Linares: World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Levon Aronian of Armenia and slipped to fifth spot in the ninth round of Magistral Ciudad De Linares Chess tournament here.
Having lost to Aronian from a position of strength with white pieces, Anand could do little as black and the game petered out to a draw.
Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk remained a full point clear of nearest rivals after settling for a quick draw with Wang Yue of China.
The Russian took his tally to a very impressive six points out of a possible nine. The second spot is now shared by Magnus Carlsen of Norway, Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine and Aronian who all have 5 points each while Anand is a half point adrift of this lot.
Sharing the sixth spot now are the remaining three players, Lenier Dominguez of Cuba, Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan and Wang Yue.
Barring Grischuks quick draw, it turned out to be a pretty exciting day as Carlsen bounced back in the event with a fine victory over Dominguez. In the other game of the day, Ivanchuk played out a draw with Radjabov.
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