Viswanathan Anand wins Candidates chess tournament...... Five-times world champion Viswanathan Anand proved all his critics wrong and won the Candidates chess tournament after settling for a draw with Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the 13th and penultimate round here on Saturday. The tournament victory gives Anand winners cheque of 135000 Euros (a little over Rs 1 crore) and more importantly the right to a match against Magnus Carlsen of Norway who dethroned the Indian champion at Chennai in November last. This rematch will take place sometime in the last quarter of this year.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:44:49 +0000
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