The World Chess Championship takes place on April 21 to May 12, 2010 in Central Military Club, Sofia, Bulgaria . 12 games . Time controls: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting after move 61 has been made
The winner of the match shall be the first player to score 6.5 points or more.
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| Anand ( India ) | Topalov ( Bulgaria ) |
| photos from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topalov |
| World Chess Championship 2010 |
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| Game | Players | Result | Opening | # moves | Aggregate
Anand - Topalov |
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| 1 | Topalov - Anand | 1 - 0 | Grunfeld Defense | 30 | 0 - 1 |
| 2 | Anand - Topalov | 1 - 0 | Catalan | 43 | 1 - 1 |
| 3 | Topalov - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Slav Defence | 46 | 1,5 - 1,5 |
| 4 | Anand - Topalov | 1 - 0 | Catalan | 32 | 2,5 - 1,5 |
| 5 | Topalov - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Slav Defence | 46 | 3 - 2 |
| 6 | Anand - Topalov | 0,5 - 0,5 | Catalan | 58 | 3,5 - 2,5 |
| 7 | Anand - Topalov | 0,5 - 0,5 | Catalan | 58 | 4 - 3 |
| 8 | Topalov - Anand | 1 - 0 | Slav Defence | 56 | 4 - 4 |
| 9 | Anand - Topalov | 0,5 - 0,5 | Nimzo-Indian Defence | 83 | 4,5 - 4,5 |
| 10 | Topalov - Anand | 0,5 - 0,5 | Gruenfeld Defence | 60 | 5 - 5 |
| 11 | Anand - Topalov | 0,5 - 0,5 | Catalan | 65 | 5,5 - 5,5 |
| 12 | Topalov - Anand | 0 - 1 | Queen's gambit declined | 56 | 6,5 - 5,5 |
Game 1
Topalov - Anand
29.Bb5 Qxe4 30.Rxc8+ 1-0
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Game 2
Anand - Topalov
42.Kf3 d4 30.Ke4 1-0
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Game 3
Topalov - Anand
46.Kf2 0,5-0,5
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Game 4
Anand - Topalov
31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7 1-0
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Game 5
Topalov - Anand
44.Rc3 0,5-0,5
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Game 6
Anand - Topalov
58.Kf2 Rc2 0,5-0,5
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Game 7
Anand - Topalov
31.Qd1 0,5-0,5
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Game 8
Topalov - Anand
56. g4 1-0
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Game 9
Anand - Topalov
83. Kf4 0,5-0,5
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Game 10
Topalov - Anand
60. Bc4 0,5-0,5
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Game 11
Anand - Topalov
65. Rb8 Kg7 0,5-0,5
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Game 12
Topalov - Anand
56. Rd6 Qe5 0 - 1
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