London Chess Classic

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand crumbles under pressure; Magnus Carlsen impresses against Michael Adams

The biggest result of the round was the game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Viswanathan Anand which the former won and joined Fabiano Caruana as the tournament leader.

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand draws with Sergey Karjakin to flounder at the bottom; Magnus Carlsen escapes loss

After Anand's loss in the previous round, this was a good opportunity for him to make a comeback in the tournament. He had had a day of rest and had white pieces against another tail-ender at the event.

London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand falters at crunch moments against Fabiano Caruana; Magnus Carlsen held

Anand, who had the black pieces in this game, went into the realms of the Berlin Defence and tried to keep things stable. But Caruana had no intentions of striking a truce.

London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Fabiano Caruana registers first win

In the game between Viswanathan Anand and Aronian, the latter sort of found a way to get into the realms of his favourite Marshall Gambit despite Anand's Anti-Marshall set-up.

London Chess Classic 2017: Viswanathan Anand starts off with a draw after Hikaru Nakamura's overambitious play

Since Anand will play with the whites and Adams is the lowest rated in the field, it will be interesting to see if the Indian will push for a win in the second round.

London Chess Classic champion Wesley So: I never celebrate until I get home with the trophies

"Every loss or draw is a setback. You can only take it one game at a time. Two steps forward, one step backwards seems to be the normal pace," says Wesley So.

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand draws with Vladimir Kramnik to share third spot

Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with long-time rival Vladimir Kramnik of Russia to end the London Chess Classic with a shared third result after the end of the ninth and final round in London.

London Chess Classic: Is the Viswanathan Anand era coming to an end?

Every time he is down in the dumps, Viswanathan Anand rises from the ashes like a phoenix and gives a fitting answer to all his detractors who want him to retire from the game.

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand crushes Veselin Topalov with another 'novelty'

After a novelty against Wesley So, Viswanathan Anand showed the world that he had more tricks under his sleeve by uncorking another interesting novelty against Veselin Topalov.

London Chess Classic: Viswanathan Anand draws with Levon Aronian, slips to joint 5th

Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Levon Aronian of Armenia in the seventh round of London Chess Classic.