A dramatic Game Six saw Viswanathan Anand miss a Godsend opportunity and in the shocking realisation of this over the board, the Challenger played badly afterwards to lose against World Champion Magnus Carlsen. With this lucky win, Carlsen leads with 3.5 points against Anand's 2.5 points.


Viswanathan Anand during the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2014. Pic/Getty Images 

The game started with the Kan variation of Sicilian Defence with Magnus playing White and going for very early exchange of Queens. In the resulting endgame, Anand was defending passively but his supporters were hoping for a long game where the Indian maestro had every chance to hold the balance.