Friday, December 29, 2017

Chess News

At the FIDE World Rapid Men 2017 Championship, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Photo Credit to riyadh2017.fide.com
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) bt GM Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS,2771) 1½-½

Tie-break 1 - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) vs GM Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS,2771) 1-0 (in 29 moves)
Tie-break 2 - GM Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS,2771) vs GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) ½-½ (after 39 moves)

Round 1 - GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA,2620) vs GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) 0-1
Round 2 - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) vs Peter Leko (HUN,2671) 1-0
Round 3 - GM Gabriel Sargissian (ARM,2673) vs GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) ½-½
Round 4 - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) vs GM Anton Demchenko (RUS,2667) 1-0
Round 5 - GM Ivan Cheparinov (FID,2694) vs GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) ½-½
Round 6 - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) vs GM Pavel Ponkratov (RUS,2673) ½-½
Round 7 - GM Luke J McShane (ENG,2697) vs GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) 0-1
Round 8 - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) vs GM Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS,2771) ½-½
Round 9 - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2908) vs GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) 0-1
Round 10 - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) vs GM Hao Wang (CHN,2770) ½-½
Round 11 - GM Peter Svidler (RUS,2743) vs GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) ½-½
Round 12 - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) vs GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS,2780) ½-½
Round 13 - GM Vladimir Onischuk (UKR,2748) vs GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) ½-½
Round 14 - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) vs GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS,2813) 1-0
Round 15 - GM Xiangzhi Bu (CHN,2654) vs GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2758) ½-½

48 yrs old Viswanathan Anand turned back the clock and lifted the World Rapid Championship ... In a a thrilling finale in which Anand claimed the title after the blitz tie-break with Vladimir Fedoseev ... He came from behind to win it in a three-way tie with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Vladimir Fedoseev ... Fedoseev and Anand had the better tiebreaks and so they played a two-game blitz matches, which won by Anand ... All three players split the prize money for the first three places.

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