Former world champion Viswanathan Anand drew with reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the third round of the London Chess Classic now underway in London. After one decisive game in round one and none in round two, the third day also witnessed just one decisive game wherein Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France defeated Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. The other three games of the ten-player round-robin tournament ended in draws. With six rounds still to come in the 300,000 US Dollar prize money tournament, Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri was joined at the top of the table by Vachier-Lagrave on two points.Carlsen, Anand, Levon Aronian of Armenia, local wild card entrant Michael Adams, Alexander Grishchuk of Russia, Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana inched themselves up to One and a half points with three draws apiece.
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London Chess Classic: Anand draws against Carlsen in third round