Anand defends title

Reigning world champion GM Viswanathan Anand ably defended his title against challenger GM Vladimir Kramnik with a score of 6.5 against 4.5 after 11 rounds of play.

Some trivial facts:

-- 4 decided games (2 wins for each color)

-- 7 draws

-- TEN 1.d4 openings and ONE 1.e4 opening

-- a total of 390 moves in 11 games

-- average of 35 moves per game

-- shortest game finished in 24 moves

-- longest game finished in 47 moves

Openings used:

Round 1. D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (D14)

Round 2 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (E25)

Round 3 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (D49)

Round 4 Queen's Gambit Declined (D37)

Round 5 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (D49)

Round 6 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation (E34)

Round 7 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch (D19)

Round 8 Queen's Gambit Declined (D37)

Round 9 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (D34)

Round 10 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (E21)

Round 11 Sicilian, Najdorf (B96)

Another trivial fact: Anand is from Asia.

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