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London : World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Michael Adams of England in the sixth and
penultimate round but the Indian ace continued to hold joint lead at the London Chess Classic here. Anand remained in the lead after Russian Vladimir Kramnik failed to bring home full points from a winning position
against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the 1,45,000 Euros prize money tournament being played on a round-robin basis.
On a day of drawn games for the first time in the tournament, the status quo remained and Anand continued to
share the lead with Carlsen and Luke McShane of England on 10 points in the Soccer like scoring system in use here that
gives three points for a win and one for a draw.
Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura share the fourth spot now on nine points each while Adams is sole sixth on seven points,
well ahead of compatriots David Howell, who has three points, and Nigel Short, who has just two points with his two draws so
far.
With just one round remaining, Anand faces arch-rival Kramnik, Carlsen is up against Short while McShane will take
on Howell. The fact that Anand is playing white in the crucial last game gives the Indian ample chances to stay clear of the
rest of the field in case he is able to register a victory.
Playing black against Adams, Anand did not face any difficulties. It was a Sicilian Najdorf by the Indian ace who
showed right intentions for a full-bloodied battle but Adams shied away from complicated lines and stuck to his basics out
of a positional system.
Anand equalised comfortably out of the opening and it looked as if he was pressing for an advantage in the endgame
that ensued.
However, an alert Adams kept black's forces at bay and once he had established an outpost for his knight in the
middle of the board the outcome of a the game was a foregone conclusion. The peace was signed on move 54.
Kramnik may not get a sound sleep in reflection of what he missed. The Russian could have been the sole leader and
that many believed was just a notion once he got the winning position out a Nimzowitch defense that Carlsen employed with
his black pieces. PTI
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penultimate round but the Indian ace continued to hold joint lead at the London Chess Classic here. Anand remained in the lead after Russian Vladimir Kramnik failed to bring home full points from a winning position
against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the 1,45,000 Euros prize money tournament being played on a round-robin basis.
On a day of drawn games for the first time in the tournament, the status quo remained and Anand continued to
share the lead with Carlsen and Luke McShane of England on 10 points in the Soccer like scoring system in use here that
gives three points for a win and one for a draw.
Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura share the fourth spot now on nine points each while Adams is sole sixth on seven points,
well ahead of compatriots David Howell, who has three points, and Nigel Short, who has just two points with his two draws so
far.
With just one round remaining, Anand faces arch-rival Kramnik, Carlsen is up against Short while McShane will take
on Howell. The fact that Anand is playing white in the crucial last game gives the Indian ample chances to stay clear of the
rest of the field in case he is able to register a victory.
Playing black against Adams, Anand did not face any difficulties. It was a Sicilian Najdorf by the Indian ace who
showed right intentions for a full-bloodied battle but Adams shied away from complicated lines and stuck to his basics out
of a positional system.
Anand equalised comfortably out of the opening and it looked as if he was pressing for an advantage in the endgame
that ensued.
However, an alert Adams kept black's forces at bay and once he had established an outpost for his knight in the
middle of the board the outcome of a the game was a foregone conclusion. The peace was signed on move 54.
Kramnik may not get a sound sleep in reflection of what he missed. The Russian could have been the sole leader and
that many believed was just a notion once he got the winning position out a Nimzowitch defense that Carlsen employed with
his black pieces. PTI
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