Viswanathan Anand bags bronze in the World Blitz Chess Championship

Dec 31, 2017, 09:10 IST | PTI

Viswanathan Anand continued his excellent run bagging a bronze in the World Blitz Chess Championship following his gold winning performance in the Rapid section only a couple of days back

Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand continued his excellent run bagging a bronze in the World Blitz Chess Championship following his gold winning performance in the Rapid section only a couple of days back.

After ending the first day of the Blitz category on a disappointing note when he suffered a loss at the hands of Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, Anand was a class act on the final day as he won against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. World Classical champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway proved his mettle as he carved out win after win on the final day.

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