GM\Anand Retains The Title Of The World Chess Champion And Wins The Prize Fund Of 1.2 Million Euros (The Final Score is 6.5:5.5)

GM\Anand successfully and deservedly retained his title after beating GM\Topalov with the black pieces.GM\Anand surprised his opponent by adopting the solid Queen's Gambit Defense -Lasker Variation-GM\Anand equalized easily after the 7... Ne4 move .GM\Topalov made 2 crucial mistakes in the middle-game 31.exf5 ? and 32.fxe4 ? which resulted in open lines and diagonal against the white king.GM\Anand obtained a decisive attack and went on to win to retain the title he won four times in different formats Knockout, Tournament, and Match (2000,2007,2008 and 2010)
GM\Anand wins 1.2 million Euro while GM\Topalov wins 800 000 Euro.
GM\Anand's team of seconds are :GMs\Ganguly, Nielsen, Kasimdzhanov and Wojtaszek.
GM\Topalov's team of seconds are :GMs\Cheparinov, L'Ami, Smeets and Dufek.
Congratulations to GM\Anand for successfully retaining his title.
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Game 11:An English Opening For The First Time Ends In A 65 Moves Draw

The opening was very quiet as the 2 chess titans made a lot of maneuvering with their pieces looking for better squares.The endgame was very tense as GM\Anand pressed hard for a win but GM\Topalov held tenaciously as he counterattacked by his queen-side passsed pawn so a draw was inevitable.
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Game 10:GM\Anand Confidently Applies The Gruenfeld Defense To Draw

GM\Anand surprised GM\Topalov with the rare 10... b6!? to deviate from home preparation.
Surprisingly in the endgame it was GM\Topalov who had to seek the draw.
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Game 9:After 83 Moves Marathon In A Nimzo Indian Defense GM\Anand Misses An Easy Win

On move 21 GM\Topalov grabbed the White Queen for 2 Rooks .Both Grandmasters played the middle game actively.The endgame was tense but GM\Anand seemed to have an easy win until the critical move 62.Rc5+ ?? when GM\Anand could have won by the simple 62.Rdd7

Game 8:GM\Topalov Strikes Back And Wins (The Score now 4:4)

The game was a Slav Defense where GM\Anand Played a new move 13... Rc8 and the game went into a different colored Bishop endgame where GM\Topalov pressed hard and made use of his opponents tiny mistakes but when GM\Anand played 42... Bc6 ? it was over.

Game 7:GM\Topalov draws confidently Against The Catalan Opening

Game 7 was a very hard fought Catalan-Bogo Indian hybrid-GM\Topalov played a nice game and it was clear that he was well prepared to face GM\Anand's Catalan.Before the start of the game the 2 grandmasters stood a moment of silence for the passing of ex Fide President\Florencio Campomanes- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florencio_Campomanes-
The legendary world chess champion and Fide Presidential Candidate GM\Anatoly Karpov made the first ceremonial move .
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At Last GM\Topalov Neutralized GM\Anand's Catalan !

Game 6 was a hard fought Catalan Opening where GM\Topalov deviated from games 2,4 and tried 5... a6 (E04) The Open Variation.GM\Anand made 13 consecutive moves by his Knights starting from move 22 !!
The game ended peacefully in a draw after 58 moves.The score now : 3.5:2.5 in favor of GM\Anand.

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Live Commentary :http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2010/04/anand-topalov-g6-live-commentary.html

Game 5: In The World Chess Championship As Usual A Slav Defense Draw In 44 Moves

Another hard fought Slav but as usual ended peacefully.The great chess titans repeated the same opening as game 3 but GM\Topalov was unable to breakthrough GM\Anand's defenses so the players settled for a 44 moves draw.

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GM\Anand Strikes Again With The Catalan And Leads 2.5:1.5

GM\Anand played a magnificent game where he sacrificed a knight on move 23 which left Topalov's king exposed.Chess experts praised this game a lot.
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Game 3 In The World Chess Championship Ends Peacfully :A Draw in 46 Moves

GM\Anand chose a solid defense this time : The Slav Defense (Wiesbaden variation or Czech variation) ,although GM\Topalov had a slight advantage ;GM\Anand defended tenaciously.The score now is 1.5:1.5
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GM\Anand Wins The second Game In The World Chess Championship To Equalize

GM\Anand had the white pieces and the game was a very complex Catalan opening.
GM\Topalov made an error on move 25... Ne3? when he became impatient and wanted to force things.