Anand loses Game 10 to Kramnik in Chess championship

CALCULATED MOVES: Anand has playes coolly so far and fans hoped to see a finish cum victory on Monday

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Bonn: World Champion Viswanathan Anand lost Game 10 to Russian Vladimir Kramnik.

In the World Chess Championships being played out in Germany’s Bonn, Anand on Monday disappointed his fans by losing the game. Even a draw would have given Anand the title.

Meanwhile, Grandmaster Sandeepan Chanda believes that since Anand will be starting with white pieces in that 11th game on Tuesday, that's bound to give him an edge over Kramnik.

In Game 9, on Sunday, Anand had retained his three-point lead following the draw with white pieces and was just a draw away from retaining the crown he won the year before in Mexico.

The 10th game lasted barely 29 moves. Kramnik started with white pieces and played very aggressively. Anand now leads the Championship 6-4 in the 12-games match.

If one goes by the rules of the world championship, the match is as good as over unless Kramnik is able to win the last two remaining games, an almost impossible task which is possible only if disaster strikes Anand.

Anand clearly has emerged as the superior player in the match. The 10th game on Monday was Kramnik's last chance to make amends in what has been a dramatically one-sided affair thus far.

As thing had shaped up, most people were sure that the world championship is poised to end after the next game.

Viswanathan Anand will have to wait till Wednesday to at least force a draw against Kramnik and win the World Chess Championship.

If Anand wins the title, this will be his third world title in all. His first world title had come eight years ago in 2000 in Tehran.