Moscow: World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Magnus Carlsen in the fifth round of Tal Memorial Tournament and slipped to joint seventh spot here on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Boris Gelfand of Israel joined Hikaru Nakamura of United States in lead on 3.5 points after winning his second game in the tournament at the expense of Alexander Morozevich of Russia. Nakamura played his first draw in the tournament sharing point with Dmitry Andreikin of Russia.
Meanwhile Carlsen and Mamedyarov are close behind on three points each while Andreikin and Fabiano Caruana of Italy share the fifth spot on 2.5 points while Anand and Karjakin are joint seventh now on two points each.