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Viswanathan Anand draws yet again, with Wesley

With just two rounds remaining, time seems to be running out for Anand, while Aronian looks on course for his first victory on the tour
St Louis (USA): Viswanathan Anand’s hunt for an elusive victory continued as the five-time world champion failed to break the solid defences of Wesley So of USA in the seventh round of the Sinquefield Cup, here on Monday.
With his fifth draw in last five games, Anand added another half point, but that did not reflect in the tournament standings as the Indian remained joint eighth with just two rounds to go in the $300,000 prize money competition.
Levon Aronian of Armenia took a giant leap forward in the tournament, demolishing American Hikaru Nakamura to shoot into the lead on five points out of a possible seven. Aronian benefitted from an inexplicable blunder by world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who ended up on the losing side against Russian Alexander Grischuk.
The other two games ended in draws with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France signing peace with Fabiano Caruana of the USA and Anish Giri of Holland splitting the point with Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
With just two rounds remaining, time seems to be running out for Anand, while Aronian looks on course for his first victory on the tour. The Armenian now leads by a full point over Carlsen, Giri, Grischuk and Vachier-Lagrave all on four points.
Topalov and Nakamura share the sixth spot on 3.5 points, a full point ahead of Caruana and Anand, while So is still at the bottom with two points in his kitty.
( Source : PTI )
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