Viswanathan Anand was content agreeing to a draw against Michael Adams in the tenth round of the FIDE World Chess championships in San Luis, Argentina.
After splitting the point from an Anti-Marshall, Anand has 5.5 points and is tied for third with Alexander Morozevich, whose streak of three wins was halted against leader Veselin Topalov after a hard-fought draw.
Topalov continues to lead at the top of table with eight points after 10 rounds with six wins and four draws. He is followed by Peter Svidler who drew his tenth round with Peter Leko. The tenth round's only decisive game saw Rustam Kasimjanov beat Judit Polgar.
The Adams-Anand with the Indian having darker pieces was an Anti-Marshall, just like the Leko-Svidler game. Anand had his pieces better organized and had Adams in an awkward spot.
But in the middle game, it ended tamely in a draw as Anand seemed happy enough with it. And Adams for his part looked tired.
There are four more rounds left and Topalov looks well placed to crown himself as the FIDE World Chess Champion in this edition.
Pairings for Round 11: Adams v Topalov; Anand v Kasimdzhanov; Polgar v Leko; Svidler v Morozevich
Results of Round 10: Adams drew with Anand; Leko drew with Svidler; Kasimdzhanov beat Polgar; Topalov drew with Morozevich
Standings after Round 10: 1. Topalov 8.0; 2. Svidler 6.0; 3. Morozevich 5.5 and Anand 5.5; 5. Leko 4.5; 6. Kasimjanov 4.5; 7. Adams 3.5; 8. Polgar 2.5
Adams v Anand
World Ch Arg Round 10
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 h6 13. h3 Qc8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Nfd2 Ne7 17. d4 Ng6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Ba4 Bb5 20. b3 Be7 21. Rec1 c6 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Nb6 Qb7 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Qc4 1/2-1/2
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