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Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the blitz event of the Norway Chess on way to a fourth-place finish. The former world champion, however, suffered defeats to Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the fourth and ninth round, respectively to finish with 5 points in the 10-player blitz event early on Tuesday.
Manchester United began the week without Ralf Rangnick following the weekend's surprise announcement.
chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the blitz event of the Norway Chess on way to a fourth-place finish. The former world champion, however, suffered defeats to Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the fourth and ninth round respectively to finish with 5 points in the 10-player blitz event early on Tuesday. The Indian GM started with a win over Aryan Tari (Norway) in the blitz before drawing with So in round two. He posted a victory over veteran Veselin Topalov in the third round before sharing the point with Teimur Radjabov. After a loss to Giri and a draw with Hao Wang (China), Anand scored over Carlsen. However, the draw against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov followed by the loss to Vachier-Lagrave put paid to his chances of a high finish after having started with 2.5 points from the first three rounds.
Barely had the final piece of street furniture been dismantled, the last of the litter swept away, and the players’ vacation aeroplane vapour trails disappeared, before the Manchester City brains' trust was back around the table plotting more success.
Last year's finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas saw his French Open hopes ended in four sets at the hands of Danish teenager Holger Rune, while second seed Daniil Medvedev was shocked by Marin Cilic in a sensational display by the Croatian under the lights.
(Reuters) - Manchester City may have signed Erling Haaland and have Julian Alvarez available from River Plate for next season but the Premier League champions are only just getting started on strengthening the team, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has said.
Manchester City may have signed Erling Haaland and have Julian Alvarez available from River Plate for next season but the Premier League champions are only just getting started on strengthening the team, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has said.
The eighth seed put on an impressive display on Court Suzanne Lenglen as he powered to a 6-2 6-3 3-6 6-3 victory.