MOSCOW, March 24: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a defeat at the hands of Fabiano Caruana of United States in the 10th round of the Candidates Chess tournament underway here. On what turned out to be a bad day in office, Anand just could not control the proceedings and was outplayed by a much younger Caruana and the Indian ace have a mountain to climb if he has to make a comeback.
With just four rounds to come, Caruana and Karjakin now share the lead on six points each while Anand stands sole third on 5.5 points likely to be joined by Levon Aronian of Armenia. � PTI