Isle Of Man Open

Isle of Man Open: Vidit Gujrathi holds tournament leader Magnus Carlsen, remains joint second after Round 7

Vidit Gujrathi's rating after his game against Magnus Carlsen has gone up to 2720.8 and has put him on the 35th spot in the world rankings.

Isle of Man Open: Vidit Gujrathi ends Harsha Bharathkoti's run; Viswanathan Anand trounces SP Sethuraman

With their wins, Vidit Gujrathi and Viswanathan Anand have catapulted themselves into the sole second and joint third spots respectively.

Isle of Man Open: 65-year-old James Tarjan rolls back the years to stun Vladimir Kramnik

Tarjan is a good player in own right. He’s a Grandmaster and has won several Olympiad team and individual gold medals for his country, the United States, in the seventies. But now, time has changed; he is 65.

Isle of Man Open: SP Sethuraman stuns Boris Gelfand; Harsha Bharathkoti continues impressive run

Viswanathan Anand is having a decent event himself having scored an unbeaten 3.5/5, but half-a-point ahead of him are Vidit Gujrathi, SP Sethuraman and Harsha Bharathkoti.

Isle of Man Open: Vidit Gujrathi outwits Benjamin Bok, joins Magnus Carlsen in seven-way tie for top spot

The fourth round on Tuesday was Vidit Gujrathi's chance of scoring a hat-trick of wins, and he did not disappoint as he notched up a win over Benjamin Bok.

Isle of Man Open: Magnus Carlsen digs deep to eke out win, Viswanathan Anand forces a draw

Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Michael Adams managed to squeeze wins out of drawish or losing positions, Fabiano Caruana and Viswanathan Anand ended up conceding draws.

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen too strong for opponents, Vidit Gujrathi held

Planting his knights in the centre, Anand made a temporary pawn sacrifice on move 26 while also opening up lines for his rooks. By the 46th move, the 'Madras Tiger' had wrapped the game up in style.