Anand held by Pons at Fifth Chess Masters

anandBilbao (Spain): World Champion Vishwanathan Anand could not break his winless streak as he played out yet another draw in the Final Masters Chess Championship here.

The second leg of the championship which started after a week’s break failed to bring any respite for the Anand as he signed peace with Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain. Anand now has drawn all his six matches of the championship.

Anand now has six points from as many games, while Fabiano Caruana of Italy lead the table with 11 points. Caruana was able to hold on to the lead even though he lost to Magnus Carsen of Norway.

Carslen is now on the second spot with nine points.

In another match Levon Aronian of Armenia drew with Sergey Karkajin of Russia and is on the third position with eight points from six matches.

Anand follows him on the fourth position, whereas Karkajin and Pons are on the fifth position with identical four points.


By Indian Sports News Network