World Champion Viswanathan Anand, a 11-time winner in Mainz, bowed out before the finals
Aup La Osini
Aug. 2, 2009

World Champion Viswanathan Anand, an 11-time winner in Mainz, bowed out before the finals at a venue which has become synonymous with his name. Anand lost two of his first three games and ended third in the four-man event, which is now called the Grenkeleasing World Rapid Chess championship in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz. Anand had won the title every year in Mainz since Kasparov last won it in 1999. The 11-time winner here, Anand scored 2.5 points while the top place went to Levon Aronian of Armenia and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia finished second. "I think the two people who deserved to qualify, qualified. That's life. If you play badly, you get punished," Anand said in the press conference. Having lost two of the first three Viswanathan Anand, n 11-time winner in Mainz, bowed out before the finals for the first time. Anand lost two of his first three games and ended third in the four-man event, which is now called the Grenkeleasing World Rapid Chess championship in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz. Anand had won the title every year in Mainz since Kasparov last won it in 1999.

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Aup La Osini
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