First chess game of world fight ends in draw

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Chennai: Reigning planet chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India opened the defence of his crown against Norwegian sensation Magnus Carlsen with a strained attract the first diversion in Chennai on Saturday.

Both players consented to draw after 16
moves each to remain even at the begin of the enormous cash 12-amusement masterpiece viewed by a select assembling of 350 inside the fundamental corridor of an extravagance lodging and by thousands on live Tv. Anand, 43, has been the diversion's undisputed champion since 2007, however specialists foresee the close of the way for the Indian against current planet number one Carlsen, who is 21 years more youthful. The second diversion will be held on Sunday. All the recreations are occurring in Chennai - Anand's main residence. With one focus recompensed for a win and half a focus for a draw, the first man to achieve 6.5 focuses will be proclaimed the champion. Provided that focuses are equivalent after the twelfth amusement on November 26, the match will be chosen by a sudden-passing diversion on November 28. The sum prize subsidize for the title crash is give or take $2.24 million, with the champ getting 60 percent and the failure taking home the rest. Russian grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, who lost to Anand in the 2008 title standoff, said the Indian will find it intense to hold the title against the combative Carlsen. Anand, who remains a standout amongst the most prevalent games figures in cricket-frantic India, and his adversary liked an amazingly comparable ascent in their vocations since they were gifted adolescents. Anand turned into an universal ace at 15, was delegated Indian champion at 16, won the planet lesser title at 17 and turned into the nation's first grandmaster at 18. Carlsen turned grandmaster at 13 and in 2010, matured 19, he turned into the most youthful player in history to be stacked up planet number one. He won the Candidates Tournament in the not so distant future to procure the right to test Anand. The Indian, who is situated in Spain with his wife and youthful child, trails the challenger by a whopping 95 rating focuses and his planet standing has tumbled from number one to eight. (Afp)