The new head of the Dortmund Congress Tim Renzing opened the third round in the NC World Masters of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2022 on Wednesday, which was a good omen for the white player Viswanathan Anand.
Before the round, event director Carsten Hensel emphasised the excellent venue in the Goldsaal of the Westfalenhallen Dortmund congress centre. In doing so, he recalled the great tradition through the legendary tournament of 1992 with Garry Kasparov or the Candidates Tournament 2002 with the winner Peter Leko.
The head of the Dortmund Congress Tim Renzing performed the first move for the 15th World Champion in chess history Vishy Anand. This was 1.e4 today. Anand was well prepared for the game and got an advantage early on with the idea 6.Ke2!? against Daniel Fridman, which was worth seeing. He won his game and will play the make-up game against Dmitrij Kollars tomorrow.
Vishy Anand in an interview after the match:
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