Off-Topic: World Chess Championship 2013, Game 7

If Sunday's game was the most exciting game of the world championship so far, today's game was certainly the most boring. Some people say that after losing two games in a row it was enough for Vishy to get a draw. I disagree. After today's drawn game the score is 4½–2½ in Magnus' favour. That means Vishy has to win at least three of the next five games. Considering that he hasn't won even one of the first seven games, that now looks like an impossibility. A win today would have given him at least a little hope.

Anand, Viswanathan – Carlsen, Magnus
FWCM 2013 Chennai (7) 18.11.2013

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6
4. d3 Bc5
5. Bxc6 dxc6
6. Nbd2 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5
8. Nf1 Nd7
9. Ng3 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 g6
11. Be3 Qe7

Vishy began the game with the same four moves which lost him the sixth game, but in the fifth move he decided to exchange pieces. He committed his pieces to the kingside, only to be outplayed by Magnus castling on the queenside. After this there were no real fireworks in the game. Magnus forced the exchange of the rooks, making a draw unavoidable. In move 32 the game ended after threefold repetition.

12. O-O-O O-O-O
13. Ne2 Rhe8
14. Kb1 b6
15. h4 Kb7
16. h5 Bxe3
17. Qxe3 Nc5
18. hxg6 hxg6
19. g3 a5
20. Rh7 Rh8
21. Rdh1 Rxh7
22. Rxh7 Qf6
23. f4 Rh8
24. Rxh8 Qxh8
25. fxe5 Qxe5
26. Qf3 f5
27. exf5 gxf5
28. c3 Ne6
29. Kc2 Ng5
30. Qf2 Ne6
31. Qf3 Ng5
32. Qf2 Ne6
½ – ½ 

It's easy to see who is nervous now. Magnus was laughing and joking at the press conference. That's something he rarely does. He obviously doesn't expect any more problems.