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The first game of the 12-game match of World chess championship between World champion Viswanathan Anand and world number one Magnus Carlsen, on Saturday, ended in a draw after only 16 moves. After Anand's 10th move, Carlsen went for the repetition of moves by force, as he could not find any chance to dominate.

After four draws, Magnus Carlsen scored the first victory against Viswanathan Anand in Game 5 of the World Chess Championship in Chennai on Friday. With seven games to come in the 12 games match, Carlsen now leads with 3-2 and whoever scores 6.5 points or more, wins. Luckily, Anand has two back-to-back white games to play in the coming matches.

Taking a lead of 4-2, Magnus Carlsen of Norway defeated defending world champion Viswanathan Anand in the sixth game of the World Chess Championship on Saturday. With six more games to be played, Carlsen needs just 2.5 points to become the next world champion.

The 7th game of the World Chess Championship between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Norway's Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw Monday. Despite having the advantage of making the first move with white pieces, Anand's 'Ruy Lopez' couldn't break Carlsen's 'Berlin defence'. Carlsen now leads with 4.5-2.5. Anand needs 2 more victories to level scores in the rest 5 games.

Extending the lead of 6-3 over current world champion Viswanathan Anand in the ninth game of the World Chess Championship on Thursday, Norway's Magnus Carlsen is just half a point away from victory. Carlsen now needs to draw one of the remaining three games to clinch the title, whereas Anand needs to beat Carlsen in all of them.

With game No. 10 of the World Championship ending in a draw, Norway's Magnus Carlsen (22) on Friday became the new world chess champion, dethroning Viswanathan Anand (43), who held the crown since 2007. Carlsen has also become the second youngest to win the title after Garry Kasparov. With two more games to be played, Carlsen is leading with 6.5-3.5.