With pressure building up in crucial games, challenger Viswanathan Anand was first to crack to make a costly mistake to lose the 11th game and the match to Magnus Carlsen of Norway.


Norway's Magnus Carlsen (right) tackles Viswanathan Anand in Sochi, Russia yesterday. Pic/AP/PTI

As usual in this match, Anand was better prepared in the Berlin Defence which had many outings in this match. The endgame which was reached quite early, was nearly equal with many dynamic possibilities for both the players.

Under pressure to catch up with Carlsen in the match score, Anand played an interesting move to open up avenue for his pieces. Carlsen was taken aback as he sensed that Anand was in a mood to take a risk in this game.