Indian chess champion Vishvanathan Anand extended his winning campaign in the Norway Chess tournament by defeating China Wang Hao in the third round.
Likewise, Vishvanathan won against words no. 1 Magnus Carlen on Monday by three wins over former world champion Veselin Topalov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Hao.
Moreover, Anand won the Armageddon (sudden death game) early on Friday after the regular match ended at tie after 39 moves.
Additionally, with the win over Wang Hao, Vishvanathan Anand won the third match continuously after he defeated Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the first two rounds.
The former Indian chess champion Vishvanathan Anand defeated Hao in 44 moves and 7.5 points and he is followed by Wesley, US with 6 points and Magnus who is in third place with 5.5 points.
Along with other matches of the day, Frenchman Vachier-Lagrave defeated Norwegian Aryan Tari, and Russian Anish Giri shared points with So, while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Topalov in the sudden death.
Alternatively, the Blitz event came before the ongoing classical one, which was won by American chess champion Wesley So.
Besides, Vishvanathan defeated world champion Magnus Carlen at seventh round of the blitz event of Norway Chess and earned fourth-place finish.
However, Vishvanathan Anand started to win over Norway’s Aryan Tari later with Wesley So in the second, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov in the third and in the fourth round, he shared points with Azerbaijan’s Teimur Radjabov.
When he lost in the fifth round to Anish Giri and ninth round to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France meant that Anand finished off at fourth position with 5 points in th
e event.
