Baden-Baden (Germany):  India’s Viswanathan Anand came up with a fantastic performance to beat German Grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch in the fifth round of Grenke Chess Classic here that put him at clear second position in the tournament.
 
Anand was at his best in the middle of the game and outdid Naiditsch for his first victory and now has three points out of a possible five that puts him behind Italian Fabiano Caruana who settled or a draw against Daniel Fridman of Germany. Meanwhile, English Michael Adams had a close shave before he could restore parity with lowest ranked local hopeful Georg Meier.
 
With five rounds still to come in the category-19 super tournament between six playesr, Caruana stays ahead of the field on 3.5 points and he is followed by Anand a half point behind. Naiditsch and Fridman are joint third on 2.5 points apiece while Adams is fifth on two points. Meier with 1.5 points is at the bottom of the tables.
 
In the FIDE open being held simultaneously with the main event, Indian Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi remained in joint lead on four points from five rounds. In the fifth round Negi was held to a draw by Aleksandr Karpatchev of Russia. Negi shares the lead with four others.
 
Results round 5: V Anand (Ind, 3) beat Arkadij Naiditsch (Ger, 2.5); Fabiano Caruana (Ita, 3.5) drew with Daniel Fridman (Ger, 2.5); Georg Meier (Ger, 1.5) drew with Michael Adams (Eng,2).