Viswanathan Anand endures seventh loss in Legends of Chess Competition. Previous best on the planet Viswanathan Anand collided with his seventh destruction in the USD 150,000 Legends of Chess online competition, going down 0.5-2.5 to world No.3 Ding Liren in the eighth round.
Going into the match against the Chinese in the wake of closure his six-coordinate losing streak, Anand gave up the primary game in only 22 moves late on Tuesday.
The pair made do with a 47-move attract the prior second Liren fixed triumph in the third game with dark pieces in 41 moves. Anand lies toward the end in the table with six focuses with Liren and Dwindle Leko.
The 50-year old Indian takes on Vasyl Ivanchuk in the ninth and last round. World No.1 Magnus Carlsen defeated the test of Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi after the four-game challenge finished at 2-all. The Armageddon (a tie-break) additionally finished in an impasse yet the Norwegian won and got three focuses in light of the fact that he played dark.
The Norwegian player keeps up his situation at the head of the table with 22 focuses followed by Nepomniatchi (19) and Anish Giri (15).
Carlsen has won all the eight matches he has played up until this point.
Giri lost 2-3 to veteran Ivanchuk however is in line to meet all requirements for the last four. Legends of Chess is a one of a kind occasion where Carlsen, Liren, Nepomniachtchi and Giri, semifinalists at the Chessable Experts (some portion of the Magnus Carlsen Visit), got a programmed welcome and are facing six legends matured 40-52, who have been at the head of world chess at different focuses in their vocation.
The competition is a piece of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Visit. The champ of this occasion will meet all requirements for the USD 300,000 Thousand Last planned from August 9 to 20.
Consequences of Cycle 8: Ding Liren (China) beat Viswanathan Anand (India) 2.5-0.5; Magnus Carlsen (Norway) beat Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2.5-2.5 (Carlsen won in the wake of drawing Armageddon with dark); Subside Svidler (Russia) beat Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2.5-1.5: Vasyl Ivanchuk (Russia) beat Anish Giri (the Netherlands) 3-2; Boris Gelfand (Israel) beat Dwindle Leko (Hungary) 3-2.
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