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Anand plays a tie with Topalov
The 11th game of the FIDE World Chess Championship was a clash in an opening entirely different from the earlier games. With his last game with White pieces, Viswanathan Anand decided to start with the English opening as Kasparov did in 1987 when he beat Karpov in the last round, thus taking the champion's title.
This wasn't a bad choice but Topalov found a way to equality after around 30 moves. Indeed it looked like Topalov might get to press again but Anand sacrificed his weak b-pawn for activity and a very interesting ending ensued. The position was sharp but after a few adventures a draw was the correct result.
With this draw the score of the match is level (5,5:5,5). The last classical game is on Tuesday, May 11th.
