Anand finished the tourney with 3.5 in 9 rounds
(+0 =7 -2)

Apr16 Round 9: vs. Gelfand

• Anand drew with Gelfand in Round 9. This makes his total 3.5/8.

  Anand drew his final game, clearly making this one of his not so successful tournaments. In fact, he ends it winless, a rarity considering that Garry Kasparov is not playing. Unfortunately for Anand fans, he finishes last. He is off to India for a month's rest now.

  Michael Adams finished first, with Kramnik second and Illescas third!

Apr15 Round 8: vs. Illescas

• Anand drew with Illescas in Round 8. This makes his total 3.0/8.

  Anand faced the lowest rated player in this tournament, but with Black pieces. However, Illescas has been having a great tournament thus far, and the best that Anand could manage was a draw. Illescas was Kramnik's second in Linares, and there is talk that this might have helped him quite a bit.

Apr14 Round 7: vs. Korchnoi

• Anand drew with Korchnoi in Round 7. This makes his total 2.5/7.

  Anand had white and Korchnoi opted for French defense. It looked like Anand had some pressure on the g-file with doubled rooks, but Korchnoi lived up to his reputation of a great defender. The two Grandmasters agreed to split the point after 25 moves. Anand remains winless in this tournament, with 2 more rounds to go.

Apr13 Round 6: vs. Topalov

• Anand drew with Topalov in Round 6. This makes his total 2.0/6.

  In yet another Ruy Lopez opening, the two Grandmasters agreed to split the point after 25 moves. Anand remains winless in this tournament, with 3 more rounds to go.

  Meanwhile, Adams managed to win against Polgar, and is leading now. With this loss, Polgar has the last position now.

  In the biggest upset of the round, lowest rated Illescas managed to beat Karpov! Illescas played White against Karpov's Caro-Kann and after a long struggle, wrenched the point from Karpov.

Apr11 Round 5: vs. Peter Svidler

• Anand drew with Svidler in Round 5. This makes his total 1.5/5.

  Svidler sacrificed a Knight in this Ruy Lopez game, and the position wasn't clear at all. For a while, it seemed like Anand would survive by retaining the piece, then fortunes swung and it was Anand who was defending. When the smoke cleared, Anand had a Knight and pawn against Svidler's four pawns! In an interesting endgame, Anand managed a draw.

Apr10 Round 4: vs. Anatoly Karpov

• Anand drew with Karpov in Round 4. This makes his total 1.0/4.
  All of today's results were draws.

  Here are the standings after 4 Rounds:

  1. Adams, Michael ENG 2716 3.0/4;
  2. Illescas Cordoba, Miguel ESP 2585 2.5/4;
  3. Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2710 2.5/4;
  4. Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2751 2.5/4;
  5. Topalov, Veselin BUL 2700 2.0/4;
  6. Gelfand, Boris BLR 2691 1.5/3;
  7. Korchnoi, Viktor SUI 2673 1.5/3;
  8. Polgar, Judit HUN 2677 1.5/4;
  9. Anand, Viswanathan IND 2781 1.0/4;
  10. Svidler, Peter RUS 2713 1.0/4;
  

Apr09 Round 3: vs. Vladmir Kramnik

• Anand lost to Kramnik in Round 3. This makes his total 0.5/3.
  Here are all of today's results.

  Adams, Michael - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0
  Karpov, Anatoly - Svidler, Peter 1-0
  Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0
  Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin 0.5-0.5
  Polgar, Judit - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 0-1
  

  Chess Advisor "spurted" of FICS sums up the Anand-Kramnik game, exclusively for Vishwanathan Anand Chess Pages:

  " Vishy Anand, playing Black against the world's number 3 rated Vladimir Kramnik found himself having to defend a terrific attack from a quiet opening, viz. the Queen's Gambit. After the resulting tactical complications, Kramnik had a pawn advantage which he managed to nurture through to the endgame. Kramnik's patience was finally rewarded after 70 moves when Anand resigned because one of Kramnik's pawns would cost him his only remaining piece thus ensuring an easily won game for white. "
  Concise game summary from "spurted" of FICS

Apr07 Round 2: vs. Michael Adams

• Anand drew against England's Michael Adams. This makes his total 0.5/2.
  Here are all of today's results.

  Korchnoi, Viktor - Polgar, Judit 1-0
  Topalov, Veselin - Karpov, Anatoly 0.5-0.5
  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - Gelfand, Boris 0.5-0.5
  Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 0.5-0.5
  Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 0.5-0.5
  

  Chess Advisor "spurted" of FICS sums up the game exclusively for Vishwanathan Anand Chess Pages:

  "Vishy Anand, as white, again faced another hotly debated opening viz. the Marshall Defence to the Ruy Lopez, when he faced Michael Adams in Round 2. In this opening Black sacrifices a pawn in order to achieve a lead in development. After some 20 moves of theory, the game soon petered out when Adams managed to exchange Anand's queen for his own rook and bishop. Despite this apparent material deficit for Anand, his position remained solid and a draw was soon agreed."
  Concise game summary from "spurted" of FICS

Apr06 Round 1: vs. Judith Polgar

• In a surprise upset, Anand lost the rapid game to Judith Polgar today.

  Chess player "spurted" of FICS sums up the game exclusively for Vishwanathan Anand Chess Pages:

  "Judith Polgar surprised Vishy Anand with home preparation in one of the most hotly debated openings today viz. the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian defence. Even though Anand defended resolutely, with many counter-sacrifices, in the end Anand could not deal with Polgar posing increasingly difficult threats and so had to resign."
  Concise game summary from "spurted" of FICS

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