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India’s Viswanathan Anand (R) makes a move against Norway’s Magnus Carlsen during the FIDE World Chess Championship in the southern Indian city of Chennai yesterday.
Norwegian sensation Magnus Carlsen was a draw away from becoming the new world chess champion after scoring his third win over reigning champion Viswanathan Anand in the 12-game title duel yesterday.
The 22-year-old Carlsen, the current world number one, won the crucial ninth game after the Indian resigned following an engrossing 56-move match that lasted three hours and 21 minutes.
Having also won the fifth and sixth games and drawn the other six, the Norwegian needs only a draw in tomorrow’s 10th game to take his tally to an unbeatable 6.5 points.
Carlsen, visibly relieved at emerging unscathed from the keenly-fought contest, did not respond when asked by reporters if the crown was now virtually in the bag.
He preferred to dwell instead on the tough battle provided by the Indian in his home city of Chennai.
“This was a very difficult game,” Carlsen said. “The positions were complicated. I had to find the right moves to regain balance.
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