Negi wins, but Anand struggles

Viswanathan Anand was seen struggling to get a half point against Hungarian Grandmaster Peter Leko in the third round of the Corus chess tou...

Viswanathan Anand was seen struggling to get a half point against Hungarian Grandmaster Peter Leko in the third round of the Corus chess tournament here today.

Having drawn the first game against Russian GM Alexander Grischuk quite easily, Anand did not quite get in to his groove in his important encounter against Leko and was an exchange down without any material compensation.

In the ‘C’ group, there was some good news for Indian followers as youngster Parimarjan Negi defeated Women Grandmaster Tea-Bosboom Lanchava of Netherlands in a fine attacking game. Playing white Negi faced the pirs defence and won a piece displaying his excellent imagination.

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In other matches, GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria did another smart act by defeating third seed Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. Topalov took his tally to 2 points from as many games and now leads solely in the event.

Playing black Topalov looked in the same demolition mood that he had acquired in the last FIDE world championship.

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