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Chess24 Legends of Chess semifinals, highlights: Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi register wins

Catch Friday's action: Semifinal line-up: Carlsen vs Svidler; Nepomniachtchi vs Giri. Viswanathan Anand signed off his dismal campaign in the chess24 Legends of Chess with a 2-3 loss to fellow veteran Vassily Ivanchuk in the ninth and final round on Wednesday. Kramnik needed to beat Carlsen to claim a semifinal spot, provided Anish Giri defeated Peter Svidler. If Magnus Carlsen, …

Viswanathan Anand signed off his dismal campaign in the chess24 Legends of Chess with a 2-3 loss to fellow veteran Vassily Ivanchuk in the ninth and final round on Wednesday. Kramnik needed to beat Carlsen to claim a semifinal spot, provided Anish Giri defeated Peter Svidler. Giri did win 2.5-1.5 but a desperate Kramnik lost the third and fourth rapid …

Chess24 Legends of Chess Round 7, highlights: Anand beats Gelfand, Carlsen downs Svidler

Chess24 Legends of Chess Round 6 highlights: Sixth loss for Anand, Carlsen enjoys solo lead

Hello and welcome to Sportstar's coverage of Chess24 Legends of Chess, the penultimate event of the million-dollar Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour. Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand suffered his fifth straight defeat in the USD 150,000 Legends of Chess online tournament, going down 2-3 to Peter Leko of Hungary. Anand, who is making his maiden appearance on the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour, …

Viswanathan Anand finally tasted victory after Peter Leko walked into a checkmating net in the first game but a serious blunder in the fourth game left the scores level at 2-2 in the fourth round of chess24 Legends of Chess on Saturday. In an all Russia-clash, Nepomniachtchi led Peter Svidler after winning the third game. After a draw in the …

Chess24 Legends of Chess highlights: Anand slumps to fifth loss, Carlsen stays unbeaten

Chess24 Legends of Chess, highlights: Giri defeats Anand; Carlsen blanks Gelfand

Catch Friday's action: WHAT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY? Viswanathan Anand suffered a painful defeat after failing to put the finishing touches to a masterpiece he created against Vladimir Kramnik in the first game of the third round chess24 Legends of Chess on Thursday. READ | Kramnik, with his rook and knight pair almost out of play on the queen’s side, brought …

Chess24 Legends of Chess highlights: Carlsen beats Anand, Giri dominates Kramnik

Catch Wednesday's highlights here: WHAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY? In mutual time-trouble, Viswanathan Anand's one-move blunder in a winning position cost him the match against Peter Svidler in the opening round of Chess24 Legends of Chess online event on Tuesday. READ | The fortuitous victory gave Svidler a 2.5-1.5 triumph and made him join Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Boris Gelfand and …

Viswanathan Anand and Peter Svidler drew the first three games of their best-of-four first round encounter in the chess24 Legends of Chess online event on Tuesday. The results: Round One: Game One: Viswanathan Anand drew with Peter Svidler ; Anish Giri drew with Magnus Carlsen ; Vladimir Kramnik drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi ; Peter Leko drew with Vassily Ivanchuk ; …