Nanjing R07: Topalov wins, Anand pulls off Houdini escape

What an exciting day! Gashimov and Wang Yue played out 67 moves all the way down to bare kings; Etienne Bacrot, playing with the black pieces, became too optimistic against Topalov, blundered and lost; and Magnus Carlsen out manoeuvred Anand to reach a winning position, only to spoil it to a draw just moves before the end
From: Chessbase.com site
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