World Champion Viswanathan Anand drew with Nigel Short of England in the second round of Group 'A' of the Corus Chess tournament in the Netherlands on Monday. Anand shares the fourth spot with Russian pair of Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin, Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, Leinier Dominguez of Cuba, and Dutch duo of Loek Van Wely and Sergei Tiviakov, who all have one point apiece.Grandmaster Alexei Shirov of Spain emerged as the sole leader after his victory over last year's Group 'B' winner Fabiano Caruana of Italy. With Shirov in command in Group 'A', Hikaru Nakamura of United States and World number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway are now in the joint second spot having 1.5 points apiece. It also turned out to be a modest outing for other Indians in Group 'B' and 'C' as well as none could score a victory for the second day running. Seeded third in Group 'B', Pentala Harikrishna drew with David Howell of England, while Parimarjan Negi also had to split points in the Sicilian Paulsen by lone woman player Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia.In Group 'C', 2008 World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta was held by Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine while Soumya Swaminathan opened his account with a draw against lower ranked Sjoerd Plukkel of the Netherlands. With one point under his kitty, Parimarjan shares the joint fourth spot, while Harikrishna is placed tied 12th with just a half point from two games.