The fourth game of the World Chess Championship match ended in a draw after a hard-fought battle of 47 moves. In the opening Viswanathan Anand, playing Black, challenged World Champion Magnus Carlsen with Sicilian Defence, an opening famous for fireworks.

Carlsen, true to his style, chose a rarely-played variation to charter the game into calm waters. He saddled Anand with an isolated pawn, which is considered a positional weakness in chess. However, Anand compensated for this weakness with his characteristic active play.