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Friday, Aug 12, 2005

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Anand starts with white against Grischuk; Hari wins three rounds

NEW DELHI: Viswanathan Anand is drawn to play with white pieces against Russian challenger Alexander Grischuk when he opens his title defence in the eight-game Mainz Chess Classic at Mainz.

Each player will get 25 minutes of thinking time plus an additional 10-second increment for every move made. In the second game of the day, Grischuk plays white.

Meanwhile, P. Hari Krishna maintained a clean slate after winning the first three rounds of the FiNet Open Chess960 event, played concurrently.

On a day when five rounds were scheduled, the 10th seeded Hari defeated Germany's Bernhard Nagel, Ilja Cutter and Russian International Master Mikhail Zaitsev to be among the leaders. This unique event has attracted 207 players including 47 Grandmasters and 19 IMs.

Chess960, the brainchild of former World champion Bobby Fischer, follows almost the same set of rules, as orthodox chess but there is a variation in the starting position of the pieces. Pawns begin from their traditional starting blocks but the white pieces are arranged at random, with the provision that bishops must end up on opposite colours and the king has to be placed somewhere between the two rooks. The black pieces are lined up to mirror the white pieces.

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