Anand finishes runner-up in Grand Chess Tour

In the battle between the legends who have 11 World titles between them, Viswanathan Anand defeated Garry Kasparov in the Croatia Grand Chess Tour at Zagreb.

Published : Jul 11, 2021 23:54 IST , KOZHIKODE

After scoring his second win against former World champion Garry Kasparov, who is having a horrendous tournament, Anand defeated top seed Ian Nepomniachtchi.
After scoring his second win against former World champion Garry Kasparov, who is having a horrendous tournament, Anand defeated top seed Ian Nepomniachtchi.
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After scoring his second win against former World champion Garry Kasparov, who is having a horrendous tournament, Anand defeated top seed Ian Nepomniachtchi.

Neither age nor lack of tournament play could stop Viswanathan Anand from finishing runner-up at the Croatia Grand Chess Tour at Zagreb on Sunday.

Playing his first event in 16 months, the 51-year-old came up with a superb display against his much younger rivals to claim the second place in a strong field.

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He scored 21 points  --  from the rapid and blitz sections combined -- two behind the champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.On the final day, Anand played some fine chess, as he scored four wins in a row.

One of those was against his old rival Garry Kasparov, whom he had beaten on Saturday too. It turned out to be a horrible tournament for the 58-year-old Russian,  who has rarely made an appearance before a chessboard after retiring in 2005.

Anand drew his first three games of the day, with Giri, Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland and Vachier-Lagrave before he ran into Kasparov, who has rarely made an appearance before a chessboard after retiring in 2005.

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