STAVANGER (NORWAY), June 24:
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out yet another easy draw against Levon Aronian of Armenia to remain in joint second position after the end of the seventh round of Norway chess tournament, part of the Grand Chess tour, here.
Following the draw, Anand inched himself up to 4.5 points out of a possible seven and can now look up to his final white game in the tournament slated against lowest ranked Jon Ludvig Hammer of Norway.
Anish Giri of Holland on four points is the only other contender for a podium finish holding the fourth position solely. Fabiano Caruana of Italy, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and Aronian share the fifth spot with three points each, a half point adrift of world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Russian Alexander Grischuk. (PTI)
Trending Now
E-Paper
Follow our WhatsApp channel