<p>After a hard-earned victory over Wang Yue of China in the previous round, Anand survived by the skin of his teeth and managed a draw against Carlsen to move to four points out of a possible seven.<br /><br />With just three rounds to come in the six-player double round-robin tournament, Carlsen is sitting pretty with a full-point lead with five points to his credit from seven games.<br /><br />Former world champion Topalov recorded his first victory at the expense of Bacrot while the other game of the seventh round, between Gashimov and Wang, ended in a draw. Wang stands last with two points from four draws in the 250,000 Euro prize money tournament.<br /><br />Anand opted for the Berlin defense that had given him a victory against Carlsen in the previous event in Bilbao. The Indian did not find much trouble in reaching a balanced middlegame. The Indian ace started to feel the heat after a pair of rooks got traded and Carlsen nonchalantly started to build an attack on the kingside with a pawn roll. Soon, Anand was pushed to the wall and his pieces were saddled with the task of a long and tiring defense which is always difficult to manage. Anand put up stiff resistance but Carlsen was persistent enough to get a study-like winning position which he could not convert on move 63.<br /><br />Anand quickly regained his composure and Carlsen, realising that he has missed the opportunity, agreed for a draw vide perpetual checks after 68 moves.<br />Results (round seven): Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 5) drew V Anand (Ind, 4); Veselin Topalov (Bul, 3) bt Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 4); Vugar Gashimov (Aze, 3) drew Wang Yue (Chn, 2).</p>
<p>After a hard-earned victory over Wang Yue of China in the previous round, Anand survived by the skin of his teeth and managed a draw against Carlsen to move to four points out of a possible seven.<br /><br />With just three rounds to come in the six-player double round-robin tournament, Carlsen is sitting pretty with a full-point lead with five points to his credit from seven games.<br /><br />Former world champion Topalov recorded his first victory at the expense of Bacrot while the other game of the seventh round, between Gashimov and Wang, ended in a draw. Wang stands last with two points from four draws in the 250,000 Euro prize money tournament.<br /><br />Anand opted for the Berlin defense that had given him a victory against Carlsen in the previous event in Bilbao. The Indian did not find much trouble in reaching a balanced middlegame. The Indian ace started to feel the heat after a pair of rooks got traded and Carlsen nonchalantly started to build an attack on the kingside with a pawn roll. Soon, Anand was pushed to the wall and his pieces were saddled with the task of a long and tiring defense which is always difficult to manage. Anand put up stiff resistance but Carlsen was persistent enough to get a study-like winning position which he could not convert on move 63.<br /><br />Anand quickly regained his composure and Carlsen, realising that he has missed the opportunity, agreed for a draw vide perpetual checks after 68 moves.<br />Results (round seven): Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 5) drew V Anand (Ind, 4); Veselin Topalov (Bul, 3) bt Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 4); Vugar Gashimov (Aze, 3) drew Wang Yue (Chn, 2).</p>