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Anand settles for draw

Kochi, March 1: Viswanathan Anand of India played a safe draw against Veslein Topalov of Spain in the sixth round of the Ciudad de Linares C...

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Kochi, March 1: Viswanathan Anand of India played a safe draw against Veslein Topalov of Spain in the sixth round of the Ciudad de Linares Category 21 Chess Tournament yesterday, according to reports reaching here.Anand, black, employed the Caro-Kann Defence for the third time and seemed to have got a slightly better position after middle game exchanges, especially in the pawn structure. Topalov had the bishop pair in compensation, but then he gave up this benefit to capture a pawn.

The rooks and same coloured bishop ending hads nothing to offer for either player after 40 moves.

At the same time, Garry Kasaprov seemed to irritate Luis Rentero, the organiser of the tournament, who is against short draws, by splitting the point with his friend Vladimir Kramnik in just 26 moves of English Opening.

Games Round 6

Kramnik-Kasparov: 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Rb1 O 8211; O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O 8211; O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Rxb7 e6 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. d6 Qa5 20. Rf1 Bf8 21. d7 Qa2 22. Re1 Qa5 23. Rf1 Qa2 24. Bb5 a6 25. Bd4 Bg7 26. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

Topalov-Anand: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O 8211; O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. c3 Bb7 15. h4 Re8 16. h5 Bd5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Re2 Kg8 19. Qh3 Qc6 20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Nf6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Rh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 25. Be3 Kf8 26. Rc1 Qb4 27. b3 Nd5 28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc7 a5 33. a4 Kg8 34. Rb7 Kh7 35. Rxf7 Rb8 36. Ra7 b5 37. Bf4 Rf8 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. dxe5 bxa4 40. bxa4 Rxe5 1/2 8211; 1/2.

 

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