World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out a quick draw with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the third round of in the Bilbao final masters tournament in Spain. Anand, who played his first white in the tournament, could do little against a solid approach by Kramnik and the game ended in less than one and a half hours. The other game between Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Alexei Shirov of Spain also ended in a draw.At the half way stage in this four-players double round-robin tournament, Kramnik maintained his sole lead on seven points with two victories while Anand remained two points behind the leader . Anand will have white against Shirov in the return game while Carlsen will take on Kramnik with white after a day's rest.