Defending champion Viswanathan Anand’s quest to retain the crown suffered a decisive setback after he played out a draw with American Wesley So in the fifth and penultimate round of the Bilbao Masters Final chess tournament here.
After suffering a shock defeat at the hands of Dutchman Anish Giri in the previous round, Anand tried hard but could not break the defences of Wesley who continues to share the lead along with Giri who was held by Liren Ding of China in the other game. With just one round remaining, Giri and So have seven points apiece while Ding and Anand are on four points each under the soccer-like scoring system in place here.
The results: Fifth round: V. Anand (Ind, 4) drew with Wesley So (USA, 7); Anish Giri (Ned, 7) drew with Liren Ding (Chn, 4). — PTI
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