[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia/Bulgarien"]
[Date "2010.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {After the traumatizing loss in game one, Anand
is finally back with the Gruenfeld, presumably confident a similar disaster is
not in store.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3
O-O 10. O-O b6 {Deviating from game one where he had instead continued with 10.
..Na5.} 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qd6 $146 {#For all
practical purposes, this is the novelty.} 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8
18. h3 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 e6 20. Nf4 exd5 21. Nxd5 f5 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qe5 24.
Bd3 Nc6 25. Ba6 $1 {#Though this move should not give White an edge against
best play, the maze Black must steer through is complex, and anything less
leaves Topalov better.} Nd4 $6 {Wishing to avoid unnecessary complications,
but best was} (25... Bxa6 26. Qxc6 Qa1+ 27. Kf2 (27. Kh2 Be5+ 28. Bf4 Bxf4+ 29.
Nxf4 Qe5 30. g3 (30. Kg3 g5 31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Qxa7+ Ke8 33. Qa8+ Ke7 $11) 30...
Qb2+ 31. Ng2 Bf1 32. Qe8+ {And White must take the perpetual.}) 27... Qxa2+ 28.
Kg3 Qa3 $1 29. Qa8+ Qf8 30. Qxa7 Be5+ 31. Kh4 Qf1 32. g3 Bc8 33. g4 Bf6+ 34.
Nxf6+ Qxf6+ $11) 26. Qc4 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. exd5 {#White has a very
favorable endgame thanks to his bishop pair now.} Be5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bg5 Nf5
31. g4 Nd6 32. Kf3 Ne8 33. Bc1 Nc7 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Ke4 b5 36. Kd4 a6 37. Be2
Ke7 38. Bg5+ Kd7 39. Bd2 Bg3 40. g5 Bf2+ 41. Ke5 Bg3+ 42. Ke4 Ne8 43. Bg4+ Ke7
44. Be6 Nd6+ 45. Kf3 Nc4 $1 {#Topalov had undoubtedly missed this move, and
now the World Champion has almost equalized. There is still play left, but
Anand can certainly start breathing calmer now.} 46. Bc1 Bd6 47. Ke4 a5 48. Bg4
Ba3 49. Bxa3+ Nxa3 50. Ke5 Nc4+ 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Be2 Na3 53. h4 Nc2+ 54. Kc3 Nb4
55. Bxb5 Nxa2+ 56. Kb3 Nb4 57. Be2 Nxd5 58. h5 Nf4 59. hxg6 hxg6 60. Bc4
1/2-1/2

