Continuing his fine run in the shorter time format, Viswanathan Anand stunned Magnus Carlsen on his way to a tied third at the 10th Norwegian Chess 2022 Blitz at Stavanger on Monday. .
Wesley So won the event scoring 6.5 points in nine innings. Carlsen is second with 5.5 points, followed by Anish Giri, Anand and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with 5 points.
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Anand’s 43-step win over Carlsen was his first win since 2017.
The five-time world champion started with a win over Aryan Tari of Norway, a draw with So and beat Veselin Topalov, a draw with Temour Radjabov, a loss to Anish, a draw with Wang Hao, then a big win over Carlsen, draw with Mamedyarov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
The event is a prelude to the classic time format event featuring the same players, which kicks off on Tuesday night, India time.
