Anand is playing white against Topalov

This would be like last train for Vishy Anand to catch. He has to take the advantage of White pieces and go for a win against Topalov.

Round 8 Standings:
1.Veselin Topalov 7.0; 2.Peter Svidler 5.0; 3.Vishy Anand 4.5; 4.Peter Leko 4.0; 5.Alexander Morozevich 4.0; 6.Rustam Kasimdzhanov 3.0; 7.Michael Adams 2.5; 8.Judith Polgar 2.0

We saw drawish Berlin line of Ruy Lopez in the opening. A bit dissapointing after so many sharp games by Topalov, but he's clearly happy with a draw here. With 4.d3 Anand is avoiding boring main lines and with 13.Bh4 he's sacrifising Nf3 for the attack. Audience on WorldChessNetwork is claiming draw by perpetual check.


Current position:





(10 mins later)**
Game drawn by agreement