Anand holds Kasparov

Kochi, March 4: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand and Russian GM Garry Kasparov battled to a draw in only 24 moves in their 10th round ma...

Kochi, March 4: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand and Russian GM Garry Kasparov battled to a draw in only 24 moves in their 10th round match of the Ciudad de Linares Category 21 Chess Tourney, according to reports reaching here.

The first match between the two ended in a victory for Kasparov in the third round.

Yesterday, Ukraine’s Vassily Ivanchuk, three-time winner here, defeated Alexei Shirov of Latvia in 47 moves in a ninth round match.

THE MOVES

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Anand – Kasparov (Round 10): 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Be2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rg8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h3 h5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3. (0.5-0.5).

Shirov- Ivanchuk (Round 9): 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. O – O – O b6 10. N1f3 h6 11. Nh3 Ne7 12. Ne5 c5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Nc4 cxd4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf4 Qd5 17. Be5Nf5 18. c4 Qc5 19. Qf3 Qxe5 20. Qxa8 Qc7 21. Qc6 Qb8 22. Qf3 Bb7 23. Qa3+ Kg8 24. f3 g5 25. Ba4 e5 26. Rhe1 Kg7 27. Bc2 Nh4 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Kb1 Rxc4 30. Ng1 Rc5 31. g3 Ra5 32. Qd3 Ng6 33. Bb3 Qd6 34. Rc2 e4 35. Qc4 Ne5 36. Qc7 Qb4 37. Rd1 Bd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. fxe4 Nxe4 40. a3 Qb5 41. Ka2 d3 42. Rcc1 d2 43. Rc2 Nd3 44. Rcxd2 Rc5 45. Qd8 Qc4+ 46. b3 Nc3+ 47. Ka1 Ra5. (0-1).