Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand loses to Yu Yangyi
(WorldNews Norway)

Viswanathan Anand’s winning run of three matches came to an end as the Indian ace let go of a decent chance to lose to Yu Yangyi of China in the tiebreak game in the sixth round of Altibox Norway chess tournament here. Anand did not get much in the Classical game played earlier in the day. Yu Yangyi’s opening preparation has been pretty good and Anand also could not really dent his Petroff defense. Advertising The players had to fight out the Armageddon game soon after a draw was agreed and Anand deviated as early as in the second move when he went for the Bishop’s opening. Yangyi went for the main line but his position deteriorated in the...