Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in 40 strikes within the first spherical of the classical phase of the Norway Chess event in Stavanger.
Viswanathan Anand beats Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in Norway Chess event (Reuters Picture)
HIGHLIGHTSViswanathan Anand defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in 40 strikes within the first roundAnand’s win over Vachier-Lagrave enabled him to achieve 3 pointsAmerican Wesley So beat Teimur Rajdabov within the first spherical to be degree with Anand
Viswanathan Anand defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in 40 strikes within the first spherical of the classical phase of the Norwegian Chess event. The win over the French participant past due on Tuesday enabled the Indian GM to achieve 3 issues.
American Wesley So beat Teimur Rajdabov within the first spherical to be degree with Anand, whilst Magnus Carlsen needed to accept a draw with China’s Wang Had. Within the blitz tournament performed previous to the Classical, Anand had stunned the sector champion, Carlsen, in spherical seven on find out how to a fourth-place end.
The previous international champion, on the other hand, suffered defeats to Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and Vachier-Lagrave within the fourth and 9th spherical respectively to complete with 5 issues within the 10-player blitz tournament.
So, they completed on most sensible of the Blitz standings with 6.5 issues, one transparent of Carlsen, whilst Giri took the 3rd spot. He thus earned the appropriate to select his beginning quantity for the classical tournament.
In classical occasions, the gamers would play an Armeggedon (unexpected dying) recreation in case of a draw.