Anand back in sole lead

The seventh round brought the end of the first leg of the tournament. The players will now play each other once again in the second half of the tournament, with colours reversed.

The other games in the seventh round were hard fought, but failed to produce decisive results. Peter Leko played solidly with black to draw against Alexander Morozevich while Svidler drew his game against Levon Aronian.

Anand makes winning with white in the Spanish opening look very easy and tToday it was Grischuk8217;s turn to be at the receiving end.