April 24, 2015 7:21 AM

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Anand held by Mamedov at Shamkir Chess Meet <br/>

Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand has settled for an easy draw against Grandmaster Rauf Mamedov of Azerbaijan in the 6th round of Shamkir Chess 2015 tournament. At Shamkir, Azerbaijan yesterday, Anand was playing with black pieces. The draws were the order of the day as only Fabiano Caruana of Italy could score a victory over off-form Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. World champion Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw by Anish Giri of Holland in the key encounter of the day while Wesley So signed peace with Shakhriyayr Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan. In the only other game of this 10-player round-robin tournament, Michael Adams of England also shared the point with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. The lead positions remained unchanged and Carlsen remained at the top of the tables with 4.5 points out of a possible six. Wesely So remained on the heels of the leader a half-point behind and Anand&apos;s third place remained intact as the Indian inched himself up to 3.5 points after his fifth draw in six games. Mamedyarov shares the fifth spot with Caruana now as the latter came back to an even score with his first victory in the tournament. Kramnik, Mamedov, Vachier-Lagrave and Giri are all on 2.5 points needing some wins in the last three remaining rounds of this 100000 Euros prize money tournament. Adams is in last spot, with two points in his kitty.

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