A blunder after losing track of his position and a ferocious attack leading to a draw summed up Viswanathan Anand’s fourth round misfortunes against world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament.
A blunder after losing track of his position and a ferocious attack leading to a draw summed up Viswanathan Anand’s fourth round misfortunes against world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament.
Aided by Anand’s loss from what should have been a draw, Kramnik maintained his 100 per cent score in the blindfold, registering his fourth victory on the trot in the event.
You have exhausted your monthly limit of free stories.
Read more stories for free with an Express account.
Kramnik was quick to pounce on Anand’s gaffe and handed out the Indian chess maestro his third loss in the blindfold. Anand’s onslaught in the return rapid game did not yield what he was looking up
to and going in to the first rest day, he is now joint fifth in the combined standings of the event he has won five times.
While Kramnik continued to lead the blindfold section on four points, Anand slipped to joint eighth in this section on just one point.
