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Viswanathan Anand lies last in the Legends of Chess table with six points with Ding Liren and Peter Leko. Chennai: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand crashed to his seventh defeat in the USD 150,000 Legends of Chess online tournament, going down 0.5-2.5 to world No.3 Ding Liren in the eighth round. World No.1 Magnus Carlsen overcame the challenge of Russian …

Following a tame surrender in the second game, Viswanathan Anand was staring at a must-win situation in Game Four after Ian Nepomniachtchi took a 2-1 lead in their sixth-round clash in chess24 Legends of Chess on Sunday. After Peter Leko bounced back to beat Anand 3-2 in the fifth round, the struggling Indian came up with a series of fine …

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 …

After objectively gaining a position of strength, Viswanathan Anand ran out of time in the tie-breaking Armageddon game and that gave Anish Giri a 3-2 victory in the fourth round of chess.com Legends of Chess on Friday. READ| Earlier, Magnus Carlsen blanked Boris Gelfand 3-0, a first result of this kind, to stay ahead with 12 points. Another interesting battle …

A day after Viswanathan Anand and Anish Giri lost their matches in three straight games, the duo was involved in a battle of equals over the first three games of the fourth round of chess24 Legends of Chess on Friday. Even as joint overnight leader Magnus Carlsen brushed aside Boris Gelfand 3-0 after the veteran committed uncharacteristic blunders in the …

Viswanathan Anand kept pace with World champion Magnus Carlsen at 1.5-1.5 after three drawn encounters in the second round of the chess24 Legends of Chess on Wednesday. Second round final results: Magnus Carlsen 2.5-1.5 Viswanathan Anand ; Ian Nepomniachtchi 2.5-0.5 Ding Liren ; Vassily Ivanchuk 1.5-2.5 Boris Gelfand ; Peter Svidler 2.5-1.5 Peter Leko ; Vladimir Kramnik 1.5-2.5 Anish Giri …

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 …

Legends of Chess: Anand goes down to Svidler in opening round

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. After the first three games ended in draws, Anand moved into an advantageous position in the fourth but blundered away a bishop soon to resign immediately after Svidler had …

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 ; …