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ARONIAN BEATS ANAND
by Hari Hara Nandanan TNN
Times of India (Electronic Edition)
October 12, 2011 Wednesday
Chennai: World champion Viswanathan Anand must be happy that he is
not playing Levon Aronian in the title match next year.The champion
suffered his worst loss since he retained his crown against the
Armenian on Monday in the Bilbao Grand Slam Masters chess tournament
and slumped to the bottom of the table with a round to go.In
contrast,World No 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway beat Vassily Ivanchuk of
Ukraine andcaughtup withhim on the points table.The last round should
be an exciting affair with Carlsen and Ivanchuk on level terms and
trying to get their hands first on the top prize.Ivanchuk and Carlsen
arefollowed by Aronian and Nakamura on 11.Vallejo Pons overtook Anand
on the points tally (10 to 9) after he scored his third win of the
tournament.Vallejo won a queen and rooks ending against Nakamura.
by Hari Hara Nandanan TNN
Times of India (Electronic Edition)
October 12, 2011 Wednesday
Chennai: World champion Viswanathan Anand must be happy that he is
not playing Levon Aronian in the title match next year.The champion
suffered his worst loss since he retained his crown against the
Armenian on Monday in the Bilbao Grand Slam Masters chess tournament
and slumped to the bottom of the table with a round to go.In
contrast,World No 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway beat Vassily Ivanchuk of
Ukraine andcaughtup withhim on the points table.The last round should
be an exciting affair with Carlsen and Ivanchuk on level terms and
trying to get their hands first on the top prize.Ivanchuk and Carlsen
arefollowed by Aronian and Nakamura on 11.Vallejo Pons overtook Anand
on the points tally (10 to 9) after he scored his third win of the
tournament.Vallejo won a queen and rooks ending against Nakamura.