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Anand finishes with draw at Candidates chess tourney
Moscow: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand signed off his campaign at the Candidates chess tournament with a draw against Peter Svidler of Russia here on Tuesday.
Playing with black pieces in the final round, Anand did not face too many difficulties from his Russian opponent as he picked up half a point from the comfortable draw to finish third in the event.
At the top of the table, Sergey Karjakin of Russia defeated Fabiano Caruana of the United States to win the tournament by a margin of one point and emerge as the new challenger for the next World Championship match. Karjakin notched up a total of 8.5 points out of a possible 14.
The Russian will face Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the next World Championship match to be held in the US in November. Playing with black pieces, Caruana took a few calculated risks, but a brilliant rook sacrifice by Karjakin sealed the victory.
Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian and Peter Svidler tied for the fourth position with seven points each.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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