Viswanathan Anand frittered away the advantage of white pieces to settle for a draw against Grandmaster Viktor Bologan of Moldova in the fourth round of the 66th Corus chess tournament here.Despite the none-too-impressive performance, world rapid champion Anand continued to be the joint leader in the prestigious tournament with 2.5 points.Grandmaster Michael Adams of England and top-seeded Vladimir Kramnik of Russia joined Anand, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and Peter Leko of Hungary in the lead on 2.5 points apiece after the conclusion of the fourth round yesterday. Despite playing with white, Anand could not make the most of the advantage against Bologan, who opened with a Petroff Defence against the Indian’s King-Pawn opening.The game was fought on an even keel for the major part though the Russian had a little trouble in getting a level position. Anand had a possible chance of forcing a result around the 18th move, but he overlooked it and in the end settle for the draw after 26 moves.“I just did not see it. We both missed and once that happened there was little in the game,” Anand said after his board.In the fifth round, Anand has black pieces against Svidler.Results (4th round) Michael Adams (2.5, Eng) bt Zhang Zhong (1.5, Chn); Evgeny Bareev (2, Rus) bt Alexei Shirov (1.5, Esp); Vladimir Kramnik (2.5, Rus) bt Peter Svidler (1.5, Rus); Viswanathan Anand (2.5) drew Victor Bologan (2); Jan Timman (1, Ned) lost to Loek van Wely (2, Ned); Veselin Topalov (2.5, Bul) bt Vladimir Akopian (1.5, Arm); Ivan Sokolov (2, Ned) drew Peter Leko (2.5, Hun).
