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MUMBAI, July 12: Viswanathan Anand defeated Jan Timman of The Netherlands in the third round of the 27th Dortmund Grandmasters Championship today, according to information obtained from the tournament8217;s official Internet site. The win, achieved in 47 moves, was Anand8217;s first in the seven-round event after he had drawn his first two rounds with Veselin Topalov and Michael Adams respectively.
In another match, Peter Leko of Hungary recorded his second straight win to lead the eight-player tournament with 2.5 points. Leko accounted for Adams in 20 moves. Anand and Anatoly Karpov were joint second with two points each.
Results Round 3: V Anand 2 bt Jan Timman 0.5; Peter Leko 2.5 bt Michael Adams 1.5; A Karpov 2 drew V Topalov 1; I Sokolov 1 drew V Kramnik 1.5. Round 2: Kramnik 1 drew Karpov 1.5; Timman 0.5drew Sokolov 0.5; Topalov 0.5 lost to Leko 1.5; Anand 1 drew Adams 1.5.
Anand 2781 vs Timman 2670
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3bxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 0-0 8. Bfd3 f5 9. Rxf6 Bg5 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 Qf8 15. Qc1 Nf5 16. h4 h6 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Ncxe5 19. Bfxe5 Ne7 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Bg3 Re8 22. h5 g5 23. 0-0 Ne7 24. Be5 Nc6 25. Bh2 Rg7 26. Bg4 Qf6 27. Re1 Qe7 28. a4 b6 29. Qh3 Nd8 30. Re2 Bdxa4 31. f4 Bd7 32. f5 Rf7 33. Re1 Rf6 34. Be5 Rxf5 35. Bgxf5 exf5 36. Bc7 Be6 37. Qxf5 Qf7 38. Qxf7 Kxf7 39. Bd6 a5 40. Rf1 Kg7 41. Re5 Nf4 42. Rexe8 Bxe8 43. B-e5 Kg8 44. Bexf4 gxf4 45. Rxf4 Kg7 46. g4 a4 47. Kh2 1-0.
Timman resigned after Anand8217;s 47th move.
