Viswanathan Anand beats world champion Carlsen again, tops Norway chess

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Viswanathan Anand

New Delhi: Indian Grandmaster and chess legend Viswanathan Anand has once again defeated World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Anand achieved this victory in the 5th round of the classical section in the Norway Chess tournament. Now he has reached first place in this competition. Anand defeated Carlsen in a thrilling Armageddon (Sudden Death Game). Earlier, the regular match played between the two players was a draw with 40 moves.

Sudden Death game won in 50 moves
During Armageddon, Anand appeared in his old style and defeated world number 1 player Magnus Carlsen in 50 moves. Now Carlsen has a total of 9.5 points and is currently in second place in this tournament.

Bliss on top
With this victory, Anand has reached the top of the competition. Anand currently has 10 points. Right now there are 4 rounds left in this tournament in which the most expert players of chess will face-to-face. Earlier, Anand had achieved his third victory by defeating Wang Hao. Before defeating Hao, he also defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.

Viswanathan Anand

Carlsen also lost in the Blitz category
Anand had also defeated Magnus Carlsen in the blitz section of the Norway Chess tournament. Then Anand defeated Carlsen to finish fourth in the 7th round. Let us tell you that in the event of a classic round draw in the Norway Chess tournament, Armageddon ie Sudden Death Round is played.

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