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.
In the fourth game, Anand plays with white pieces and needs a win to score an important triumph over Carlsen. On Tuesday, in the first round, a one-move blunder in the fourth game cost Anand the match against Peter Svidler 1.5-2.5.
Ian Nepomniachtchi stunned World No. 3 Ding Liren 2.5-0.5. The Russian drew the first game and then won the next two for a comprehensive 2.5-0.5 victory over Liren. A second win for the Russian ended in a second straight defeat for the Chinese.
Vladimir Kramnik trailed Anish Giri 1-2 even after saving half a point in the third game. Peter Svidler hit back in the third game against Peter Leko to make it 1.5-1.5 ahead of the fourth game. The other two veterans Vassily Ivanchuk and Boris Gelfand drew all three games.
Second round final results:
Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2.5-1.5 Viswanathan Anand (India); Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2.5-0.5 Ding Liren (China); Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 1.5-2.5 Boris Gelfand (Israel); Peter Svidler (Russia) 2.5-1.5 Peter Leko (Hungary); Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 1.5-2.5 Anish Giri (Netherlands)
Second round results (with details):
Game One: Magnus Carlsen (Nor) drew with Viswanathan Anand; Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) drew with Boris Gelfand (Isr); Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus) bt Ding Liren (Chn); Peter Svidler (Rus) drew with Peter Leko (Hun); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) drew with Anish Giri (Ned).
Game Two: Anand drew with Carlsen; Leko bt Svidler; Giri bt Kramnik; Gelfand drew with Ivanchuk; Liren lost to Nepomniachtchi.
Game Three: Carlsen drew with Anand; Nepomniachtchi drew with Liren; Svidler bt Leko; Ivanchuk drew with Gelfand; Kramnik drew with Giri.
Game Four: Carlsen bt Anand; Gelfand bt Ivanchuk; Svidler bt Leko; Kramnik drew with Giri
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