Grenke Chess Classic: Anand draws with Caruana, stands at second spot

Berlin, February 15, 2013: World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by tournament leader Fabiano Caruana of Italy in the seventh round of the Grenke Chess Classic.

Caruana, with white, could do little other than pressing Anand for a little time in the middle game and this turned out to be Anand's sixth draw in the tournament apart from a lone victory against Arkaditsch Naiditsch of Germany that came in round five.

With just three rounds to go, Anand and Naiditsch share the second spot on four points and they are now followed by Georg Meier of Germany and Michael Adams of England on three points apiece.

"I had a very nice position and then I gradually made it worse, steadily move by move, but not quite enough to lose," was how Adams summed up the drawn game.

Results round 7: Fabiano Caruana (Ita, 4.5) drew with V Anand (Ind, 4); Michael Adams (Eng, 3) drew with Arkadij Naiditsch (Ger, 4); Georg Meier (Ger, 3) beat Daniel Fridman (Ger, 2.5).