Partiya 10 / 12
Viswanathan Anand — Vladimir Kramnik
2 November 2008 · Queen's Indian Defence · 42 yurish
Oq
Viswanathan Anand
½
vs
Qora
Vladimir Kramnik
½
Xulosa
Anand chooses the Queen's Indian and draws comfortably. Score reaches 6–4 — Anand needs just half a point in the remaining two games to become world champion.
Sharh
Anand plays solid and safe — one more draw secures the title and there is no reason to complicate matters.
Kramnik cannot create any complexity and the game simplifies quickly into a drawn structure.
A quiet 42-move draw sets up a potential decider in Game 11; the whole chess world is watching.