Multiple world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with Sergey Karjakin of Russia while B Adhiban lost to top seed Magnus Carlsen in the second round of 80th Masters Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands. With 1.5 points in his kitty, Anand now shares the second spot behind Anish Giri of Holland who came up with another sterling performance to beat Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. It was Giri's first ever victory over Kramnik in a Classical game. B Adhiban of India paid a heavy price for his safe approach against Norway's Magnus Carlsen. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, Carlsen and Anand are now sharing the second spot. In the challengers section being organised simultaneously, Vidit Gujrathi scored a crushing victory over Michal Krasenko of Poland. The other Indian in the challengers, D Harika got her second good result on the trot as she held higher ranked Dutchman Benjamin Bok to a draw.Jorden Van Foreest of Holland, Dmitry Gordievsky of Russia, and Anton Korobov of Ukraine share the lead with Gujrathi on 1,5 points apiece after the end of the second round in this section.
News On AIR | January 15, 2018 8:02 PM
Viswanathan Anand draws with Sergey Karjakin at Tata Steel Masters Chess tournament