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Anand held, but still maintains joint lead
ST LOUIS (USA): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Ding Liren of China to share lead jointly after four rounds of the Sinquefield
ST LOUIS (USA): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Ding Liren of China to share lead jointly after four rounds of the Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess Tour, on Tuesday.
After a few nerve-wrecking games it turned out to be a day when the Indian ace did not have to sweat much as they game never really left the boundaries of a draw.
With his third draw and a solo victory over Maime VachierLagrave of France in the second round, Anand took his tally to 2.5 points out of a possible four and is now sitting pretty with three white games still in hand out of remaining five rounds.
Like in the previous round, the day did not produce a single decisive game although all games were fought hard.
HARYANTO RACES TO FUND F1 DREAM
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s first Formula One driver Rio Haryanto may be forced to make an early exit from this year’s F1 season if he fails to quickly raise millions of dollars, an official said on Tuesday.
His team Manor Racing recently sent a letter to the Indonesian government — which has helped support Haryanto — asking for a payment of seven million euros ($7.7 million) to allow him to continue racing, said the country’s sports ministry.
DIRT-TRACK RACER CLAUSON SUCCUMBS
INDIANAPOLIS: Bryan Clauson, a popular driver considered by many to be the top dirt-track racer in the country, died Sunday night from injuries suffered in a crash during a race in Kansas. He was 27.
His death was announced Monday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
“This is truly one of the darkest days in the 60-year history of the United States Auto Club. Not only have we lost one of our greatest USAC champions, we’ve lost a true ambassador for all motorsports,” USAC president and CEO Kevin Miller said.
Clauson was leading Saturday night’s race at the Belleville (Kansas) Midget Nationals — which Miller called “one of the most prestigious races on our challenging schedule” — when he crashed while passing lapped traffic; his car rolled and was hit by another competitor. He was airlifted to a hospital in Nebraska, where he died surrounded by his family.
FAMILY DISOWNS NBA PLAYER FOR GULEN TIES
ISTANBUL: The family of one of the most prominent Turkish basketball players in the NBA on Tuesday publicly disowned him after he openly supported the US-based preacher who Ankara blames for last month’s failed coup.
Enes Kanter, 24, a centre for the NBA outfit Oklahoma City Thunder, has backed exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen in Twitter postings after the attempted putsch aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
