Thursday, March 24, 2016

Chess News

At the World Championship Candidates Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia

Round 11, Thursday 24 March 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2786) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2757) 0-1
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2780) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2794) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2762) - Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2760) 1-0
Anish Giri (NED,2793) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2790) ½-½

Anand used an anti-Berlin Defense system to beat leader Sergey Karjakin with white from drawish condition ... Sergey Karjakin resigned after 70 moves as Anand played patient endgame for his 4th win of the tournament and 2 losses ... With this win Anand rejoin Caruana at top-spot with 6.5 points ... Svidler upset Aronian with black ... Caruana missed winning opportunity against Topalov.

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