FIDE World Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand suffers earliest exit in a knockout event, but Vidit Gujrathi on track
On Thursday, Kovalyov showed such solidity with white pieces that the five-time world champion, Anand had absolutely no way to break through. Vidit Gujrathi showed some good control on his nerves to draw the second game against Vietnamese number one Le Quang Liem and qualify to the third round of the 2017 World Cup. Also if I were to choose between a rest day and play a tie-breaker I would always choose the former.” One of India’s top Grand Masters Abhijeet Gupta had said, “Virat Kohli, when asked what he does for a living, replied, ‘I chase down totals’. This was Anand’s earliest exit in a knockout tournament at the World Championship/World Cup level. “It usually takes me five minutes to get back to my normal self!” Check out what he has to say about the art of fighting back in this short interview: Here, Adhiban’s coach Elizbar Ubilava speaks about his current student and his former student, Anand: The author is an International Master and CEO of ChessBase India.
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