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Frankfurt, July 2: Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov was the sole leader at the Frankfurt Speed Chess tournament following the latest round of matches yesterday.
The 36-year-old Kasparov and his bitter rival and fellow Russian Anatoly Karpov played out a draw, this time in 47 moves, for the third consecutive time.
In the final session of the evening, Kasparov and Anand agreed to a quick draw, which left the 36-year-old Russian ahead of the field by one point.With one day to go, Kasparov leads the field with 5.5 points,followed by Kramnik with 4.5, and Karpov and Anand with 4.0 each.
The parallel Masters speed chess tournament is led by the computer programme Fritz 6 with 8.0 points, followed by Vesselin Topalov Bulgaria with 7.0, Peter Leko Hungary, 6.5, Peter Svidler Russia, 5.5, Judit Polgar Hungary, 5.0, Alexander Morozevich Russia, 4.5, Christopher Lutz Germany, 4.5 and Michael Adams England, 3.0.
Garry8217;s ranking touches new peak
KOZHIKODE: Garry Kasparov touched an all-time high of 2,841 Elo points in the 1999 July rating list, released by the World Chess Federation FIDE. Kasparov, who had dropped to 2,812 in the January list, covered good ground in six months on the strength of his impressive show in Linares and a couple of other events, to earn 29 Elo points.
Viswanathan Anand kept his second place with 2,771, though he had lost 10 points in six months after his dismal performance in Dos Hermanas.
No 3 Vladimir Kramnik of Russia had also dropped 10 points. After Kasparov, it wasRussian Alexander Morozevich who made the best leap, from 2,723 to 2,751 and occupy the fourth place. India8217;s Krishnan Sasikiran reached 2,536 and was placed 10th in the Junior list. In the girls section Vijayalakshmi with 2,326 was 17th.
Top 20 men: Garry Kasparov Russia 2,841, Viswanathan Anand India 2,771, Vladimir Kramnik Russia 2,760, Alexander Morozevich Russia 2,751, Alexie Shirov Spain 2,722, Boris Gelfand Israel 2,713, Anatoly Karpov Russia 2,709, Michael Adams England 2,705, Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine 2,702, Peter Leko Hungary 2,699, Veselin Topalov Bulgaria 2,695, Nigel Short England 2,689, Peter Svidler Russia 2,684, Zurab Azamaiparashvili Georgia 2,681, Alexey Dreev Russia 2,679.
Top 10 juniors: Peter Leko Hungary 2,699, Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine 2,616, Rustam Kazimdzanov Uzbekistan 2,603, Dimitry Bunzmann Germany 2,596, Etienne Bacrot France 2,592, Karen asrian Armenia 2,575, Rafael Leitao Brazil 2,574, Vladimir Malakhov Russia 2,570, AlexanderGrishchuk Rus.
