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Anand-Leko settle for draw

MUMBAI, JULY 14: Viswanathan Anand settled for a 29-move draw in the fourth round of the 27th Dortmund Grandmasters Championship today, a...

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MUMBAI, JULY 14: Viswanathan Anand settled for a 29-move draw in the fourth round of the 27th Dortmund Grandmasters Championship today, according to information reaching here. Playing white, the World No 2 failed to breach opponent Peter Leko8217;s defence and agreed to a draw offered by the Hungarian inside two hours.

Leko retained the lead, with three points, in this seven-round tournament. Anand, World No 3 Vladimir Kramnik and Anatoly Karpov are joint second with two-and-a-half points.

RESULTS ROUND 4

V Anand 2.5 drew P Leko 3; J Timman 0.5 lost to V Kramnik 2.5; M Adams 2 drew A Karpov 2.5; V Topalov 2 bt I Sokolov 1.

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