Game 11: 

The best part about game 11 was to see Pragg and Ramesh in our live show! The game was quite boring in the Petroff as Caruana's preparation remained untouchable. Boris Gelfand who was the guest annotator for ChessBase said: "I am happy to see that Fabiano sticks to the Petroff, which served him well this year...before my World Championship match vs Vishy Anand in 2012, I switched to the Sveshnikov (Magnus' choice in this match!) in order to surprise my opponent. It seems that Fabiano has even more trust in Petroff than I had!"

Analysis by Boris Gelfand:

Karjakin was the guest for the game. He opened the game with 1.b4!? | Photo: Niki Riga

Why are you doing this to me? Magnus seems to exclaim! | Photo: Niki Riga

The idea of making the move 1.b4 was actually given to Sergey Karjakin by none other than former World Champion Vishy Anand and photographer Maria Emelianova. As the live broadcast and transmission of the moves had already begun, everyone would see the move 1.b4 on their screens for a few seconds and this would really create a lot of excitement!

Vishy Anand was very pleased with Sergey's decision:

 

I had a great time analyzing with Praggnanandhaa and his coach GM R.B. Ramesh

There were a lot of interesting questions that were asked by the viewers. A lot can be learnt from Ramesh's explanations and Pragg's analysis. Check the video below:
Don't miss the teacher-student duo weaving their magic in this video!

A memorable evening of analysis and Q&A

Game 12:

Fresh from his victory at the tournament of peace, GM B. Adhiban will be our guest for the 12th match of the Caruana Carlsen 2018. With the scores tied at 5.5 points apiece today might be the day when we have a new World Champion! Tune in at 9.30 p.m. IST for the live analysis.

Adhiban will be our guest today!