Indian ace Viswanathan Anand struggled for the third consecutive spherical, shedding to Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik to languish on the backside of the factors desk within the USD 150,000 Legends of Chess on-line match. Anand went down Zero.5-2.5 to Kramnik late on Thursday. The previous world champion, who had misplaced within the first two rounds to Peter Svidler and Magnus Carlsen, respectively, couldn’t flip issues round. Anand misplaced the opening recreation regardless of some sensible play as his Russian opponent fought again strongly.
A defeat within the second put the Indian No.1 on the again foot and a draw within the third ended his hopes. The Chennai-based Anand is making his maiden look on the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour.
World No.1 Carlsen shares the highest spot with Svidler, with three victories and 9 match factors.
In the meantime, world No.three Ding Liren continued to wrestle as he misplaced after main 1.5-Zero.5 to Ukraine veteran Vasyl Ivanchuk.
Anand and Liren lie on the backside of the desk, with out a win ot their title.
The Indian meets Anish Giri (Netherlands) within the fourth spherical.
All of the round-robin video games are best-of-four recreation contests. Legends of Chess is an occasion the place Carlsen, Liren, Nepomniachtchi and Giri, semi-finalists on the Chessable Masters (a part of the Magnus Carlsen Tour), obtained an computerized invite.
They’re up in opposition to six legends aged 40-52, who’ve been on the prime of world chess at numerous factors of their profession.
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The match is a part of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour. The winner of this occasion will qualify for the $300,000 Grand Remaining scheduled from August 9 to 20.
Outcomes: Spherical three: Vladimir Kramnik beat Viswanathan Anand 2.5-1.5; Vasyl Ivanchuk beat Ding Liren 2.5-1.5; Ian Nepominiachtchi beat Anish Giri 2.5-1.5; Magnus Carlsen beat Peter Leko 2.5-1.5; Peter Svidler beat Boris Gelfand 2.5-1.5
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