Anand holds Kasparov

Viswanathan Anand went for an all-out kill but had to settle for a draw as his efforts were thrawted by some brilliant defensive tactics by ...

Viswanathan Anand went for an all-out kill but had to settle for a draw as his efforts were thrawted by some brilliant defensive tactics by Garry Kasparov in the sixth round of the 22nd edition of the Linares Super Grandmasters chess tournament here.

Kasparov with his effort remained atop the tables in this category-20 double round-robin tournament being played under classical time control.

While the Russian has 3.5 points in the event from his five games played so far Anand and Bulgarian Veselin Toaplov are a half point adrift on 3 points from as many games. FIDE world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov also has 3 points but he has used up six games to achieve that and Corus champion Peter Leko has played five games for his 2.5 points.

Britain’s Michael Adams, who had a bye in round 6, is next in line on 2/5 while Francisco Pons Vallejo of Spain continued to struggle in the event with just 1 point in his bag from five games.

Eight rounds still remain in this euros 297000 prize money tournament.

Anand took his chances with white pieces against Kasparov and was almost rewarded when suddenly the hot favourite came out with a terrific defensive resource.