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Carslen draws with Anand

NEW DELHI: A 20-move draw with black pieces against Norway's wonderkid Magnus Carslen kept Viswanathan Anand in the joint second spot after four rounds of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk ann Zee, near Amsterdam, on Tuesday. Anand now has 2.5 points.

Meanwhile in Corus `C', overnight joint leader Parimarjan Negi (2.5 points) suffered his first loss at the hands of Russia's Nadezhda Kosintseva in 41 moves. Wednesday is the first of the three rest days in this premier competition.

The results: Corus `A' (fourth round): Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 1) drew with Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 2.5); Alexander Motylev (Rus, 1.5) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 2.5); Peter Svidler (Rus, 2.5) drew with Ruslan Ponomariov (Rus, 2); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 2) v David Navara (Cze, 2) in progress; Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 2.5) v Sergei Tiviakov (Ned, 1) in progress; Veselin Topalov (Bul, 3) bt Alexei Shirov (Esp, 0.5); Loek van Wely (Ned, 1) drew with Sergey Karjakin (Ukr, 2).

Corus `C' (fourth round): Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 2.5) lost to Nadezhda Kosintseva (Rus, 2); Thomas Willemze (Ned, 0.5) lost to Edwin van Hastert (Ned, 2); Peng Zhaoqin (Ned, 1) v Harman Jonkman (Ned, 1.5) in progress; Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 3.5) bt Manuel Bosboom (Ned, 2.5); Hou Yifan (Chn, 2.5) drew with Emanuel Berg (Swe, 2.5); Wouter Spoelman (Ned, 1.5) drew with John van der Wiel (Ned, 1); Stellan Brynell (Swe, 1) v Michal Kransenkow (Pol, 2) in progress.

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