Veteran Indian chess player Vishwanathan Anand lost to Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the eighth round of the Norway Chess Tournament. With this, Anand was dropped to third place in the points table. World champion Carlos of Norway defeated Maxim Vachir-Lagrave of France to take the top spot.
At the end of eight rounds, Carlson is at the top with 12 points. While Mamedyarov is half a point behind him. While Vishwanathan Anand is in third place with 12 points. Anand lost to Mamedyarov after 3 moves. Mamedyarov got the benefit of the fun.
The match between Carlson and Maxim was drawn after 3 moves. With this, in the Armjeddon match, Carlos won after 3 moves. Wesley Soe of the United States won the Blitz Tournament. However, he lost in the eighth round to Bulgaria's Topavol. Rajdabow defeated Hao Wang of China in a sudden death tiebreaker.
Dutch player Anis Giri defeated Aryan Tarry of Norway in a classic bout of 21 moves. Now Tarry will face Anand.
