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Aronian plays draw with Viswanathan Anand
14:37 - 02.10.11
Armenian chess grandmaster Levon Aronian played draw with world
champion Viswanathan Anand who slipped to joint third spot at the half
way stage of the fourth Bilbao Final Masters.
According to the Sportsndtv.com, Anand's third white in the tournament
went in vain for the third time on the trot as the Indian ace could
not use it to his advantage.
The Indian's sole victory in the event had come in the previous round
when he beat Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain.
World number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway rose back in contention for
the top honour with a finely crafted victory over tournament leader
Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine.
In the other game of the day, American Hikaru Nakamura scored his
first win at the expense of Vallejo Pons.
With the Brazilian leg ending after the fifth round, the focus will
now shift to Bilbao in Spain where the event will continue after a
four-day break.
Despite his first loss, Ivanchuk still leads on 10 points in the
soccer-like scoring system in place here.
Nakamura, who won his first game after four draws, occupies the second
spot on seven points, while Anand, Aronian and Carlsen stand joint
third now with six points each.
Anand tried and got some advantage with his white pieces in the Closed
Ruy Lopez against Aronian. The middle game had Anand pushing for more
on the queen side and Aronian had no option but to go for the central
breakthrough.
After regulation exchanges the players arrived at a rook and pawns
endgame where Aronian had an extra pawn which was not of much use. The
two agreed to a draw after 41 moves.
Tert.am
14:37 - 02.10.11
Armenian chess grandmaster Levon Aronian played draw with world
champion Viswanathan Anand who slipped to joint third spot at the half
way stage of the fourth Bilbao Final Masters.
According to the Sportsndtv.com, Anand's third white in the tournament
went in vain for the third time on the trot as the Indian ace could
not use it to his advantage.
The Indian's sole victory in the event had come in the previous round
when he beat Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain.
World number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway rose back in contention for
the top honour with a finely crafted victory over tournament leader
Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine.
In the other game of the day, American Hikaru Nakamura scored his
first win at the expense of Vallejo Pons.
With the Brazilian leg ending after the fifth round, the focus will
now shift to Bilbao in Spain where the event will continue after a
four-day break.
Despite his first loss, Ivanchuk still leads on 10 points in the
soccer-like scoring system in place here.
Nakamura, who won his first game after four draws, occupies the second
spot on seven points, while Anand, Aronian and Carlsen stand joint
third now with six points each.
Anand tried and got some advantage with his white pieces in the Closed
Ruy Lopez against Aronian. The middle game had Anand pushing for more
on the queen side and Aronian had no option but to go for the central
breakthrough.
After regulation exchanges the players arrived at a rook and pawns
endgame where Aronian had an extra pawn which was not of much use. The
two agreed to a draw after 41 moves.
Tert.am