Persevering with his stupendous run, Viswanathan Anand overpowered Teimour Radjabov of their Armageddon recreation to maneuver inside half-a-point of chief Magnus Carlsen following the seventh spherical of the 2022 Norway Chess event at Stavanger on Wednesday.
Going into the ultimate relaxation day, Anand has 13 factors after a dramatic day that noticed Carlsen lose the Armageddon recreation to fellow Norwegian and good buddy Aryan Tari, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave cease sturdy contender Wesley So of their classical recreation, like Shakhriyar Mamedyarov did towards Anish Giri.
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Anand, taking part in white, needed to tread fastidiously towards Radjabov of their classical recreation that was fought on a good keel earlier than ending in a 42-move draw. Radjabov, who will function within the Candidates event starting in 10 days, was required to make 10 strikes in fast time to keep away from being declared misplaced on time. The gritty Azerbaijani managed it very nicely.
Within the Armageddon recreation, Anand confronted some kingside aggression and he defended nicely. However quickly, Radjabov faltered with a bishop-retreat and Anand pounced on the chance with sensible techniques. Radjabov noticed no method of saving a bishop and resigned directly on the twenty fifth transfer.
The outcomes:
Seventh spherical: Viswanathan Anand (13/23.5) drew with Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 5/23); Armageddon: Anand bt Radjabov; Aryan Tari (Nor, 8.5/23.5) drew with Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 13.5/23); Armageddon: Tari bt Carlsen; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 11.5/23) bt Wesley So (USA, 10/23.5); Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 11.5/23) bt Anish Giri (Ned, 8/23); Veselin Topalov (Bul, 7/24) drew with Wang Hao (Chn, 5.5/23.5); Armageddon: Topalov misplaced to Hao.
