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Norwegian Chess: Viswanathan Anand claims yet another victory over world champion Magnus Carlsen, leading the leaderboard


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India’s Viswanathan Anand made a triumphant return, edging past world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in round 5 of the Classics section early Monday in the Norwegian Chess tournament to climb to the top of the table. After defeating the Norwegian superstar in the Blitz event before the Classic, Anand won a thrilling Armageddon (game of sudden death) after the match normally ended in a 40-move draw. In Armageddon, 52-year-old Anand recreates old magic when he stuns Carlsen to win 50 moves.

With 10 points on his cat, GM India leads the field with four more rounds to enter the prestigious tournament featuring some of the best players in the sport.

Anand started the Classics with three straight wins, defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Hao Wang (China) before American Wesley So ended his streak in round four.

Carlsen ranked second with 9.5 points despite losing to a longtime opponent.

Wesley So, the previous Blitz winner, shares third place with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) with 8.5 points.

In the fifth round, So travels down to Mamedyarov via Armageddon.

The wins were for Anish Giri (Netherlands) and Aryan Tari of Norway against Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) and Wang Hao in the fifth round respectively.

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French tennis player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the death match against old general Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in the remaining match to raise the record to 7 points.

In the ongoing Norwegian Chess tournament, players participate in an Armageddon (sudden death) match in the event of a tie in the classic game.

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