Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated World champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the blitz event of the Norway Chess on way to a fourth-place finish.

The former World champion, however, suffered defeats to Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the fourth and ninth round respectively to finish with 5 points in the 10-player blitz event early on Tuesday.