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Anand wins Grenke Classic with an emphatic victory
Baden Baden (Germany), February 20, 2013: World champion Viswanathan Anand notched up his first title of the year
when he scored an emphatic victory over German Arkadij Naiditsch to lift
the Grenke Chess Classic trophy. In what turned out to be a nail-biting finish, Anand had to wait for
Fabiano Caruana to go wrong once again as the Italian misplayed a highly
promising position and drew with Daniel Fridman of Germany to give the Indian ace a clear victory.
“After Bilbao 2011 my big problem was getting interesting positions
where I had chances. This year the new problem has been exploiting those
chances ...I’ve been gifting people half points,” Anand said reflecting
on his game at the post-tournament press conference. “If it wasn’t for that my results would be much better. Still, it’s a
hundred times better to have the second problem! I need to work on my
technique,” he added referring to the high number of draws that he has been playing out.
The other game of the final round between Michael Adams of England and
Georg Meier of Germany also ended in a draw. The much-needed tournament victory for Anand came after a long time and
it could serve as a perfect prelude to the World Championship match he
is slated to play later this year. The Indian finished with 6.5 points in all and ended half a point ahead
of Caruana. Adams and Meier tied for the third spot with five points apiece while
after another debacle, Naiditsch remained on four points for his fifth
place finish. Despite playing solidly for the most part of the tournament, Fridman ended last on 3.5 points.
Anand opened with the Sicilian defense and repeated a line played in a
famous 1999 game - Kasparov versus the world. Naiditsch was the first to deviate from the game on his 14th turn and
Anand sacrificed an exchange early in the opening in return for two pawns. Naiditsch went haywire after the exchange of queens and could not
handle the complexities that remained. It seemed, at least from the speed with which Naiditsch was playing,
that he had a draw worked out, but Anand thought his opponent, “really
underestimated the position“. Anand reflected on his improved form this year, remarking that his last
reasonably successful tournament was Wijk aan Zee 2011, where he finished clear second behind Hikaru Nakamura of United States. |
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