Indian chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand defeated World Champion Magnus Carlsen in 34 moves in the third game of their world title match held in Russia, in the process breaking the "Carlsen Jinx" bugging him since losing the world title to Carlsen last year.
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Having lost the second game of the match, Anand was almost in a must-win situation and the Indian ace on Tuesday came up with his best effort against Carlsen in recent years.
Equalising the score on 1.5-1.5 after the third of the 12-game match, Anand also ended a four year drought by beating Carlsen in Classical chess game as the last victory by five times world champion over the Norwegian had come way back in 2010 under this format.
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