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Tuesday, December 30, 1997 Published at 17:20 GMT
UK
India's chess grandmaster beats English opponent to reach final
India's chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand has beaten off England's Michael Adams to reach the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship to be played in Switzerland on Friday.
Viswanathan Anand will now challenge Anatoly Karpov of Russia for the International Chess Federation world championship to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday.
On the way to the eliminator, Adams, 26, knocked out the UK's Nigel Short 4-3 on Christmas Day. Anand beat Gelfand and Shirov in his previous rounds.
The two were locked in a two-day battle which led to four drawn tie-breaks in the opening rounds in Groningen, Holland. The match went to a sudden death play-off with the score at 4-4. Anand took the sudden death to win through 5-4.
![[ image: Michael Adams]](/olmedia/images/_43432_adams150.JPG)
Michael Adams
Karpov had a bye to reach the final.
![[ image: Viswanathan Anand]](/olmedia/images/_43432_anand150.jpg)
Viswanathan Anand
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| Internet Links Viswanathan Anand - FIDE Player Details Michael Adams - FIDE Player Details Official Web Site of the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) Latest Score The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. |
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