Anand dishes another draw

On Tuesday, Anand thought he was lucky to have salvaged a half point from his game against Leko, a Petroff that took 27 moves. “My position was suspect,” said Anand after he had analysed the game.

According to Anand, “Black was on the point of collapse at the 15th move.” When Leko found a way out for Black even after the improved white continuation, Anand expressed his disgust with his own performce, saying: “I don’t deserve so much counterplay,not for the way I played today.”

Results (Round 4)

Jeroen Piket (Ned) 3 drew Loek Van Wely (Ned) 1
Alexander Morozevich (Rus) 2.5 drew Viktor Korchnoi (Swiss) 2
Jan Timman (Ned) 2 drew Predrag Nikolic (Bosnia) 1.5
S Lputian (Armen) 0.5 lost to Peter Leko (Hungary) 2.5
Viswanathan Anand (India) 2.5 drew Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 3
Nigel Short (Eng) 2 bt Judit Polgar (Hungary) 1
Michael Adams (Eng) 1 vs Garry Kasparov (Russia) 2.5
The Moves

Anand (White) vs Kramnik (Black)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. f5 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be2 h5 19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. h4 b4 21. Ne2 e5 22. Nc1 Kb8 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. Bxh5 Rxh5 25. Qg6 Rxh4 26. Qxf6 Rf4 27. Qg6 d4 28. Rh7 Be4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. Nc5 Re3 32. Ne6 Kd7 33. Nxd8 Kxd8 34. Kc1 Ke7 35. Rd3 Re2 36. Rd2 Re1 37. Rd1 Re2 38. Rd2 Re4 39. Rd3 Ke6 40. c3 1/2-1/2.