Chess News -

Anand finished second behind Champion Vassily Ivanchuk, with whom he was tied at 24.5 pts after 37 rounds ... But in last round Vassily Ivanchuk defeated Anand with black

In this format players played 38 games in 2 days ... Anatoly Karpov finished on 18th place in 20 players tournament with 14 pts.

At World Blitz Championships 2007, Moscow

Final Standing After 38 Rounds -

1. Vassily Ivanchuk 25.5 pts
2. Vishwanathan Anand 24.5 pts
3. Alexander Grischuk 23.5 pts
4. Gata Kamsky 23.5 pts
5. Vladimir Kramnik 21.5 pts
6. Peter Leko 21.5 pts
7. Sergei Rublevsky 21.5 pts
8. Alexander Morozevich 21 pts
9. Magnus Carlsen 20.5 pts
10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 18.5 pts

(First name of player who played with white.)
Round 1
Anand Viswanathan vs Carlsen Magnus 1-0

Round 2
Morozevich Alexander vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 3
Anand Viswanathan vs Shirov Alexei 0.5-0.5

Round 4
Leko Peter vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 5
Anand Viswanathan vs Dreev Alexey 0.5-0.5

Round 6
Grischuk Alexander vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 7
Anand Viswanathan vs Adams Michael 1-0

Round 8
Anand Viswanathan vs Kasimdzhanov Rustam 0.5-0.5

Round 9
Savchenko Boris vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 10
Anand Viswanathan vs Kamsky Gata 0-1

Round 11
Kramnik Vladimir vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 12
Anand Viswanathan vs Rublevsky Sergei 0.5-0.5

Round 13
Bacrot Etienne vs Anand Viswanathan 0.5-0.5

Round 14
Anand Viswanathan vs Ponomariov Ruslan 0.5-0.5

Round 15
Karpov Anatoly vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 16
Anand Viswanathan vs Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 1-0

Round 17
Gelfand Boris vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 18
Anand Viswanathan vs Korotylev Alexey 1-0

Round 19
Ivanchuk Vassily vs Anand Viswanathan 0.5-0.5

Round 20
Carlsen Magnus vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 21
Anand Viswanathan vs Morozevich Alexander 1-0

Round 22
Shirov Alexei vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 23
Anand Viswanathan vs Leko Peter 1-0

Round 24
Dreev Alexey vs Anand Viswanathan 0.5-0.5

Round 25
Anand Viswanathan vs Grischuk Alexander 0.5-0.5

Round 26
Adams Michael vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 27
Kasimdzhanov Rustam vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 28
Anand Viswanathan vs Savchenko Boris 0.5-0.5

Round 29
Kamsky Gata vs Anand Viswanathan 0.5-0.5

Round 30
Anand Viswanathan vs Kramnik Vladimir 0.5-0.5

Round 31
Rublevsky Sergei vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 32
Anand Viswanathan vs Bacrot Etienne 1-0

Round 33
Ponomariov Ruslan vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 34
Anand Viswanathan vs Karpov Anatoly 0.5-0.5

Round 35
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar vs Anand Viswanathan 1-0

Round 36
Anand Viswanathan vs Gelfand Boris 1-0

Round 37
Korotylev Alexey vs Anand Viswanathan 0-1

Round 38
Anand Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk Vassily 0-1

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Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championship 2007, Korat, Thailand

Mens -
[R16] Yasin Merchant (IND) l Anthony Davies (WAL) 3-5 ( 52-37 69-17 50-62 34-69 78-45 33-84 0-67 9-60 )

Masters -
[R16] Geet Sethi (IND) bt Glen Wilkinson (AUS) 4-3 ( 86-5 5-62 18-61 24-55 61-59 99-6 109-0 )

So now only Geet remaining in this Snooker World Championship draw.