Draw in game seven: Anand leads by 5:2  

The seventh game of the World Chess Championship between World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) ended in a draw after 36 moves. After he had lost two games in a row, Kramnik today got a half point, and Anand now leads by 5:2.  The Championship will continue tomorrow, Friday, with game 8 (3 p.m.). German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück, who is the patron of the event, will make the opening move.

Grandmaster Amador Rodriguez analyses game seven here.      

Handshake at the beginning of game seven. Left: Chief Arbiter Panagiotis Nikolopoulos.  

All photos by: Torsten Behl.