Tal Memorial Chess

Viswanathan Anand draws with Peter Svidler, stays joint third in Tal Memorial chess event

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand missed out on some fine chances and drew with his Russian opponent in the seventh round of the tournament.

Viswanathan Anand plays out draw against Evgeny Tomashevsky, remains 3rd in Tal Memorial Chess

Viswanathan Anand draws with Li Chao, slips to third in Tal Memorial Chess event

Anand draws with Mamedyarov in 7th round of Tal Memorial Chess

World champion Viswanathan Anand put an end to two straight losses and settled for an easy draw with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the seventh round of Tal memorial chess tournament, here.

Anand loses to Nakamura, slides further at Tal Memorial Chess

The loss proved extremely costly in fact as Anand was pushed to eighth spot in world rankings and was staring at his worst world ranking for almost two decades now.

Anand opens account with a draw in Tal Memorial Chess

After suffering a shock defeat at the hands of Italian Fabiano Caruana, Anand was back as a perfect defender against Andreikin who recently won the Russian championship.