St.Louis, Aug 16:
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand rose back from a bad start to score one win and two draws on the second day of St. Louis Rapid chess, including a draw against his old rival Garry Kasparov in the sixth round game.
For the chess world, nothing else mattered on the second day apart from the Anand-Kasparov encounter.
The last time they played was over 4000 days ago when Kasparov was just a day away from his retirement and the fact that the two had played a world championship match too, made it count more than anything – for once the presence of these two took precedence over the game itself.
Anand started off with the king pawn, and Kasparov replied with the Sicilian. After initial skirmish, it was a balanced middle game where the pieces changed hands at regular intervals. Neither Anand nor Kasparov minded the draw that eventually ensued. (PTI)
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