Croatia Grand Chess Tour: Saric, Duda hold Anand

Croatia Grand Chess Tour: Saric, Duda hold Anand

PTIUpdated: Saturday, July 10, 2021, 12:57 AM IST
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Zagreb: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand drew both his seventh and eighth round games on Friday in the Rapid event of Croatia Grand Chess Tour and was in joint second spot.

The former world champion, playing black pieces, was held to a draw by Croatian GM Ivan Saric in 48 moves in a Sicilian Four Knights variation game.

Earlier, in the seventh round, Anand shared the honours with Polish GM Jan-Kryzstof Duda in a 74-move Ruy Lopez game.

Anand has so far won two games, drawn five and lost one to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

Interestingly, all games in rounds seven and eight were draws.

Top-seed Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia continued to lead the standings with 10 points with Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) and Saric close on his heels with nine points.

Nepomniachtchi, who suffered a defeat at the hands of local star Saric in round six on Thursday, settled for draws against Anish Giri and Jorden Van Foorest, both from the Netherlands.

Results

8th round: V Anand drew with I Saric; Ian N drew with J Van Foreest; A Korobov drew with M Vachier-Lagrave; S Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) drew with Anish Giri; Alexander Grischuk (Russia) drew with Jan-Kryzstof Duda.

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