Gelfand holds reigning champion Anand for a ninth draw; one more game left to avoid tie-breaker in world championship
The 11th game of the World Chess Championship between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand ended in yet another stalemate.
Viswanathan Anand. Pic/Getty Images.
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Saturday’s draw was the ninth between the duo, both share a win each, as the scores now stand at 5.5-5.5.
The 24-move draw, it was the third straight tie in the Championship, under the normal time control gives the Indian Grandmaster a slight edge as he plays with white in the last game.
If the deadlock continues, the winner will be decided via short tie-break games.
The Indian Grandmaster’s Nizmo Indian Defence proved a point when he came out with a rare move on the eighth turn.u00a0Gelfand wasted for 30 minutes after this, but still failed to take advantage.
Silver for Indian men
China: Indian men beat Iraq 4-0 to win silver in the Asian Nations Chess Cup on Saturday.
P Harikrishna, Parimarjan Negi, Abhijeet Gupta and G N Gopal collected 15 points to finish second behind China-1, who beat Mongolia 3.5-0.5 to win gold.
In the women’s event, India secured bronze.
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