Anand is World Champion

Anand wins the final game to retain his title with three wins to two. What's more, Anand had black.

Topalov wins game 8!

Topalov wins game eight to level the scores with four games to go.

Game 7 is drawn

Another draw, but what a game! Anand leads 4-3.

Anand 3.5-2.5 Topalov at half way

My apologies for not updating the blog for the last couple of days, but I have been away. To bring things up to date, Anand won game 4 to take a 2-1 lead. Games 5 and 6 were drawn. Anand has white in game 7 on Monday. The game below is game 4.

Anand equalises!

Topalov wins game 1!

Underpromotion

The ending of this recent game is interesting. If black promotes to a queen, it is mate for white. However, if he promotes to a knight (as he did), black mates!

A Game from the Knockout match