Croatia Grand Chess Tour News

With only 4.5 points from 11 rounds, Viswanathan Anand finished 11th out of 12 players at the Croatia Grand Chess Tour, being held nine times, and defeated twice. World number one Magnus Carlsen took home the title with eight points, with Wesley So finishing second with seven points.

Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand’s run in the Croatia Grand Chess Tour went from consistently average to poor as he lost his second game of the tournament to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on Saturday. Meanwhile world champion Magnus Carlsen has kept his seven point lead at the top intact.

Viswanathan Anand’s erratic run continued as he lost to Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in the very first round of the Croatia Grand Chess tour despite having an encouraging start. The highlight of the first round was, however, Magnus Carles beating Holland’s Anish Giri in just 23 moves.