Viswanathan Anand defeated Boris Gelfand of Israel 1.5-0.5 in the 11th and final round and finished third in overall standings in the Amber ...
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Viswanathan Anand defeated Boris Gelfand of Israel 1.5-0.5 in the 11th and final round and finished third in overall standings in the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament that concluded here.
Russians Alexander Morozevich and Vladimir Kramnik emerged as joint winners with 14.5 points registering identical 1.5-0.5 wins over Peter Svidler of Russia and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, respectively.
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Anand finished clear third one point behind the winners while Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine finished fourth on 13 points. Hungarian Peter Leko shared the fifth spot along with Evgeny Bareev of Russia on 12.5 points. (PTI)
