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Anand exacts sweet revenge over Carlsen
Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand has exacted sweet revenge for the 2013 World Championship defeat against World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen when he beat him at the World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Riyadh on Wednesday.
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It was the ninthround match up, with Anand being on an unbeaten run. The former World Number 1 played the contest with black pieces and started off on an aggressive note which caught Carlsen off-guard.
Anand finished off the match in 34 moves to remain unbeaten in the competition after nine games. He has won five of them and drawn four. Before taking on Carlsen, Anand drew against Vladimir Fedoseev and is currently in the lead with Vladimir Kramnik and Wang Hao.Â
In the final round, Anand went for a quick draw against Wang Hao.Â
Within about 10 minutes post the start of the round, the two shook hands and called it a day.
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