Anand Carlsen Draw Their Eighth Game
The game ended in 33 moves with each player having their kings and seven pawns on the board. With the draw, Carlsen takes his point tally to five and Anand has three in the FIDE World Chess Championship. “With a two point lead, Carlsen chose a variation that is drawish and went for exchange of pieces,” Grandmaster P. Harikrishna told IANS. According to him it was surprising to see Anand going for Berlin defence instead of Sicillian defence i....