Anand take back seat in chess world beats World No.1 Magnus Charlsen in championship at Riyadh

New Delhi: On Thursday move from Viswanathan Anand to take revenge of his 2013 World Championship loss as he defeated World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in their ninth round match at the at the World Rapid Chess Championship in soil of Riyadh. Playing with black pieces, Anand began the game with an aggressive approach and was able to win it in 34 moves. Thanks to this victory, Viswanathan Anand remained unbeaten in the competition with five wins and four draws from the nine encounters.

Before facing Magnus Carlsen, Anand drew his match against Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev and he is currently in lead with Vladimir Kramnik and Wang Hao at the World Rapid Chess Championship.The former World No.1 lost his crown to Magnus Carlsen in 2013 and although he defeated the Norwegian in 2014, the win on Thursday will be a perfect way to finish an underwhelming year for Viswanathan Anand.

Viswanathan Anand stuns World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in round nine,
Anand now has seven points out of a possible nine. pic.twitter.com/a94QIcRqAI

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The World Rapid and Blitz Championship kicked off at the Apex Convention Centre in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh on Tuesday. Although most of the top players are present for the event, some big names like Hikaru Nakamura and reigning women’s world rapid and blitz champion, Anna Muzychuk have chosen not to participate due to the event’s location. Despite the controversy regarding the venue, the event has attracted the participation of 237 players from 55 different nationalities. Some of the top names includes to witness at Riyadh are  world champion, Magnus Carlsen; world rapid champion, Vassily Ivanchuk, French No 2, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and the Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand.

Well Indian brand chess master, World champion Anand is back on board with Riyadh let’s say this victory continues.