India’s Chess Legend and former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a quick draw with Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria to finish second in Norway chess tournament. The game ended in a draw vide repetition in just 18 moves. The Bulgarian won the first edition of the Grand chess tour, pocketed the first prize of USD 75000 and also gained 13 points to lead the ‘three-tournaments-tour’ after the first one ended here.  Norway chess tournament is a part of the Grand Chess Tour. The next two tournaments of the tour will be held in San Luis, USA, in August and in London in December.

Facts about Chess

• The word “Checkmate” in Chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the King is dead.”
• The first chessboard withalternating light and dark squares (as it appears today) was made in Europein 1090.
• On 1 January 2010, at the age of 19 years, 32 days, Magnus Carlsen became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world No. 1.
• Viswanathan Anand is one of nine players in history to pass 2800 Elo on the FIDE rating list. In March 2015, a minor planet was named 4538 Vishyanand after him.
• Anand was conferred with Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Ghel Ratna, Padma Shri, Padma Bhusan, Padma Vibhusan..etc.