No Anand for Vishy

Saturday ended with no Anand for Vishy Anand.
There was also no joy for me as my journey into blogosphere got off with some bad news for fans of Indian chess.
No one thought the World Chess Championship will get off to such a sensational start with challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria drawing first blood in what is rightly being termed one of the shortest and most dramatic starts to a classical title clash being played at the Central Military Club in Sofia, Bulgaria. One hopes, this game ends Anand’s quota of bad luck and things will get better for Vishy from here.
In the first game, Anand made some uncharacteristic mistakes and lost in just 30 moves, even before the first time control could be reached. Did he play too fast and lacked patience? Though he looked composed outwardly, from his game, it looks; Anand has not yet fully recovered from the recent controversies.
The Indian came under pressure early and blundered from what looked like a good position. This was a chance for the 40-year-old Indian Grandmaster to put the Bulgarian under pressure as he has always done well with black pieces. But his recent struggle to reach Sofia for the match following the air travel disruption in Europe and battle to get the first round postponed seemed to taken a toll. After the two players rattled off the first 20-odd moves, it was Anand who spent lot of time pondering on his 23rd move. Topalov, who opened with queen pawn, had him in a bind as he played what looked like home preparation in Grunfeld Defence. After thinking for long, Anand played Kf7, one of the worst moves that anyone could have made in that position and his hopes were as good as over after Topalov sacrificed his knight and attacked Anand's king with the help of his rooks and bishop.
Faced with mate, Anand resigned on the 30th turn.
However, it is not curtains for Anand.
Though there are 11 more games in this match, and one knows that the Indian Grandmaster is capable of fighting back, things will be very difficult for him from now on.
I am sure, he can fight back and Sunday’s second game will be a clear indication of his preparation. The onus is now on Anand to wrest back the initiative that he lost so easily.
The real war has started now!

The moves:
Veselin Topalov (2805) vs V Anand (2787)
WCH 2010, Sofia (Bulgaria), 24-4-2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0–0 10.0–0 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.f4 f6 18.f5 Qe5 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.h4 h6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rf3 Kf7 24.Nxf6 Kxf6 25.Rh3 Rg8 26.Rh6+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Rcc7 Kd8 29.Bb5 Qxe4 30.Rxc8+ 1-0