#670 Anand Retains Title!!

World Champion Viswanathan Anand retained his title by defeating challenger Veselin Topalov in today's 12th game.


Topalov opened with a Queen's Gambit and Anand, eschewing the Slav he used 3x in the match, varied with Lasker's Defense. Play followed a correspondence game until Black's 21st move and was balanced through move 30.


But Topalov's 31.exf5 was a mistake and his 32.fxe4 was a blunder.

Topalov-Anand

After 38.Qf1

Black to Win

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[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator ""]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]


{D56 Queen's Gambit, Lasker's Defense}
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3 Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 $146 {21...Qd6 22. Nb3?! Ba6 =+ 22. Rd1?? Qxd1 0-1 Bellman-Schulze : correspondence, Germany 1998} 26. Ra3 Bb7 27. Nb3 Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nc4 e5 30. e4 f5 $1 31. exf5 {31. Nd2 =} $2 e4 $1 32. fxe4 $4 {32. Re3 =+} Qxe4+ $19 33. Kh3 Rd4 34. Ne3 Qe8 35. g4 h5 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4+ $1 {Threat: 39... Rxe3! 40. Rxe3 Rh4+!! 41. Kxh4 Qg4 mate} 39. Kh3 Re7 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41.Nf5+ Kh7 42. Rg3 Rxg3+ 43. hxg3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Qxg2 Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c4 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6 Kg8 51. Nh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Qe4 53. Kh2 Kh7 54. Rd6 Qe5 55. Nf7 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3 Qg7 0-1


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