By Arvind Aaron World champion Viswanathan Anand played his second
draw in a row in the Tal Memorial Tournament and both of
them are welcome results as he played black in these two
encounters. Round two also produced five draws and there
is no sign of victory in Moscow so far. Seven rounds
remain to be played in this event which will be played
from Nov 4-14.
Two draws from black games, both by using the Grunfeld
is a good sign for Anand. Anand had played the Grunfeld
before in the June 1994 PCA Candidates match against
Oleg Romanishin at New York.
This draw against Kramnik from whom he wrested the world
title last year went to an opposite colour bishop ending
before draw was agreed. Kramnik sacrificed his queen for
rook and bishop to keep his chances but black played
well for a draw.
Anand's two draws are better than Carlsen's two draws as
the Chennai born Indian played black in both while
Carlsen played white pieces in both his games. All ten
players are on one point.
The results (round two). M. Carlsen (Nor) drew with A.
Morozevich (Rus), V. Kramnik (Rus) drew with V. Anand (Ind),
P. Leko (Hun) drew with B. Gelfand (Isr), P. Svidler (Rus)
drew with V. Ivanchuk (Ukr), R. Ponomariov (Ukr) drew
with L. Aronian (Arm).
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