Tal Memorial

Caruana stuns Anand at Tal Memorial opener

On what turned out to be a tough day for the world champion, Caruana did everything right after sacrificing a pawn in the middle game and Anand had little clues to better the judgement of the young Italian genius.

Anand draws again, almost out of title race

World Champion Viswanathan Anand's hope of winning the Tal Memorial chess championship is all but over after the Indian played out a draw against Hikaru Nakamura in the penultimate round.

Anand draws with Carlsen, slips to joint sixth

The much-hyped seventh round encounter at the Tal Memorial tournament did not quite provide anything spectacular and the World No 1 Carlsen equalised comfortably to get an easy draw in the end.

Anand draws with Kramnik at Tal Memorial

With his fifth draw on the trot, Anand remained on a 50 percent score in the strongest tournament of the year and remained in joint fifth position.

Anand held, Kramnik shocked in Tal Memorial chess

Anand had to settle for a draw against Russian Sergey Karjakin in the first round. The shock of the day, however, was recorded by Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia who defeated compatriot Vladimir Kramnik in the opener.