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NEW DELHI: A quick 19-move draw with Peter Leko kept Viswanathan Anand in the joint third spot before Norwegian youngster Magnus Carlsen escaped to victory against local hope Loek van Wely and regained sole lead after 10 rounds of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk ann Zee, in Holland, on Wednesday. Anand shares the third spot with four others at 5.5 points. Three more rounds remain after Thursday’s rest day. In Group ‘B’, P. Hari Krishna (5.5) and K. Humpy (5) drew their games while in Group ‘C’, Parimarjan Negi scored his sixth victory in the last eight rounds to share the second spot with two others at 6.5 points.
The results (10th round): Group ‘A’: Viswanathan Anand (5.5) drew with Peter Leko (Hun, 5); Loek van Wely (Ned, 4) lost to Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 6.5); Michael Adams (Eng, 5.5) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 6); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 5.5) drew with Boris Gelfand (Isr, 3.5); Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 5.5) drew with Veselin Topalov (Bul, 5); Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 5) drew with Judit Polgar (Hun, 4.5); Pavel Eljanov (Ukr, 3) lost to Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 5.5). Group ‘B’: P. Hari Krishna (5.5) drew with Gabriel Sargissian (Arm, 3.5); Hou Yifan (Chn, 4) drew with K. Humpy (4.5); Sergei Morsesian (Svk, 7.5) bt Jan Smeets (Ned, 4.5); Nigel Short (Eng, 6.5) bt Michal Krasenkow (Pol, 4); Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 6.5) drew with Ivan Cheparinov (Bul, 5); Daniel Stellwagen (Ned, 5) drew with Erwin L’Ami (Ned, 5.5); Wouter Spoelman (Ned, 2) lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 6). Group ‘C’: Parimarjan Negi (6.5) bt Dennis Ruijgrok (Ned, 1.5); Li Shilong (Chn, 5) bt Fabiano Caruana (Ita, 7); Friso Nijboer (Ned, 6.5) bt Dmitri Reinderman (Ned, 6.5); John van der Wiel (Ned, 5.5) drew with Pontus Carlsson (Swe, 5); Irina Krush (USA, 4.5) bt Arik Braun (Ger, 5); Anna Ushenina (Ukr, 4.5) bt Efstratios Grivas (Gre, 4.5); Peng Zhaoqin (Ned, 3) drew with Mark van der Werf (Ned, 5).
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