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title: The Tiger of Madras Still Roars
description: Vishi Anand camed back for a elite tournament to play the rapid and blitz world team championship in Hong Kong. And he showed a great play against yonger opponents in both tournaments.
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Playing for the team Chess United Vishi scored a solid 7/11 in the rapid only losing vs Naiditsch, my favourite games was against Petrov and vs Chigaev specially cause he won both in a very different style.
And in the blitz he played better with 8/10 in the swiss but losing in thr round of 16 vs Pragg 1.5-0.5 and being eliminated by a Indian team

## Technical Win

Normally the chess players when they are getting older the tactical and calculations skills goes down but the positional play and the technique remains intact.
https://lichess.org/study/GlGWWEnt/MJqGBAzg#5
![55340481206_8413f1c0c6_6k.jpg](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&h=0&op=resize&path=d6u5LMz05IRo.jpg&w=800&sig=367a7ad324788e403d989e0a010653f104ec43e0)

## Agressive Win

Forget what i said before the previous game.
https://lichess.org/study/GlGWWEnt/J05LgzJs#0

## Remembers of London & Chennai

The most expected match of the hole tournament finally happened with Anand facing the guy wo take from him the World Champion crown in 2013 and defended with succes 1 years later against him, Magnus Carlsen
https://lichess.org/study/GlGWWEnt/P48QtVA6#2

![55346304999_39f45bcdf0_6k (1).jpg](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&h=0&op=resize&path=Xtil5fWN29Hk.jpg&w=800&sig=8dbf51b7ee356736f876c24f37c53c6b9f0d2c7e)

## Killing the Najdorf

Graet game of Vihsi with an english attack to face the najdorf and take more points in the blitz.
https://lichess.org/study/GlGWWEnt/7s5mM2v9#11

## Refuting the Scandinavian

Play this bad opening against a former world hampion maybe is not the best idea
https://lichess.org/study/GlGWWEnt/FDX8EFgA#2
![55344496668_185f44e5a6_o.jpg](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&h=0&op=resize&path=kENWMKwCsahw.jpg&w=800&sig=586bb0f0eadb857bb4decc6bd8cc074ea92792e2)Hapyy to see Anand playing in elite tournaments again, 1 year ago he faced Kasparov in a fischer ramdom match but he loses, i analyzed all the games in this [yt playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2mvKDsLhxP38eeqj0tktvaU-hihJ9LQN). 
I hope to see Anand back in more tournaments, see you in the next one. Bye bye