The 52-year-old Indian Grandmaster trumped his opponent in 36 strikes within the battle of the veterans to make it two out of two after the second spherical
The 52-year-old Indian Grandmaster trumped his opponent in 36 strikes within the battle of the veterans to make it two out of two after the second spherical
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand posted his second win on the trot, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov within the Classical part to take the lead on the Norway Chess event right here.
The 52-year-old Anand trumped his opponent in 36 strikes within the battle of the veterans to make it two out of two after the second spherical late on Wednesday.
The five-time world champion now leads with six factors.
He had began the Classical occasion with a win over France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave following a fourth place end within the Blitz occasion.
American Wesley So, who gained the Blitz occasion forward of the classical part, outwitted world No.1 Magnus Carlsen within the Armageddon (Sudden dying sport) to lie in second spot behind Anand after their common sport resulted in a 38-move draw.
Anand, who had defeated Carlsen within the blitz occasion earlier, continued the great run. With the victory over his long-time rival, the Indian ace climbed to the ninth spot on this planet stay score listing.
In the opposite video games within the second spherical of the 10-player competitors, Vachier-Lagrave beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov by way of Armageddon and Teimur Radjabov received the higher of Norwegian GM Aryan Tari.
Dutch GM Anish Giri and Wang Hao drew their Armageddon sport after the common match resulted in a stalemate.
In the classical occasion, gamers play an Armaggedon (sudden dying) sport in case of a draw.
Source: www.thehindu.com
