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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand failed to capitalise on his chances and went down to Levon Aronian of Armenia in the ninth and final round Armageddon game to finish joint seventh in the Altibox Norway chess tournament here. Meanwhile, keeping his record of not losing a tiebreaker finally had a calling on world champion Magnus Carlsen as he lost the …

Viswanathan Anand defeated out-of-sort Alexander Grischuk while Magnus Carlsen sealed the title at the Altibox Norway chess tournament with a round to spare, here. While it was only his second Classical win in the tournament, Carlsen has also won all the remaining six matches in the Armageddon stage to reach 13 points. It’s now a four points margin between the …

Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand’s chances of a top three finish ended after he went down fighting to Fabiano Caruana of United States in the Armageddon game at the Altibox Norway chess. However in the tiebreaker, which is the new world order in Chess to make it a decisive sport in every game played, the native Italian turned American was …

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will have his task cut out when he takes on Fabiano Caruana of United States in the seventh round of Altibox Norway Chess tournament here. As the tournament observed its second rest day, Anand on 5.5 points is in joint fifth spot, needing a great finish to ward off early round blues in the super …

Viswanathan Anand’s winning run of three matches came to an end as the Indian ace let go of a decent chance to lose to Yu Yangyi of China in the tiebreak game in the sixth round of Altibox Norway chess tournament here. American Wesley So allowed a checkmate in one, Ding Liren of China dropped a whole rook and Russian …

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand pulled off an easy win over Wesley So of United States to be joint fifth after the fifth round of the Altibox Norway chess tournament. With his third victory on the trot after two losses in the first two rounds, Anand took himself to joint fifth position in the super tournament that is for the …

Viswanathan Anand to clash with Ding Liren in Altibox Norway chess

Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand will take on Ding Liren of China with white in the fourth round of Altibox Norway chess tournament here. After a terrible start that cost him a game in tie-breaker and another in regular time control, Anand bounced back by winning a tie-breaker against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the previous round and this could …

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand slipped to the bottom of the points table after going down to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the second round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament. Anand, who lost to world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Armageddon game of the first round, was out of sorts in the classical game against Mamedyarov wherein …

Viswanathan Anand loses to world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in Altibox Norway chess tournament

Viswanathan Anand put up a good show in the classical game but lost to world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Armageddon game to score half a point out of a possible two in the first game of Altibox Norway chess tournament. Stavanger: Viswanathan Anand put up a good show in the classical game but lost to world champion …

Viswanathan Anand put up a good show in the classical game but lost to world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Armageddon game to score half a point out of a possible two in the first game of Altibox Norway chess tournament here. It turned out to be a difficult day at office as Anand survived an inferior middle …