Anand Draws Van Wely; Aronian, Carlsen In Lead
By Arvind Aaron

Magnus Carlsen of Norway shocked former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia with black to join Levon Aronian of Armenia in the lead with 7.5 points at the end of the twelfth and penultimate round in the Corus Chess Tournament at Wijk aan Zee on January 26.

Viswanathan Anand drew Loek Van Wely of Tilburg with the black pieces to take his tally to seven points and share the third place with Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan.

Anand needs a win with white against Kramnik on Sunday to catch up with the two leaders for the title. The title is always shared at Wijk aan Zee and tie-break is not applied. Carlsen v Radjabov, Polgar v Aronian are the other two pairings of importance.

In Saturday's game, Anand played the queen's Indian defence with black and drew a pawn ending in 45 moves.

In the Grand Master Group B, Harikrishna drew Krasenkow with white to reach 7 points and Humpy lost to Spoelman with black to stay on five points. Hari is on fourth place.

In the Grand Master Group C, Parimarjan Negi of Delhi has a chance to defeat F.Caruana with black in the final round and share the title on nine points. If he wins, he will earn a ticket to next years Grand Master Group B. On Saturday, Negi beat Grivas with white to tally 8/12. Caruana beat Friso Nijboer with black to lead with 9/12.

The results (round 12): L.Van Wely (Ned) 4.5 drew V.Anand (Ind) 7, V.Kramnik (Rus) 6 lost to M.Carlsen (Nor) 7.5, T.Radjabov (Aze) 7 drew P.Leko (Hun) 6, S.Mamedyarov (Aze) 6 drew B.Gelfand (Isr) 4, P.Eljanov (Ukr) 5 bt V.Topalov (Bul) 5.5, M.Adams (Eng) 6 lost to Judit Polgar (Hun) 5.5, L.Aronian (Arm) 7.5 drew V.Ivanchuk (Ukr) 6.5.
 

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Published on 27^th  Jan, 2008