Anand back to winning ways

Wijk An Zee, January 17: Viswanathan Anand outplayed Loek van Wely of the Netherlands to score his first win of the ongoing Hoogovens Intern...

Wijk An Zee, January 17: Viswanathan Anand outplayed Loek van Wely of the Netherlands to score his first win of the ongoing Hoogovens International Grandmasters chess tournament, according to reports reaching here. In the second round, Anand, who drew his first game against Jan Timman, took 42 moves before Wely accepted defeat when an exchange down.

Meanwhile, Vladmir Kramnik recorded his second straight win beating Frisco Nijboer, who created a sensation on the first day by holding Anatoly Karpov to a draw. Kramnik was once again in a punishing mood crushing his opponent in 29 moves after yet another Nf3 opening. His first moves were the same as he played against Jeroen Piket in the opening round.

Anatoly Karpov played his second draw in a row, this time against the strong Michael Adams, after 33 moves, while Paul van der Sterren and Boris Gelfand drew after 31 moves.

The Moves

Anand. V vs Van Wely L (1-0)

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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Red1 Qd5 16. b4 Be7 17. Qb2 Ng4 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Bc7 Rd7 21. Bh3 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Bd6 23. Rcc1 Be5 24. Bg2 exf3 25. Bxf3 Qd7 26. Qd2 h5 27. Nc6 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rc8 30. b5 h4 31. Rcd1 hxg3 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8 Kh7 34. hxg3 Bxg3 35. Ra8 Bd6 36. Rxa7 Kg6 37. a4 Ng4 38. Be8 Ne5 39. a5 Bc5 40. Kh1 bxa5 41. Ra6 Kf5 42. b6 1-0

Kramnik V vs Nijboer F (1-0)

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 g5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Qd3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Qe7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Ne4 g4 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxg4 Qxf2 23. Kh1 Rf4 24. Rf3 Qh4 25. Rxf4 exf4 26. Bf3 Qe7 27. Re1 Be5 28. Qg6 Qg7 29. e7 1-0.