Viswanathan Anand of India lost in the second round against world number one player Magnus Carlsen, his second consecutive defeat in the $ 150,000 prize money Chase 24 Legends of Chase online tournament. Former World Champion Anand held Norway’s Carlsen on par in the first 3 games of the Best of Four match on Wednesday but lost the final by 1.5-2.5.
Indian veteran Anand is taking part in this Magnus Carlsoen Chess Tour for the first time. Anand suffered a similar defeat against Peter Svidler of Russia in the first round with a loss in the final game. He will take on another former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in the third round.
After 2 rounds, Carlson, Israeli veteran Boris Gelfend and Svidler are jointly on top with 6 points from two wins each. Anish Giri opened the account with a win over Vladimir Kramnik while world number three Ding Liren continued to perform poorly and lost to Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi.