Anand draws with Adhiban, in joint lead with Giri

WIJK AAN ZEE (THE NETHERLANDS): Indian Grandmaster B Adhiban held five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand to a creditable draw in the fourth round of the Tata Steel Masters Chess tournament here.

With two white wins and two draws with black, Anand is now sitting pretty on three points out of a possible four and the Indian ace seems poised for more looking for his sixth victory in this 80th edition of the event.

Adhiban went for the reverse Volga Gambit with white pieces and Anand had little troubles equalising. Adhiban tried to stir things up with some lively play but that boomeranged as Anand seized the initiative. PTI