And they exchanged the Queens, leaving Black with a double pawn on the f-file and White's Rook penetrating deep to the 7th line, attacking a7 and f7, binding Black's forces.
Stockfish rates it 1 pawn ahead - for White. The others +0.3.
P.S.
A relatively fast exchange on the queen's wing leave sit almost empty of any material. It is a Rook- endgame, with one Rook per side, and 3 pawns. To me it looks like a draw now.
P.P.S.
And there it is - they agreed a draw in 39th move.
5. Anand - Carlsen 1/2 : 1/2
total 2.5 : 2.5
The game lasted longer than expected in its middle, Carlsen trying to avoid a draw, but Anand did not comply. I did not find this game overly exciting, it certainly was the least dramatic so far. Tomorrow Anand will play Black, and after a day of break with Black again becasue at halftime they "switch" the colour changing mode.
Worth to note: Carlsen after almost 40 moves had still 1 hour left.
