Victory eluded world champion Viswanathan Anand for the second successive day as he played out a draw with Russian Nikita Vituigov in the second round of the Alekhine Memorial Chess tournament in Paris.After a shocking loss at the hands of English Michael Adams, Anand recovered a bit in keeping the position together as black against Vituigov who pressed for quite sometime before liquidating the position.Adams, meanwhile, continued with his winning ways and downed Peter Svidler of Russia to emerge as the sole leader in the super tournament with his back to back wins.China's Ding Liren's party was spoilt by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France who came up with a scintillating effort. Armenian Levon Aronian, who had lost to Liren in the opener, showed steely nerves to overcome Vladimir Kramnik ofRussia.The other game of the day between Laurent Fressinet of France and Boris Gelfand ended in a draw. Adams leads the 10-player round-robin tournament with two points from as many rounds and he is now followed by Vachier-Lagrave a half point behind.Liren, Kramnik, Aronian, Gelfand and Fressinet share the third spot with one point each while Anand stands at joint eighth spot along with Svidler and Vituigov.