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Superbet R&B 2022 Day 3: Vishy Anand wins the Rapid with a round to spare

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/05/2022

Vishy Anand won the Rapid event of Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2022 with a round to spare. His last round loss against Richard Rapport did not have an effect on it. Currently, Anand has a full point lead heading into the Blitz event. The maestro started the day with a win over IM David Gavrilescu (ROU), then he drew with Fabiano Caruana (USA) before suffering his first loss of the event. Anand is at 14.0/18, Rapport 13.0/18 and Duda 12.0/18. A total of 18 rounds of Blitz will be played today and tomorrow, nine rounds each per day. Blitz Round 1 starts today at 2 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Anand dominates the Rapid, has a full point lead heading into Blitz

Last year in July, Anand had a fantastic comeback at the Croatia Rapid and Blitz Grand Chess Tour event. If the brilliant performance in the Rapid is a sign of things to come, we can certainly expect a strong finish in the Blitz too.

Vishy Anand won the Rapid event with a round to spare | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Round 7: Gavrilescu - Anand: 0-2

Romanian teenager, IM David Gavrilescu opted for the Scotch Game against Anand.

Position after 18...c4

White's positional inaccuracy 18.b3 created an opportunity for Black. 18...c4 is an excellent move which turns things completely in Black's favor. White eventually resigned in another seven moves when it was no longer possible to save the knight.

Anand scored a clinical victory over IM David Gavrilescu | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Anand drew with Caruana to win Superbet Rapid with a round to spare | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Round 9: Rapport - Anand: 2-0

Vishy Anand suffered his first loss of the event against Richard Rapport.

Position after 25.f5

The ever creative Rapport created some trouble for Black in the middlegame. It is clear that White's position is far better. 25.f5 Nxd5 26.exd5 Bb5 27.Qf3 c4 28.Kh1 f6 29.exf6 Rxf6 30.Nc6 Bxc6 31.dxc6 and White still has a significant advantage. Anand eventually almost managed to get back in the game, a blunder in the final moments cost him the point. Since he had already won the Rapid event in the previous round, this loss did not affect the leaderboard.

Vishy Anand wins Superbet Rapid 2022 with a round to spare | Video: ChessBase India

Richard Rapport ended Anand's unbeaten streak at the Superbet Rapid | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Photo Gallery

All players, officials, spectators show solidarity towards Ukraine along with Ukrainian players | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Vishy Anand has fans all around the globe | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Richard Rapport is in the chase 13.0/18 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Jan-Krzysztof Duda is not far behind either 12.0/18 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Replay the live stream

Replay the Live Commentary of Superbet Rapid & Blitz 2022 Round 7-9 by IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India

Prize

The total prize fund is US$ 175000 with the first prize being US$ 40000.

Scoring

Rapid: Win - 2 points, Draw - 1 point and Loss - 0.

Blitz: Win - 1 point, Draw - 0.5 point and Loss - 0.

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Standings after Rapid Round 9

Vishy Anand tops the points table 14.0/18 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

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