World Champion Viswanathan Anand is placed at third spot after defeating Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in the 10th and penultimate round of the last edition of Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Monaco.Anand was held to a draw quite easily by Gashimov in the blindfold game but the Indian ace came up with a sterling performance in the rapid game. With just two games to go in the tournament, Armenian Levon Aronian maintained his one point lead over Magnus Carlsen of Norway by disposing the challenge of former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.Aronian has 14.5 points in his kitty while Carlsen is still in with a chance a full point behind. With 11 points to his credit, Anand is only fighting for the third spot.