Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand faced a 1.5–2.5 defeat against Peter Swidler of Russia in the first round of the $ 1.5 million prize legend Chess Tournament. Anand, who played the first part in the Magnus Carlson Chess Tour, played the first three games in the best of four games. However, he was bested in the last game.
Anand and Swidler, who were making a comeback after taking part in the Online Nations Cup in May draw the match after three wins. Apart from this, the Indian player lost the match with the defeated in the last game. On the first day, the experienced Boris Gelfand defeated the world's third-ranked player Ding Liren of China 3–1.
The world's number 1 player Carlson of Norway defeated Anish Giri of Netherlands 3-1, while Ian Nepomaniacchi of Russia and Peter Leko of Hungary also won. At the same time, Ian Nepomniachtchi passed on to Vladimir Kramnik while Leko defeated Vasyl Ivanchuk. Carlson, Liren, Nepomaniacchi and Giri, who qualified for the semi-finals of the Masters in Legends of Chess, have been invited and are playing with 6 legends in the 40–52 age group, who have never been in their careers ever since.
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