London, Dec 12: World Champion Viswanathan Anand’s hopes of catching up with his rivals have almost ended after he played out a draw with Levon Aronian of Armenia at the end of the seventh round of London Chess Classic here.
The world sports champion Viswanathan Anand had a lonely victory against Nigel Short of England, other than a loss against Hikaru Nakamura of United States.
In the open section, national champion Abhijeet Gupta scored a devastating victory over Gawain Jones of England to jump into sole lead with seven points out of a possible eight.
