After losing the first game, the Indian ace won the second in Mainz Chess Classic against Judit Polgar
English chess grandmaster Nigel Short has landed himself in hot water and has been slammed by leading female chess players.
Viswanathan Anand put behind the disappointment of the World Championship loss and started his campaign by first beating England's Luke McShane and later drawing with Michael Adams, another Englishman, in the preliminaries of the London Classic.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand continued with his winning ways and scored a second victory against Luke McShane of England to secure a commanding lead in the preliminary round of the London Chess Classic at the Olympia in London.
Former women's World champion Susan Polgar feels that the rising strength of Indian players makes them favourites to grab three out of the six medals at stake.
Indian chess diva Tania Sachdev holds forth on women in the sport.