'Losing only one game at World Blitz is a huge achievement'
31 Dec 2017 10:16 PM IST
Chennai: Chess ace Viswanathan Anand termed losing just one game at the World Blitz Championship in Riyadh as a huge achievement after capturing the title at the World Rapid event.
"It is a fantastic feeling to finish on the podium in the Rapid and Blitz. Because they are both very different formats. Losing just one game is a huge achievement in such an event," he said after his third place finish behind Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin.
"One is 15 minutes plus 10 seconds, which is much slower, similar to a half-an-hour game. The second one is three minutes and two seconds, which is the equivalent, of let's say a five-seven minute game. So very different rhythms. Doing well in one doesn't meant doing well in the other as well," he
added.
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