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NEW DELHI: Viswanathan Anand continued his strong comeback into the title-race of the Corus chess tournament with a commanding victory over Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov in the eighth round at Wijk ann Zee, near Amsterdam, here on Sunday. Anand, who raised his tally to 4.5 points, shares the fourth spot with his conqueror in the first round, Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov. Magnus Carlsen (5.5 points) stayed in the lead after drawing with Boris Gelfand. Parimarjan Negi sscored his fifth victory in six games to be joint third with five points in Group ‘C’. The results (Eighth round): Group ‘A’: Viswanathan Anand (4.5) bt Veselin Topalov (Bul, 3.5); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 5.5) drew with Boris Gelfand ((Isr, 2.5); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 5) drew with Judit Polgar (Hun, 5); Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 4.5) drew with Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 4); Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 4) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 5); Loek van Wely (Ned, 4) drew with Peter Leko (3.5); Pavel Ejlanov (Ukr, 2.5) drew with Michael Adams (Eng, 4). Group ‘B’: P. Hari Krishna (4.5) drew with Erwin L’Ami (Ned, 4); Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 5.5) drew with K. Humpy (3.5); Daniel Stellwagen (Ned, 4.5) drew with Jan Smeets (Ned, 4.5); Michal Krasenkow (Pol, 4) bt Gabriel Sargissian (Arm, 2.5); Wouter Spoelman (Ned, 1) lost to Sergei Movesesian (Svk, 6); Nigel Short (Eng, 4) v Ivan Cheparinov (Bul, 3.5) rescheduled for Monday. Group ‘C’: Parimarjan Negi (5) bt Peng Zhaoqin (Ned, 2); Arik Braun (Ger, 5) lost to Fabiano Caruana (Ita, 6); John van der Wiel (Ned, 5) bt Efstratios Grivas (Gre, 4.5); Friso Nijboer (Ned, 4.5) lost to Mark van der Werf (Ned, 4); Anna Ushenina (Ukr, 3.5) bt Dennis Ruijgrok (Ned, 1.5); Irina Krush (USA, 3) bt Pontus Carlsson (Swe, 3.5); Shilong Li (Chn, 3) lost to Dmitri Reinderman (Ned, 5.5). Corrections and clarifications
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