World champion Viswanathan Anand has finished as Joint Third at the 75th Tata Steel Chess tournament in the Netherlands. At Wijk Aan Zee on Sunday, he suffered a shocking last-round defeat against Wang Hao of China. With eight points, Anand tied for the third spot with Sergey Karjakin of Russia.Anand remained at sixth spot in the world rankings. Magnus Carlsen of Norway completed the formalities of winning the crown after surviving a scare against Anish Giri of Holland. But Carlsen salvaged a half point to match Garry Kasparov's best ever 10 points out of a possible 13 in the tournament. Levon Aronian of Armenia ended second on Eight and a Half points. P. Harikrishna finished seventh on 6.5 points in the 14-player round-robin event. He is set to become the third Indian after Anand and K Sasikiran to enter the 2700 ratingclub following his performance in the event.
News On AIR | January 28, 2013 8:38 PM
Tata Steel Chess: Anand finishes joint third after loss