WIJK AAN ZEE, January 22: After Vladimir Kramnik in the fifth round, it was Viswanathan Anand's turn to suffer a shock defeat in the sixth round of the 60th Hoogovens Grandmasters chess tournament on Thursday. The Indian had lost his first game of the tournament but is now back into the second place after having shared the lead for one day with Kramnik. Anand has four points, while Kramnik who was held to a draw by Jan Timman has 4.5 points.It was a day of the underdog and the Dutch players in particular as four of them held their higher rated rivals to draws while Jeroen Piket felled Vesselin Topalov. Kramnik, playing with white, pieces was held by Timman in a Pirc defence lasting 30 moves, while Karpov played an incredible sixth draw in a row and this one was with white pieces against Loek Van Wely, who is right at the bottom of the table with Valery Salov, who went down to Paul Van Der Sterren in 49 moves after Salov employed the Nimzo-Indian defence.
Piket, who has already held Salov, Anand and Adamsto draws, finally scored his first win and it came against Topalov, the third highest rated player in the field. It was Topalov's second loss in two days, having gone down to Anand in the fifth round. Friday's rest day would be most welcome for him. The fifth Dutchman in the tournament, Friso Nijboer held Alexy Shirov, the conqueror of Kramnik in fifth round, to a draw.
THE MOVES
Polgar J - Anand V (1-0)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfc8 15. Ne1 Qb7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc5 19. Rad1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21. c3 b4 22. c4 g6 23. g3 Rc5 24. Rd1 a5 25. Nc2 Kg7 26. Qd3 Rc6 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qe2 Bd8 30. Nd5 Rc5 31. Qe3 Be7 32. Rd3 Bd8 33. Qd2 Rc6 34. Qd1 Kg8 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 Bg5 37. Qf3 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rc6 39. Qe2 Rc8 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. f3 Rb8 42. Qf2 Rb7 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. c5 dxc5 45. Qxc5 Bd8 46. Rc1 Kf7 47. Qe3 Kg7 48. Rc4 Rd7 49. Qc1 h5 50. Rc6 Rd6 51.
Rc8 Qd7 52. Qc5 Kh6 53. Rb8 Bf6 54. Qe3 Bg5 55. f4 exf4 56. Rh8 1-0.
Anand V bt Topalov V (5th round)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. Nxb6 Rxb6 17. cxd4 Nxe4 18. Bxf7 Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng5 Kg8 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Ng5 Ne7 23. g4 Bg6 24. Ne6 Qc8 25. d5 Bf7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4 Kf8 28. Bh6 Ke8 29. Re1 1-0.
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