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Anand moves into second place at Dortmund

Vishwanathan Anand finds himself placed joint second in the 27th Dortmund Chess tournament after 3 rounds.

This is a Category 19 Super Tournament, being played at the Main Opera House in Dortmund City Center from 10th-17th July 1999.

In his third round match, Anand defeated Jan Timman of the Netherlands, while Peter Leko of Hungary defeated Michael Adams of Britain.

In earlier rounds, Anand had drawn his games against Veselin Topalov and Michael Adams.

Peter Leko leads the table at the end of round three with 2.5 points, followed by Anand and Karpov, joint second with two points apiece.

Standings after Round 3:
1. Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 2.5;
2. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2710 2.0;
3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 2.0;
4. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 1.5;
5. Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 1.5;
6. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 1.0;
7. Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2624 1.0;
8. Timman, Jan H g NED 2670 0.5;

Round I: Anand (white) vs Topalov (black)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Bd4 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Kd1 Bc3 21. h4 gxh3 22. Rxh3 Rc8 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 b5 25. Rf3 Rc4 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Kxd2 Ra4 28. Ra1 f6 29. g3 Nc4+ 30. Ke2 d5 31. c3 Kd6 32. Rd3 Ra3 33. Rf3 a5 34. Rd3 Kc5 35. g4 Ra4 36. Rg3 Nd6 37. a3 Ne4 38. Re3 Rc4 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. Rae1 Ra4 41. Ra1 Rc4 42. Rae1 Kd7 43. R1e2 Kc6 44. Re1 Kd6 45. R1e2 Nxc3 46. Re6+ Kc5 47. Re1 Ra4 48. Rxe7 Ne4 49. Rc1+ Kd4 50. Rd1+ Kc5 51. Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

Round 2: Adams (white) versus Anand (black)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Be2 h5 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Qxg4 f6 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. h3 d5 21. Ng3 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. Rab1 b5 26. c4 Rh4 27. f3 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Ke6 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rxb5 Rxa2 32. Rc5 Ra4 33. c4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

Round 3: Anand (white) versus Timman (black)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 Qf8 15. Qc1 Nf5 16. h4 h6 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne7 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Bg3 Re8 22. h5 g5 23. O-O Ne7 24. Be5 Nc6 25. Bh2 Rg7 26. Bg4 Qf6 27. Rae1 Qe7 28. a4 b6 29. Qh3 Nd8 30. Re2 Bxa4 31. f4 Bd7 32. f5 Rf7 33. Rfe1 Rf6 34. Be5 Rxf5 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Bc7 Ne6 37. Qxf5 Qf7 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bd6 a5 40. Rf1+ Kg7 41. Re5 Nf4 42. Rxe8 Bxe8 43. Be5+ Kg8 44. Bxf4 gxf4 45. Rxf4 Kg7 46. g4 a4 47. Kh2 1-0