Carlsen v Anand 2014, Game 6
Carlsen v Anand · 1–0
26... a4 by Anand: chances 66% → 49%
The coach: Nxe5 instead (the arrow) — with it, Anand was a bit better.
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Carlsen v Anand 2014
Sochi · Nov 2014
Carlsen 6½–4½ Anand
Carlsen won 6½–4½.
Momentum
The score gap, game by game: up is Carlsen.
The coach's numbers
The turning point
The game that moved the match the most: Carlsen's chance of winning the title went from 66% to 85%. Its costliest move:
The match, move by move
Model: Carlsen's chance of winning the match
How the match could have been read, move by move: Reading the match.
Every game
Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.
Game 1: Anand v Carlsen ½–½
48 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Anand 92.0, Carlsen 92.5
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 2: Carlsen v Anand 1–0
35 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Carlsen 92.1, Anand 88.9
Costliest move: 34... h5 (Anand, 37% → 1%)
Game 3: Anand v Carlsen 1–0
34 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Anand 94.6, Carlsen 90.0
Costliest move: 30... e5 (Carlsen, 34% → 14%)
Game 4: Carlsen v Anand ½–½
47 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Carlsen 94.7, Anand 95.2
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 5: Anand v Carlsen ½–½
39 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Anand 94.5, Carlsen 94.5
Costliest move: 18... Qxe6 (Carlsen, 50% → 38%)
Game 6: Carlsen v Anand 1–0
38 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Carlsen 91.5, Anand 88.1
Costliest move: 26. Kd2 (Carlsen, 53% → 34%)
Game 7: Carlsen v Anand ½–½
122 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Carlsen 94.7, Anand 94.1
Costliest move: 122. Nxc1 (Carlsen, 96% → 50%)
Game 8: Anand v Carlsen ½–½
41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Anand 93.9, Carlsen 94.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 9: Carlsen v Anand ½–½
20 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Carlsen 94.0, Anand 94.2
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 10: Anand v Carlsen ½–½
32 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Anand 90.3, Carlsen 90.6
Costliest move: 17... Qxb2 (Carlsen, 47% → 31%)
Game 11: Carlsen v Anand 1–0
45 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Carlsen 93.5, Anand 89.6
Costliest move: 33... Ra6 (Anand, 43% → 26%)
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