Viswanathan Anand had no difficulty in holding world champion Magnus Carlsen to a draw in Game 9 of the world chess championship match being played at Sochi. Carlsen leads in the match with 5 points to Anand's 4, needing just 1.5 points to clinch the world chess title.


Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand (Pic/Getty Images) 

For the first time in the match, Anand was easily able to score a draw against Magnus with black pieces. Anand employed the Berlin Defence yet again and chess lovers expected a marathon struggle just like in Game 7 where Anand scored a draw in the same opening after 122 moves. It was, however, apparent soon that Anand's team had worked hard during the rest day before the game to cook up a new move early in the game.