Anand’s drawn against Anish Giri result dents his chances of winning the Shamkir chess tournament
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Anish Giri of The Netherlands after a combative game in the third round of the Shamkir chess tournament
Shamkir (Azerbaijan): Former world champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Anish Giri of The Netherlands after a combative game in the third round of the Shamkir chess tournament here on Sunday. On what turned out to be a tough day for the Indian ace, Anand had his chances but it was never easy as Giri was up to the task in defense. The drawn result was not surprising but it dented Anand’s chances in the strongest tournament of the year, held in the memory of Vugar Gashimov.
World champion Magnus Carlsen registered his second straight victory in the super tournament against arch-rival Fabiano Caruana of Italy to move up the ladder in the 10-player double round-robin tournament with a 100,000 euros prize fund.
USA’s Wesley So also matched Carlsen on points following a victory over Michael Adams of England. Carlsen and So shared the lead on 2.5 points from three rounds having scored two victories early in the tournament. Anand, on 1.5 points, was decently poised to take on the leaders as the tournament progresses.
( Source : PTI )
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