Anand to play fellow Indian Raunak Sadhwani in first round of Isle of Man chess

Five-time world champion Viswanthan Anand will face fellow Indian Raunak Sadhwani in the first round of the Isle of Man International Chess tournament that gets underway here.

After what can be termed as a small fiasco in the Chess Olympiad where the Indian men's team did not win a medal despite high hopes, Anand is back at what he does best -- enthrall his huge fanbase in the elite company.

The teenager Sadhwani is likely to get the experience of his life by playing against one of his idols in the best format of the game -- the classical chess.

The chess.com Isle of Man International is touted as the toughest open of the world even though the top four players on the current rating list are giving it a miss.

The top two -- Magnus Carlsne of Norway and Fabiano Caurana of United States -- are not here as they play the next World Championship contest in less than two weeks when this event finishes.

In spite of the absence of top four, the world's 5-11 top rated player are here and that ..