Uzbekistan chess federation said that Viswanathan Anand played simultaneous matches with youngsters and members of Uzbekistan women’s chess team. He played 20 matches and Anand won with the score 15-5.
The federation said that Hulkar Tohirjanova and Temur Igonin defeated the current world champion. Akmal Fayzulaev, Talgat Gubaydulin, Maftuna Mamatkulova, Alisher Begmuratov, Oleg Artemenko and Saidakbar Saydaliev played draw with Anand.
The seventeenth world chess champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov also played matches with youngsters. He played 22 matches and won with the score 19-3.
Yulduz Hamrakulova, Maftuna Mamatkulova, Oleg Artemenko, Ulugbek Tillayev, Ortiq Nigmatov and Saidakbar Saydaliev play draw with the Uzbek grandmaster.