GrandMaster Viswanathan Anand&rsquo;s horrible blunder on the 60th move cost him the crucial Game 6 &mdash; and probably the World Championship &mdash; against challenger and World No 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway on Saturday. With six more games to be played, Carlsen leads 4-2. <img alt="Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/nov/Magnus-Carlsen_2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 365px;" /> Magnus Carlsen. Inset: Viswanathan Anand. Pics/AFP Commonwealth champion Grandmaster Abhijit Gupta revealed that Anand could not sleep after losing the Game 5 on Friday night. And given the current situation, Saturday would have been even worse. Carlsen, a favourite before the match on the other hand is sitting (sleeping!) pretty. It must be the worst game in Anand&rsquo;s illustrious career. The Spanish Opening &mdash; although a solid opening &mdash; is believed by few not to give Black playable position and those few started calling it &ldquo;Spanish Torture&rdquo;. u00a0Was it Anand&rsquo;s listless play or was it Carlsen&rsquo;s sheer brilliance which turned it into a &ldquo;White torture&rdquo;? A Spanish priest named Ruy Lopez de Sagura systematically studied it to write a 150-page booklet way back in 1561. So the opening got its name &ldquo;Spanish Opening&rdquo; or &ldquo;Ruy Lopez&rdquo;. When Carlsen whipped out &lsquo;3&hellip;Nf6&rsquo;, the spectators sat upright, expecting some new moves from Anand&rsquo;s team. Alas, Anand played a timid &ldquo;d3&rdquo; and channeled the game to calm waters. Anand&rsquo;s team has surely failed him. Anand squandered good opportunities in the opening to sharpen the game. His game went downhill after that and he was in a bad position by the 38th move. He really started playing dashing chess by giving up two pawns and nearly securing a draw before blundering on the 60th move.u00a0Now the world champion is faced with an uphill task. After a rest day today, it will be interesting to see how he copes with Carlsen&rsquo;s blitzkrieg. The author is a chess mentor and a Dronacharya award winner.u00a0

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