Draw leaves Anand on the threshold

Viswanathan Anand inched closer to the World Chess Championship title after playing out a draw in the seventh game against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia on Thursday.

Viswanathan Anand inched closer to the World Chess Championship title after playing out a draw in the seventh game against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia on Thursday.

Having won three games and drawn four game, the Indian leads 5-2 and needs only three more draws in the remaining five games to take the title yet again.

The seventh round was not high on adrenaline as Kramnik resorted to the Slav defence, an opening that has served Anand well.

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This did not yield any advantage for Anand as Kramnik went for regulation exchanges. By the 16th move, two minor pieces and a pawn was off the board and Kramnik, was never in real danger.

Anand took a pawn on the 36th move and reached a king pawn endgame where the extra pawn of white was not of much consequence. The peace was signed immediately.

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