2.

 Game 6 Saturday Nov 16,2013 - Match Result -Magnus Carlsen beats Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand (India, 2) lost to Magnus Carlsen (Norway 4) in 67 moves

 Game 7 Monday Nov 18,2013 - Match Result -Draw

    

Viswanathan Anand (India, 2.5) drew with Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 4.5) in 32 moves

Viswanathan Anand achieved the primary objective of coming out undefeated in 32 moves without ever looking good enough for more in the seventh encounter of the World chess championship match against Magnus Carlsen

With five games to go, Magnus Carlsen leads 4.5-2.5 and needs another two points to dethrone Anand.

Game 8  Tuesday Nov 19,2013 - Match Result -Draw

World champion Viswanathan Anand got an easy draw with black as challenger Magnus Carlsen continued his march towards the throne after the end of the eighth game of the World Chess Championship 

The morale boosting draw, first since the first game of the match, is likely to help Anand psychologically but the fact remains that the defending champion still has a lot to catch up.

For the records, Magnus Carlsen now leads by 5-3, just three draws or 1.5 points shy of winning his maiden world title with four games still to come in the 12-games match.

Game 9 Thursday Nov 21,2013 - Match Result -Magnus Carlsen Wins

Viswanathan Anand (India, 3) lost to Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 6) in 28 moves.

Magnus Carlsen now needs just a draw from the remaining three games to dethrone Viswanathan anand,the 5-time champion

For the records, Magnus Carlsen now leads by 6-3, just 0.5 point shy of winning his maiden world title with 3 games still to come in the 12-games match.

With both players choosing to counter-attack instead of defending, the stage was set for some thrilling action.

Anand, for his first 18 moves, took only 34 minutes. In comparison, Magnus used up 67 minutes

Game 10 Friday Nov 22,2013 - Match Result -Draw
 

The result (Game 10): Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 6.5) drew with Viswanathan Anand (India, 3.5) in 65 moves

It took close to five hours of pitched battle on Friday to bring an end to the war of pieces

Needing nothing less than a victory to keep alive the 12-game World chess championship match, a desperate Viswanathan Anand gave it his all

The title-clinching draw saw Carlsen justify the tag of ‘firm favourite’, winning 6.5-3.5. The coronation of the new king of chess is likely to be on Sunday or Monday, earning him the world title and Rs. 8.40 crore and Viswananthan Anand will get 5.6 crore.
Eight days before his 23rd birthday, Magnus Carlsen on Friday gave himself the biggest present of his stunningly successful career

Only Ponomariov (18) and Garry Kasparov (22) held the world title at a younger age than Magnus Carlsen(Norway)

Magnus Carlsen(Norway)is also the 16th undisputed world champion and 20th overall

Magnus Carlsen, who became the youngest world No. 1 at 19, also holds the record of being the strongest rated player in chess history with a published rating of 2872, on Feb 1,2013

Viswananthan Anand, dethroned after holding the crown since 2007, was gracious in defeat. “I think, it is just fair enough to congratulate him. My mistakes just did not happen by themselves. Clearly he managed to provoke them, full credit to him.”

Viswananthan Anand was capable of crushing his rivals — most notably Vladimir Kramnik in their 2008 title match — but since then he has slipped back into the pack, while Carlsen has surged ahead. Anand raised his game sufficiently in 2010 and 2012 to keep his world title
For Viswananthan Anand, who lost the 5th, 6th and 9th games while drawing the rest, the clock has come a full circle. It was here in 1991 that Viswananthan Anand defeated Russia’s Alexey Dreev in his first world championship match for a place in the quarterfinals against Anatoly Karpov. 

Magnus Carlsen proved that form is more vital than experience
 
Coming into this match, Anand held a 6-3 lead in head-to-head clashes in classical time-format though Carlsen had won the last two decisive games
In the past fortnight, Magnus Carlsen’s 3 wins put the players on par with 6 wins each
After 10 tense games, the 22-year-old Carlsen showed himself to be clearly the superior player in 2013, capable of handling the Indian legend in positions of all types.

Magnus Carlsen(Norway) clinched his maiden world title on Friday Nov 22,2013 with two games to spare in the 12-round championship as the 22-year-old Norwegian was the first to reach 6.5 points. Winless Viswananthan Anand, the defending champions, finished with 3.5 points

FIDE (World Chess Federation) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, center, presents new world chess champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway with a gold medal at the award presentation ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu state J. Jayalalitha, left, claps in Chennai

New world chess champion Norway’s Magnus Carlsen receives a trophy during a ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship, in Chennai.

Norway's Magnus Carlsen, right, is presented the prize check by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu state J. Jayalalitha, left, after his win over India's Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship in Chennai.

India's Viswanathan Anand, poses with the runner-up trophy presented by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu state J. Jayalalitha after loosing his title against Norway's Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship, in Chennai.