Superbet Poland chess: Anand finishes overall joint second

IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand who received three matches, drew 4 and misplaced two on day one of many Blitz competitors, had a foul begin on Monday, dropping to Duda in spherical 19. He had crushed the Pole when the duo had met on Sunday. {Photograph}: ChessBase India

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand had a average run on the second day of the Blitz part to complete general joint second within the Superbet Speedy and Blitz Poland chess match in Warsaw on Monday.

He posted three wins on Monday over Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland) within the twenty seventh and remaining spherical, Richard Rapport (Hungary) and Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine) to go along with three attracts however as many defeats harm his probabilities of profitable the general title.

Polish star Jan-Kryzstof Duda emerged general winner with 24 factors whereas Anand and Levon Aronian completed equal second with 23.5 factors adopted by Fabiano Caruana (USA) on 23 factors.

Duda scored a dramatic win from a dropping place towards Kirill Shevchenko to take the highest prize.

The Indian ace had earlier on Saturday received the Speedy part comfortably with a spherical to spare.

The veteran Indian GM, who received three matches, drew 4 and misplaced two on day one of many Blitz competitors, had a foul begin on Monday, dropping to Duda in spherical 19. He had crushed the Pole when the duo had met on Sunday.

He misplaced within the subsequent spherical to Anton Korobov in 26 strikes in a Sicillian variation sport earlier than drawing with David Gavrilescu in spherical 21.

A win over Kirill Shevchenko within the twenty second spherical was adopted by a defeat by the hands of Aronian.

In spherical 24, he held Wesley So, one other American to a attract a 26-move affair. Within the subsequent spherical, he managed a draw towards the highly-rated Caruana earlier than scoring a win over an inconsistent Richard Rapport within the twenty sixth and penultimate spherical.