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Anand outwits Svidler

DORTMUND, JULY 24. Playing like a champion, Viswanathan Anand drew first blood in the Dortmund Sparkassen chess meeting here when he defeated Russia's Peter Svidler in the midst of drawn second round matches at the Dortmund Theater on Friday.

Sasikiran held

Meanwhile, in Biel (Switzerland), K. Sasikiran followed his hard-earned victory over British GM Luke McShane by drawing with Frenchman Etienne Bacrot in the fifth round to move in the second spot with three points behind leader Alexander Morozevich in the Biel International Grandmasters chess tournament.

The results: At Dortmund: Round two: Group I: Arkadij Naiditsch (Ger) (1) drew with Sergie Rublevsky (Rus) (1); Viswanathan Anand (Ind) (1.5) bt Peter Svidler (Rus) (0.5).

Group II: Sergey Karjakin (Ukr) (1) drew with Viorel Bologan (Mol) (1); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) (1) drew with Peter Leko (Hun) (1).

Standings after five rounds: At Biel: Grandmasters event:1. Morozevich 3.5; 2. Sasikiran 3; 3. Ponomariov, Pelletier and Bacrot 2.5; 6. McShane (1).

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