Update: Game 8 is a quick draw. Magnus Carlsen playing with the white pieces plays out an easy draw.
World champion Viswanathan Anand drew the seventh match by repetition of moves against challenger and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
The scores after seven games is 4.5-2.5 in favour of the Norwegian challenger. In the remaining five games, Anand gets two whites and three black games. Carlsen appears to be the favourite at this juncture with the scoreline and trend favouring him.
Game 7 saw Anand opening again with the king pawn for the fourth time in the match. Carlsen responded with the Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez. It was his second choice opening after trying the Caro-Kann in game 2.
Carlsen will have the advantage of making the first move. Anand will have to make things difficult for Carlsen in the opening and middle game. The Norwegian has had an easy ride so far though he accepted in the post game press meet that he was ‘nervous’ during some games.
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The moves of the game are given below:1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 b5 31. b4 Kf7 32. h3 h6 33. h4 h5 ½-½
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