World Chess Championship 2014 Game 9 Result: Carlsen Still Leads by Point After Agreeing for Another Draw Against Anand

Defending champion Magnus Carlsen has successfully managed to maintain his one point lead over the challenger Viswanathan Anand as Game 9 of the 2014 World Chess Championship also ends in a draw at the Main Media Center in Sochi on Thursday.

After the ninth round, the score is 5-4 in the Norwegian's favour with three games remaining in this year's event. The latest game was one of the fastest games ever played as both players agreed to a draw after completing 19 moves.

The five-times world champion took just 15 minutes for his 19 moves, while the 23-year-old took 45 minutes to complete the same number of moves. It clearly showed that the rest day has helped Anand to do the much needed preparation.

Game 8 also ended in a quick draw, where 41 moves were played - which was the quickest game of this year. However, the game on Thursday has ended much faster than the last round and it was strange from Carlsen to settle for a draw, who was playing with the white pieces.

With three games to go, Anand is still trailing by a point. However, the Indian will play with a white piece on two occasions, which should give him an advantage to level the scores and then take a lead over Carlsen to regain the world championship title.

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