Anand Expands Lead With Second Win

In the highest levels of chess, wins with Black are fairly rare. Two wins with Black in three games against a former World Champion is nearly unheard of, but that's exactly what Viswanathan Anand has pulled off against Vladimir Kramnik, expanding his lead in the World Chess Championship Match to 3.5-1.5.

Anand played the same ambitious Slav line as he did in Game 3, achieving another interesting game as Black. Kramnik went for tactical complications in an even position, but failed to see to the end of the combination - after which Anand had a clearly winning position. The loss leaves Kramnik down two games with just seven games to play, meaning he may need to start playing with wins not only as White, but in his Black games as well. Here is Anand's win:

White: Vladimir Kramnik
Black: Viswanathan Anand
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6 13.0-0 Qb6 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Bxb5 Rg8 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bg3 f5 18.Rfc1 f4 19.Bh4 Be7 20.a4 Bxh4 21.Nxh4 Ke7 22.Ra3 Rac8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Ra1 Qc5 25.Qg4 Qe5 26.Nf3 Qf6 27.Re1 Rc5 28.b4 Rc3 29.Nxd4 Qxd4 30.Rd1 Nf6 31.Rxd4 Nxg4 32.Rd7+ Kf6 33.Rxb7 Rc1+ 34.Bf1 Ne3 35.fxe3 fxe3 White Resigns.