In the seventh round of the Pearl Spring Chess tournament at Nanjing, China, on Wednesday, World champion Viswanathan Anand salvaged a draw from a losing position against Magnus Carlsen of Norway. In the previous round, Anand had scored a win over Wang Yue of China. With four points, the Indian ace now occupies the joint second spot. With just three rounds to come in the six-player double round-robin tournament, Carlsen is sitting pretty with a full point lead from his opponents with five points to his credit from seven games.The Norwegian is now followed by Anand and Frenchman Etienne Bacrot who both have four points apiece while Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria are tied fourth with three points each in their kitty.Former world champion Topalov recorded his first victory in the tournament at the expense of Bacrot while the other game of the seventh round between Gashimov and Wang Yue of china ended in a draw. Wang Yue stands last with two points from four draws in the Twentyfive lakh Euro prize money tournament.
News On AIR | October 27, 2010 8:37 PM
Pearl Spring: Anand salvages draw against Carlsen