Warsaw, May 19: Former world champion and Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand got off to a flying start in the Rapid section of the Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland chess tournament here on Thursday, registering wins in the first three rounds..
Playing as a wildcard, the Indian chess maestro defeated Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland in the first round, before getting the better of American Wesley So and ended the day one of the tournament with a win over Anton Korobov of Ukraine.
The veteran Indian star took the early lead in the 10-player tournament, which features rapid and blitz games.Hungary’s Richard Rapport is second behind Anand with a win, a loss and a draw.
After nine rounds of Rapid, the players will take part in a Blitz event over two days with each player coming up against the nine others twice. (PTI)
