World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by local hopeful Erwin L'Ami in the third round of the 'A' group of 73rd Tata Steel Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. With his second successive draw, Anand took his tally to two points out of a possible three and will now play with white against Wang Hao of China ahead of the first rest in the category-20 round robin tournament between 14 players.In the shocker of the day, World No 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway blundered and went down to talented Anish Giri of Holland in a mere 22 moves. The victory with black pieces was Anish's best till date and this was the first time that the Nepalese origin 16-year old scalped a 2800+ rated player.
News On AIR | January 18, 2011 11:10 AM
Anand held by L'Ami; Giri shocks Carlsen