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Anand suffers second successive defeat
Dortmund (Germany), Aug 03: India`s Viswanathan Anand suffered his second successive defeat, going down to underdog grandmaster Viktor Bologan of Moldova in the third round of the Dortmund Sparkassen chess meeting here.
Dortmund (Germany), Aug 03: India's Viswanathan Anand suffered his second successive defeat, going down to underdog grandmaster Viktor Bologan of Moldova in the third round of the Dortmund Sparkassen chess meeting here.
The Indian grandmaster, who finished at the bottom of
the table during his previous outing at the event in 2001,
looked out of form in this edition also as he had lost his
second round tie against GM Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan
yesterday.
After this match, Anand, who only has a draw against GM Peter Leko in the first round to his credit, is placed at the bottom with 0.5 points while Bologan has emerged as the sole leader with 2.5 points.
In other third round ties, Leko shared points with Radjabov while world number two Vladimir Kramnik was held to a draw by GM Arkadi Naiditsch of Germany.
Kramanik is now half a point adrift of Bologan and ahead of third placed Leko and Radjabov. Naiditsch holds the fifth spot with one point.
Anand, who had defeated the Moldovian in their earlier meeting at the 2000 world championship in New Delhi, started the game with a Caro Kann opening and was evenly placed till he committed a tactical error in the middle game to losing two pawns and eventually the tie in 41 moves.
A distracting move of the bishop by Bologan on the 27th move had the Indian in trouble slowing down his progress on the queenside. Anand then lost a pawn to a simple tactic on the 38th move before resigning on move 41. Bureau Report
After this match, Anand, who only has a draw against GM Peter Leko in the first round to his credit, is placed at the bottom with 0.5 points while Bologan has emerged as the sole leader with 2.5 points.
In other third round ties, Leko shared points with Radjabov while world number two Vladimir Kramnik was held to a draw by GM Arkadi Naiditsch of Germany.
Kramanik is now half a point adrift of Bologan and ahead of third placed Leko and Radjabov. Naiditsch holds the fifth spot with one point.
Anand, who had defeated the Moldovian in their earlier meeting at the 2000 world championship in New Delhi, started the game with a Caro Kann opening and was evenly placed till he committed a tactical error in the middle game to losing two pawns and eventually the tie in 41 moves.
A distracting move of the bishop by Bologan on the 27th move had the Indian in trouble slowing down his progress on the queenside. Anand then lost a pawn to a simple tactic on the 38th move before resigning on move 41. Bureau Report