Riyadh, December 31: Viswanathan Anand gets blessed with another success as he bags the bronze medal in the World blitz chess championship at Riyadh. Just a couple of days back, he won the gold medal in the Rapid section.
The women’s title was won by Nana Dzanigdze of Georgia, who drew with Elina Danielian of Armenia in the final round and finished with 16.5 points.
Russian Valentina Gunina (16) finished second while China’s Ju Wenjun (14) was third. India’s best performer was Padmini Rout, who was placed 21st, while Dronavalli Harika finished 36th. Eesha Karvade was placed 74th and S. Vjiayalakshmi 76th.