Isle of Man (UK) Oct 2 (IANS) Indian legend Viswanathan Anand finished joint second at the Isle of Man Chess Championship accumulating seven points from nine round of games here.
The five-time world chess champion on Sunday night crushed Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan to share the second spot with Hikaru Nakamura of the United States.
The title went to Norway s sensation and reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen who pocketed 7.5 points.
Indian Grand Master Harika Dronavalli finished her campaign with a win against German IM Evgeny Degtiarev. Harika finished 56th.
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