World champion Viswanathan Anand could not make use
of his third white as he was held to a draw by Alexander
Morozevich of Russia. Vladimir Kramnik who also drew
Levon Aronian maintains his half point lead at the end
of the seventh round in the Tal Memorial at Moscow on
Nov 12.
The highlight of round seven was Ivanchuk's win over
Gelfand which took him to joint second place with Anand
on 4.5 points. Kramnik leads with 5/7. Two rounds remain
to be played in this 10-player contest which is the
strongest in 2009.
Morozevich accepted the queen's gambit of Anand and did
not have much trouble making the draw with the black
pieces. After 36 moves, Anand accepted the draw as the
position was dead drawn with a rook and opposite colour
bishop left with equal pawns on the board.
Kramnik has to play Leko and Ivanchuk in the last two
games while Anand takes on Aronian and Gelfand. Ivanchuk
faces Kramnik and Aronian. Carlsen has drawn all his
games and is playing in the city of his new coach, Garry
Kasparov. His advantage has not been useful as he was
down with fever.
The results (round seven): V. Anand (Ind) 4.5 drew with
A. Morozevich (Rus) 2.5, V. Ivanchuk (Ukr) 4.5 bt B.
Gelfand (Isr) 3.5, L. Aronian (Arm) 3.5 drew with V.
Kramnik (Rus) 5, R. Ponomariov (Ukr) 3 drew with P. Leko
(Hun) 2.5, P. Svidler (Rus) 2.5 drew with M. Carlsen
(Nor) 3.5.
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