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At Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic 2013, Germany

1st round - 07 February 2013
GM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER,2716) ½-½ GM Daniel Fridman (GER,2667)
GM Michael Adams (ENG,2725) ½-½ GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2780)
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2757) 1-0 GM Georg Meier (GER,2640)

2nd round - 08 February 2013
GM Daniel Fridman (GER,2667) ½-½ GM Georg Meier (GER,2640)
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2780) ½-½ GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2757)
GM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER,2716) 1-0 GM Michael Adams (ENG,2725)

3rd round - 09 February 2013
GM Michael Adams (ENG,2725) ½-½ GM Daniel Fridman (GER,2667)
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2757) 1-0 GM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER,2716)
GM Georg Meier (GER,2640) ½-½ GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2780)

4th round - 10 February 2013
GM Daniel Fridman (GER,2667) ½-½ GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2780)
GM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER,2716) 1-0 GM Georg Meier (GER,2640)
GM Michael Adams (ENG,2725) ½-½ GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2757)

5th round - 11 February 2013
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2757) ½-½ GM Daniel Fridman (GER,2667)
GM Georg Meier (GER,2640) ½-½ GM Michael Adams (ENG,2725)
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2780) 1-0 GM Arkadij Naiditsch (GER,2716)

After four continuous draw Anand managed to win his 5th game against Naiditsch ... In this game Anand played complex Ruy Lopez and in perfect game he won after 38 moves ... So at half stage of the tournament Anand is on 2nd position with 3 points and ½ point behind leader Fabiano Caruana.