Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Anand loses to Kramnik in Tal memorial

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India’s Viswanatha­n Anand suffered a setback losing to his former world championsh­ip challenger Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the fourth round of 10th Tal Memorial Internatio­nal chess tournament. On what turned out to be a bad day in office, nothing worked well for Anand as he was off-form and Kramnik was a rejuvenate­d soul after suffering a painful defeat in the previous round. The decks got cleared for Anish Giri of Holland who came with another inspiring performanc­e to beat Russian Peter Svidler and register his third victory on the trot.

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Viswanatha­n Anand

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