Viswanathan Anand suffered defeat against world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Armageddon game at the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament on Thursday. It turned out to be a difficult day as Anand survived an inferior middle game and then a subsequent endgame against Carlsen for a long time, but then fell prey to some finely disguised manoeuvres in the Armageddon game where the Indian played another black.
As a result of the Armageddon rule invented for a super tournament for the first time, the event had five decisive results coming in the shorter format of the game. Carlsen, Aronian, Mamedyarov, Liren and Yangyi have 1.5 points apiece and enjoy a full point lead over the other five contestants who all have a half point in their kitty.