Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand lost to world champion Magnus Carlsen from a winning position to finish fifth in the blitz event that acts as a curtain raiser for the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger. After starting off with two victories, Anand missed out on a winning opportunity against Carlsen and finally ended fifth with 5.5 points out of a possible nine. The top half finish for Anand means he will get to play five white games.The surprise winner of the blitz event was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France who led from the beginning and defeated Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana of Italy en route to his 6.5 points.Anand will now play against Caruana in the main tournament, which is a part of the Grand Chess tour.