Anand, Topalov draw in game 10 for World Chess title
(AFP) – 4 hours ago
SOFIA — India's defending champion Viswanathan Anand and his Bulgarian challenger Veselin Topalov drew in the tenth round of their 12-game match for the world chess title on Friday.
The draw was agreed on the 60th move, allowing the two to keep even with a total result of 5-5 points. The next game is scheduled for Sunday.
Anand, known as the "Tiger from Madras", and Topalov have two wins each, while six games have ended in a draw.
The first player to score 6.5 points or more after the 12 games will be declared the new world champion.
If the scores are level after 12 games, the two will play four tie-break games of rapid chess, where each player has a total of 25 minutes to make his moves.
If the scores are still even after that, the new world champion will be decided in five five-minute blitz chess matches of two games each, ultimately followed by one sudden-death game.
The 40-year-old Anand first became world champion in 2007 and successfully defended his title in 2008.
Topalov, 35, won the right to challenge him by beating Gata Kamsky of the United States in the semi-final in February 2009.
The new world chess champion will win a prize of 1.2 million euros (1.58 million dollars), while the loser will take home 800,000 euros.
Chess fans can follow all the games to run until May 13 online at www.anand-topalov.com.
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Two more games to go with each player having one white and one black opening.
Below is the summary of the dates, score and brief comments so far. The players will have a one day of rest today, 8th May 2010 and will resume game 11 on Sunday, 9th May 2010.
| Game No. | Date | Anand | Topalov | Comments |
| 1 | 24 April 2010 | 0 | 1 | Topalov wins first game as white, 1-0 |
| 2 | 25 April 2010 | 1 | 0 | Anand playing white, equalises, 1-1. |
| 3 | 27 April 2010 | ½ | ½ | Topalov as white could not force a win, overall 1½ : 1½. |
| 4 | 28 April 2010 | 1 | 0 | Anand wins as white with 1.d4, in a Catalan Opening, Anand leads 2½ : 1½. |
| 5 | 30 April 2010 | 1 | 0 | Anand successfully defends as black and gets a draw. Anand leads 3:2 |
| 6 | 01 May 2010 | ½ | ½ | Anand leads 3½:2½. |
| 7 | 03 May 2010 | ½ | ½ | Anand leads 4:3. |
| 8 | 04 May 2010 | 0 | 1 | Topalov won game 8. Overall score 4-4. |
| 9 | 06 May 2010 | ½ | ½ | Topalov repeats three fold repetition to settle for draw. 4½:4½ |
| 10 | 07 May 2010 | ½ | ½ | Anand offers draw. Overall 5:5 |
| 11 | 09 May 2010 | |||
| 12 | 11 May 2010 |
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