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Anand resigned the 10th game after committing a positional blunder. Kramnik has now moved up to 4 points, still a solid 2 points behind Anand. Although a draw is enough for a title, nerves will now start playing up. Match Score V Anand ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 Total - 6 Kramnik ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 Total - 4

Another draw, but what a draw! Kramnik pushed Anand to the wall after a mistake in a complicated position. But to his credit, Anand played quality defensive moves under intense time pressure on both sides. Kramnik couldn't deliver the knock out punch, Anand escaped by the skin of his teeth. Game 10 is on 27 October and we'll be bringing it live as usual with on the spot analysis. Remember Anand needs just a draw to retain his World Chess Champion title. For Kramnik it's win or bust. Remember, Kramnik is playing with the white pieces and looking at his comeback to form, (which unfortunately is only good enough to draw the mighty Anand in this match), he will try to push hard again. Kramnik usually chooses dull openings. Hope he has taken a leaf out of Anand's book like he showed yesterday with the black pieces. If he plays without fear like he did for most part of yesterday, we'll have another juicy game. Match Score after Game 9 V Anand ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ Total - 6 ...

Anand leads the match 5.5 - 2.5 and has the white pieces. If he has any novelties left up his sleeve, he can seal the match on Sunday with a win. A slower route is via two draws. An interesting point to note here is that Anand has now moved ahead in the head to head scores against Kramnik in the Classical games section. Please note that the German time has now moved to Winter time and so the games start one hour later for most of you not in Europe. Classical Games 59 Games, 46 draws Anand +1 (7 wins, 6 losses) For all the scores in all formats, see the earlier head to head post . Match Score V Anand ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ Total - 5.5 Kramnik ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Total - 2.5 V Anand vs V Kramnik Round 9 World Chess Championship Bonn, Germany 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 It's the Slav Defence 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Anand prefers the sharp line in the anti-Moscow gambit. Slower is 6. Bxf6 6 ...dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Qc2 Not seen in regular play. Kramnik can get an edge wit...