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World Chess Championship, Game 4: Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen -- As it happened...

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen will face each other in the fourth game of the World Chess Championship in Chennai today.

Zee Media Bureau
After high drama, match four of World Chess Championship between defending Champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen also ended in a draw. After 64 moves, both decided to end today's game at Hotel Hyatt Regency in stalemate. Here are the 64 moves of the day: MOVE 64: Anand: Rxg4 II Carlsen: axb3 MOVE 63: Anand: Rxe7 II Carlsen: Rxe7 MOVE 62: Anand: Rxg4 II Carlsen: axb3 MOVE 61: Anand: Rxg4 II Carlsen: axb3 MOVE 60: Anand: Rag8 II Carlsen: a4 MOVE 59: Anand: Ra8 II Carlsen: Kb7 MOVE 58: Anand: Rg5 II Carlsen: Rxe7 MOVE 57: Anand: Rd8 II Carlsen: g4 MOVE 56: Anand: Ka3 II Carlsen: Re6 MOVE 55: Anand: Rc8 II Carlsen: Re2 MOVE 54: Anand: R8d7 II Carlsen: Ka6 MOVE 53: Anand: Rd5 II Carlsen: Kb7 MOVE 52: Anand: Red8 II Carlsen: Rge3 MOVE 51: Anand: Rd7 II Carlsen: Kc6 MOVE 50: Anand: Rd2 II Carlsen: Re5 MOVE 49: Anand: Ka2 II Carlsen: g5 MOVE 48: Anand: Rc2 II Carlsen: Ree3 MOVE 47: Anand: Rc3 II Carlsen: Re2 MOVE 46: Anand: e7 II Carlsen: Rg3 MOVE 45: Anand: Rxe8 II Carlsen: Rxe4 MOVE 44: Anand: Ra8 II Carlsen: Kb7 MOVE 43: Anand: Rc8 II Carlsen: Rdd3 MOVE 42: Anand: Kb2 II Carlsen: Re3 MOVE 41: Anand: Kc3 II Carlsen: Rf3 MOVE 40: Anand: Kxd4 II Carlsen: Rd8 MOVE 39: Anand: Rxc7 II Carlsen: Ka6 MOVE 38: Anand: Nd4 II Carlsen: Nxd4 MOVE 37: Anand: Ke3 II Carlsen: Rf8 MOVE 36: Anand: Kf2 II Carlsen: Rf4 MOVE 35: Anand: Ne4 II Carlsen: Rxg4 MOVE 34: Anand: fxe6 II Carlsen: Be8 MOVE 33: Anand: e6 II Carlsen: fxe6 MOVE 32: Anand: Rdc1 II Carlsen: Bd7 MOVE 31: Anand: Rc4 II Carlsen: g6 MOVE 30: Anand: Rc2 II Carlsen: a5 MOVE 29: Anand: Nf2 II Carlsen: Nc6 MOVE 28: Anand: hxg4 II Carlsen: Rh4 MOVE 27: Anand: Nb5 II Carlsen: hxg4 MOVE 26: Anand: f5 II Carlsen: Ne7 MOVE 25: Anand: Nd3 II Carlsen: h5 MOVE 24: Anand: g4 II Carlsen: Bc8 MOVE 23: Anand: Nc3 II Carlsen: Bf5 MOVE 22: Anand: f4 II Carlsen: Kb7 MOVE 21: Anand: cxb3 II Carlsen: Bb1 MOVE 20: Anand: Ndc1 II Carlsen: cxb3 MOVE 19: Anand: b3 II Carlsen: c4 MOVE 18: Anand: Ne2 II Carlsen: Bxa2 MOVE 17: Anand: Nd3 II Carlsen: b6 MOVE 16: Anand: Ne1 II Carlsen: Ng6 MOVE 15: Anand: Rad1 II Carlsen: Be6 MOVE 14: Anand: Rd2 II Carlsen: c5 MOVE 13: Anand: Bxe7 II Carlsen: Nxe7 MOVE 12: Anand: Bg5 II Carlsen: h6 MOVE 11: Anand: Nc3 II Carlsen: Kc8 MOVE 10: Anand: Rd1 II Carlsen: Be7 MOVE 9: Anand: h3 II Carlsen: Bd7 MOVE 8: Anand: Qxd8+ II Carlsen: Kxd8 MOVE 7: Anand:dxe5 II Carlsen: Nf5 MOVE 6: Anand: Bxc6 II Carlsen: dxc6 MOVE 5: Anand: d4 II Carlsen: Nd6 MOVE 4: Anand: O-O II Carlsen: Nxe4 MOVE 3: Anand: Bb5 II Carlsen: Nf6 MOVE 2: Anand: Nf3 II Carlsen: Nc6 MOVE 1: Anand: e4 II Carlsen: e5 Defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen will face each other in the fourth game of the World Chess Championship in Chennai today. On Tuesday, the third game of the championship between Anand and Carlsen ended in a draw. However, unlike the first two games that failed to produce any thrill, India’s Anand gave his Norwegian Carlsen some food for thought even when playing with black pieces. The third game lasted 51 moves and there was a point during the game when Anand looked to move ahead of his young opponent but Carlsen recovered by averting the impending danger and ended up confessing that he was ‘scared’.