Sochi G6: Carlsen won, Anand missed big chance

FIDE World Chess Championship Carlsen-Anand 2014

The FIDE World Chess Championship match between defending champion Magnus Carlsen and his challenger Viswanathan Anand is taking place from November 7 to 27, 2014 in Olympic Media Center located in the Adler City District of Sochi, Imeretinsky Valley, on the Black Sea.

The match is over twelve games, with time controls of 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 from move 61. The games start at 3:00 p.m. Sochi Time, which is the same as Moscow time:

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Round six

In the last game before the half-way mark World Champion Magnus Carlsen played with the white pieces - the first of his two white games in a row. After all, the rules of the match stipulated that the player who had the black pieces in the first game would play games six and seven with white. With a score of 2.5-2.5 one could expect that Carlsen would try to use these two games to put Vishy Anand under maximum pressure.

Magnus Carlsen: focused and combative

Vishy Anand seems to scan his vast repertoire of promising opening lines

Carlsen decided that 1.e4 was a good way to do so. After 1...c5 2.Nf3 Anand went for a Sicilian with 2...e6, which had brought him a comfortable draw in game four. But this time Carlsen was willing to steer the game into the lines of the Open Sicilian, and instead of the somewhat restrained 3.g3 of game four, he ventured 3.d4. A couple of moves and an early exchange of queens later a strategically interesting position was reached. White had the pair of bishops, a spatial advantage, and hopes to exploit weaknesses in Black's camp and on the d-file, but in return White had to accept doubled c-pawns and a compromised pawn-structure.

Vishy Anand looking for the best defensive position.

But the position seemed to be easier to play for White and Carlsen gradually gained an advantage on the clock while Anand protected the weak points in his camp by putting his rooks on h8 and g8 and his knight on f8.

Gradually White was gaining time on the clock.

Magnus Carlsen searching for ways to increase the pressure.

Carlsen in typical posture

But though Carlsen was better he had problems to create threats against Black's solid defensive set-up. However, White seemed to have a safe and superior position and maybe this caused World Champion to feel too secure which in turn led to a grave oversight which could have had disastrous consequences:

Carlsen had  just played 26.Kd2? presenting Black with the golden opportunity to play 26...Nxe5! turning tables completely around. The point is that after 27.Rxg8 Black has the zwischenzug 27...Nxc4+ securing a huge advantage.

The double blunder captured on the live coverage: it is clear by the way Carlsen writes down his move that
he realizes his mistake. Note that Anand takes around 60 seconds to make his move, and Carlsen then
repeatedly lets his head sink onto his arm.

But Carlsen's short attack of chess blindness infected his opponent who also missed 26...Nex5!. After thinking for one minute Anand played 26...a4? and after 27.Ke1 White was fine again, harboring a safe advantage. However, both players immediately realized what they had done after they played their moves and this must have influenced the further course of the game. Carlsen possibly felt lucky and confident again, while it is hard to imagine that Anand was not upset about missing such a chance.

Vishy Anand after realizing that he missed a big chance.

At any rate, the remainder of the game was very one-sided. Carlsen gradually increased his pressure while Anand was not able to offer serious resistance. He resigned after 38 moves.

Magnus Carlsen: "Sometimes you are very, very lucky."

After his oversight, Magnus played focused again and won his second game in the match. He now leads by 3,5-2,5.

Daniel King shows the highlights of game 6

Score

Summary of the game in Hindi by Niklesh Jain
 

विश्व चैंपियनशिप राउंड 6 – आनंद ने जीती बाजी गवाईं कार्लसन को 3.5-2.5 से  बढ़त

विश्व शतरंज चैंपियनशिप के राउंड 6 मे जो हुआ  उसे अगर सीधे सीधे यह कहा जा सकता है की आज का दिन आनंद की खिताब को वापस पाने की दिशा में एक मजबूत कदम साबित हो सकता था पर आनंद ने 26 चाल में कार्लसन की भूल को बिना ध्यान दिये तेजी से a4 चलते हुए एतिहासिक बन सकती चाल Ne5 घोड़े से कार्लसन की e5 पैदल ना मारने की भारी भूल कर दी और इसके बाद तो जैसे आनंद अपनी इस गलती के झटके से खुद ही इतना परेशान हो गए की कुछ अजीब से चाले चलने लगे जिनमे कुछ हमला करने की चाहत तो थी पर उन्हे इतनी गहराई थी ही नहीं जितनी विश्व चैम्पियन बनने के लिए जरूरी थी । कार्लसन को तो जैसे आनंद की 30 चाल Ra8 के बाद जीत की गंध आ गयी थी और फिर उन्होने आनंद की मानसिक हालत को भाँपते हुए कोई भी गलती नहीं की आनंद की योजना की कमजोरी को बड़ी आसानी से पकड़ते हुए उन्होने खेल को आराम से अपने कब्जे में ले लिया । आनंद अब फिर एक अंक से पीछे हो चुके है और अब दोबारा वापसी आसान नहीं होगी आनंद आज अच्छा खेल रहे थे पर उन्होने बाद में उतनी ही कमजोर चालें चली । प्रतियोगिता का आधा सफर तय हो गया है कार्लसन और उनके प्रशंसक बहुत खुश है तो आनंद के निराश खैर अब प्रतियोगिता अपने सबसे खतरनाक मोड पर है रविवार के आराम के बाद देखते है ऊंट किस करवट बैठता है ...

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