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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | Anand held by Vallejo in Linares Chess tournament 13.38 IST 09th Mar 2005 By Agencies Viswanathan Anand failed to break through the defenses of local lad Francisco Pons Vallejo and had to settle for a draw in the 12th round of the 22nd Linares Super Grandmasters Chess tournament in Spain. The loss put Anand almost out of championship race in this seven players double round-robin tournament being played under classical time control as Russian Garry Kasparov took a decisive step forward for his ninth title here after crushing Britain's Michael Adams. Kasparov moved to a near unassailable score of 7.5 points out of a possible 10 and is now virtually assured of the title and the winner's purse of 100000 Euros barring any disaster in the two remaining rounds as Bulgarian Veselin Toaplov and Anand are now 1.5 points adrift of the leader. Hungarian Peter Leko is a distant fourth right now with 5 points while Adams remained on fifth position with 4.5. Vallejo and FIDE world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan share the sixth spot on 3.5 points. In the other encounter of the day, Topalov outplayed Kasimdzhanov. This certainly was not Anand's day as he was pushed to the wall in trying too hard for a victory. Given the tournament situation it was imperative for Anand to win as a draw would not have helped his cause especially after Kasparov pounded Adams in quick time. Anand's opening surprise was met by the Hedgehog set-up and Vallejo was just content hanging in there with some precise defensive moves even as Anand emerged with a slightly better middle game. |
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