The third games between Viswanathan Anand and Norway's Magnus Carlsen ended in another draw today.The games lasted for four hours and ten minutes. World champion Viswanathan Anand was impressive to get a pawn advantage in game three but in the time pressure, the presence of opposite colour bishops helped challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway to escape with a draw after 51 moves.<br/> Scores are level at 1.5-1.5 after this draw. Anand who played with white generated plenty of play on the a-file and it was not easy for black to win the game.<br/> Game three started with the first two moves from game one. Carlsen varied on move three from game one and forced the game into a different variation.<br/> For the time control, Anand's time advantage quickly translated into a pawn advantage by move 33. With the white queen sitting on the edge of the board, spectators knew that Anand was calling the shots.<br/> After 40 moves the position on the board was a dead draw with queen's and opposite colour bishops on the board. After 51 moves, the players had one bishop each and they agreed for a fighting draw.<br/> With the twenty-five percent of the match completed, nine games remain to be played.
News On AIR | November 12, 2013 8:32 PM
3rd game between Anand & Carlsen at World chess c'ship ends in draw<br/>