Viswanathan Anand will face tournament leader Magnus Carlsen in the 11th round of the Group A of Corus International Chess tournament here. With just three rounds remaining in the category-20 tournament, Anand faces a daunting task as he is a full point behind Carlsen and only a final spurt can help the Indian for a pedestal finish after the third and final rest day.With two victories, a lone loss against Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan in round one and seven draws thus far, the Indian ace is facing the heat in his first tournament of the year. With Carlsen on 6.5, Levon Aronian of Armenia is in close pursuit of the title on 6 points. Anand, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, Michael Adams of England, Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine and Radjabov are next with 5.5 points apiece.Given the standings, India’s bet seems to be Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi in Group C. Negi is currently joint second on 6.5 points behind leader Caruana Fabiano of Italy who is on 7. The youngster next meets Dmitry Reinderman of Holland before taking on E Grivas of Hungary and leader Caruana.
