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Anand draws with Topalov

Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): World Champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria hung on to his slender half point lead after settling for a quick draw with Viswanathan Anand in the 12th and penultimate round of Corus chess tournament here on Saturday.

Topalov moved to 8.5 points after playing it safe in the key encounter against Anand. The pundits of the game had predicted that Topalov would play it safe if he had a lead to back him against Anand and that's precisely what happened.

Anand also inched to eight points after the draw and maintained his sole second position in the category-19 event

The results (round 12): Veselin Topalov (Bul, 8.5) drew with Viswanathan Anand; Sergey Karjakin (Ukr, 7) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 5.5); Sergei Tiviakov (Ned, 5.5) drew with Peter Leko (Hun, 6); Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 4) lost to Gata Kamsky (USA, 4.5); Ivan Sokolov (Ned, 4) drew with Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 5); Boris Gelfand (Isr, 7) drew with Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 6.5); Loek Van Wely (Ned, 5,5) drew with Michael Adams (Eng, 7).

Group `B': Koneru Humpy (Ind, 6) bt Daniel Stellwagen (Ned, 2.5); Alexander Beliavsky (Slo, 6) bt Baadur Jobava (Geo, 7); Arkadij Naiditsch (Ger, 7) bt Jan Smeets (Ned, 4); Giovanni Vescovi (Bra, 5) lost to Erwin L'Ami (Ned, 6.5); David Navara (Cze, 7) drew with Kateryna Lahno (Ukr, 2.5); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 8) drew with Ivan Cheparinov (Bul, 6); Zoltan Almasi (Hun, 8.5) bt Alexander Motylev (Rus, 8).

Standings after round 12: 1. Almasi 8.5; 2-3. Motylev, Carlsen 8 each; 4-6. Navara, Jobava, Naiditsch 7 each; 7. L'Ami 6.5; 8-10. Beliavsky, Cheparinov, Humpy 6 each; 11. Vescovi 5; 12. Smeets 4; 13-14. Lahno, Stellwagen 2.5 each. — PTI

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