Anand beats Gelfand; placed joint third now
4 Feb 2014 6:45 AM IST
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand tasted his first success this year after defeating Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fourth round of Zurich Chess Challenge on Monday.
With his first win in four games, Anand jumped to joint third spot with three points. This victory also served as a morale booster after an indifferent start that involved two losses and a draw in the first three rounds.
All three games in the highest category event ended decisively on Monday. World champion Magnus Carlsen avenged his blitz loss against Fabiano Caruana of Italy with a comprehensive win while Levon Aronian of Armenia played like a machine to beat Hikaru Nakamura of US.
Carlsen scored his third victory in four games to take his personal tally to seven points in all under the unique scoring system that gives two points for a win and one for a draw in the classical games.The recently crowned world champion is making most of the opportunities here and was seen at his technical best against Caruana. Aronian remained on the heels of Carlsen with six points.
With his first win in four games, Anand jumped to joint third spot with three points. This victory also served as a morale booster after an indifferent start that involved two losses and a draw in the first three rounds.
All three games in the highest category event ended decisively on Monday. World champion Magnus Carlsen avenged his blitz loss against Fabiano Caruana of Italy with a comprehensive win while Levon Aronian of Armenia played like a machine to beat Hikaru Nakamura of US.
Carlsen scored his third victory in four games to take his personal tally to seven points in all under the unique scoring system that gives two points for a win and one for a draw in the classical games.The recently crowned world champion is making most of the opportunities here and was seen at his technical best against Caruana. Aronian remained on the heels of Carlsen with six points.
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