Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 4: India’s ace chess player Viswanathan Anand’s winning streak in the ‘Classical’ category came to an end after losing to America’s Wesley So in the fourth round of the Norway Chess tournament on Saturday.
On 8.5 points, the 52-year-old former world champion is tied for first with Magnus Carlsen. Anand and So’s ordinary Classical evenyt concluded in a draw after 28 moves. The American then used the Armageddon (sudden death) game to defeat the Indian GM in 46 moves.
In the first three rounds, Anand defeated France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Bulgaria’s Vaselin Topalov, and China’s Wang Hao.
Meanwhile, Carlsen won the Classical game against Anish Giri of the Netherlands, gaining three points and joining Anand in the lead.
In round four, Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Wang Hao, while Teimour Radjavov and the seasoned Topalov defeated Vachier-Lagrave and Aryan Tari (Norway) via the Armageddon, respectively.
In the ongoing Norway Chess tournament, if the classical game ends in a draw, the players participate in an Armageddon (sudden death).
Weasly So had won the Classical event before the Blitz event.
