FIDE Grand Swiss Chess: Anand held in ninth round, goes joint-fourth

Viswanathan Anand is now joint-fourth alongside Magnus Carlsen after being held to a draw by Russia’s Kirill Alekseenko on Saturday.

Published : Oct 20, 2019 17:28 IST , DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN

File Photo: With two more rounds to go, Viswanathan Anand is joint-fourth in the leaderboard at the FIDE Grand Swiss Chess tournament.
File Photo: With two more rounds to go, Viswanathan Anand is joint-fourth in the leaderboard at the FIDE Grand Swiss Chess tournament.
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File Photo: With two more rounds to go, Viswanathan Anand is joint-fourth in the leaderboard at the FIDE Grand Swiss Chess tournament.

Viswanathan Anand’s hopes of qualifying for the Candidates Tournament suffered a setback when he was held by Russia’s Kirill Alekseenko in the ninth round of FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament here on Saturday.

With the top two boards ending in draws and a victorious Hikaru Nakamura joining Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian and Guijarro David Anton in the lead at 6.5 points, Anand (6) shared the fourth spot with Magnus Carlsen, among others.

With two rounds to go, the battle for lone qualifying spot for the Candidates is going to intensity further. The spot goes to the highest finisher, who needs to qualify.

Important ninth-round results (Indians unless stated):

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