Anand draws, Abhijeet wins 11th round

Viswanathan Anand played his 10th draw in 11 rounds at the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament. Anand played a quick 15-move draw against Jan Smeets of the Netherlands on Friday.

Updated on: Jan 30, 2010, 23:03:35 IST

Agencies | By HT Correspondent, Wijk Aan Zee

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Viswanathan Anand played his 10th draw in 11 rounds at the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament. Anand played a quick 15-move draw against Jan Smeets of the Netherlands on Friday.

He allowed a repetition of position against tail-ender Smeets after just 15 moves of a Sicilian Scheveningen. Anand now has six points and is placed tied-fourth.

Magnus Carlsen joined Vladimir Kramnik in the lead with two rounds to go. In Group B, Parimarjan Negi drew with Emil Sutovsky. P Harikrishna played a 59-move draw with Ni Hua in a Slav defence. Anish Giri leads the group with eight points. In Group C, Abhijeet Gupta regained his winning touch after two successive losses. Gupta beat Nils Grandelius in 50 moves.

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