Wijk Aan Zee (Netherlands), Jan 20 (IANS) World Champion Viswanathan Anand finally got himself a win, as he defeated Judit Polgar in the seventh round of the Corus Chess championship here Sunday.
With this win, Anand avenged his defeat by Polgar in the same tournament 10 years ago. The win also helped Anand find his bearings in the tournament he has won five times, but has so far found things tough this year. After seven rounds, Anand now has 3.5 points and is tied fifth with five others.Overall, it was a good day for Indians. Koneru Humpy also got her first win in Group B and Parimarjan Negi won his fourth game in Group C. Only Pentala Harikrishna drew his game.Humpy also got her first win, beating the strong Polish Grandmaster Michael Krasenkow in a Modern defence, where the game went as long as 94 moves before the Indian won.In another long game in the same group, Harikrishna drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi in Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz and the game went to a marathon 122 moves.Harikrishna is tied third with four points while Sergei Movsesian and Etienne Bacrot of France lead with five points each. Hari is tied third with Jan Smeets, Nigel Short, Daniel Stellwagen. India's Koneru Humpy moved up to tied 10th with three points.In Group C, Negi won his fourth game beating American Irina Krush in just 39 moves following a Sicilian Rauzer opening. Negi now has four points and is tied for sixth. The leader is Arik Braun of Germany with five points and he is tied with Fabiano Caruana of Italy.In elite Group A, Young Magnus Carlsen saw Veselin Topalov decline his offer of a draw, but in the end played safely to get that half point against the Marshall attack and stay in sole lead at five points.Topalov was close to winning with white but Magnus active defense brought him his share of the point.Vladimir Kramnik and Lev Aronian, who rebounded with a comfortable win over Teimour Radjabov, share second place with 4.5 points. Radjabov is in fourth place with four points.Anand shares fifth with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Vassily Ivanchuk, Topalov and Loek Van Wely. It was a deja vu for world champion Anand and Polgar who had a very similar game and opening in Sicilian Najdorf exactly 10 years ago in the sixth round of Corus in 1998. Anand lost that game and was in real trouble this time, too.After the game, Anand was displeased with his 17.Qc7 missing 18.Rd3. Both players were in agreement that white had many good ways to improve her position and get very close to a winning advantage. But with Anand turning the tide, Polgar could not accept the change of events and tried to get a draw. So, she went downhill and lost to the Indian star in 53 moves.Aronian bounced back from yesterday's loss to score a fine victory over Teimour Radjabov. Loek van Wely was lucky to escape the pressure of Pavel Eljanov while the Adams-Mamedyarov game a tough draw. The other games were also drawn.
With this win, Anand avenged his defeat by Polgar in the same tournament 10 years ago. The win also helped Anand find his bearings in the tournament he has won five times, but has so far found things tough this year. After seven rounds, Anand now has 3.5 points and is tied fifth with five others.Overall, it was a good day for Indians. Koneru Humpy also got her first win in Group B and Parimarjan Negi won his fourth game in Group C. Only Pentala Harikrishna drew his game.Humpy also got her first win, beating the strong Polish Grandmaster Michael Krasenkow in a Modern defence, where the game went as long as 94 moves before the Indian won.In another long game in the same group, Harikrishna drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi in Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz and the game went to a marathon 122 moves.Harikrishna is tied third with four points while Sergei Movsesian and Etienne Bacrot of France lead with five points each. Hari is tied third with Jan Smeets, Nigel Short, Daniel Stellwagen. India's Koneru Humpy moved up to tied 10th with three points.In Group C, Negi won his fourth game beating American Irina Krush in just 39 moves following a Sicilian Rauzer opening. Negi now has four points and is tied for sixth. The leader is Arik Braun of Germany with five points and he is tied with Fabiano Caruana of Italy.In elite Group A, Young Magnus Carlsen saw Veselin Topalov decline his offer of a draw, but in the end played safely to get that half point against the Marshall attack and stay in sole lead at five points.Topalov was close to winning with white but Magnus active defense brought him his share of the point.Vladimir Kramnik and Lev Aronian, who rebounded with a comfortable win over Teimour Radjabov, share second place with 4.5 points. Radjabov is in fourth place with four points.Anand shares fifth with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Vassily Ivanchuk, Topalov and Loek Van Wely. It was a deja vu for world champion Anand and Polgar who had a very similar game and opening in Sicilian Najdorf exactly 10 years ago in the sixth round of Corus in 1998. Anand lost that game and was in real trouble this time, too.After the game, Anand was displeased with his 17.Qc7 missing 18.Rd3. Both players were in agreement that white had many good ways to improve her position and get very close to a winning advantage. But with Anand turning the tide, Polgar could not accept the change of events and tried to get a draw. So, she went downhill and lost to the Indian star in 53 moves.Aronian bounced back from yesterday's loss to score a fine victory over Teimour Radjabov. Loek van Wely was lucky to escape the pressure of Pavel Eljanov while the Adams-Mamedyarov game a tough draw. The other games were also drawn.
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