WIJK AAN ZEE, January 19: DESPITE the fiercest winter storm to hit Europe in many decades, Teimour Radjabov continued his hot streak with a fourth win in five games in Corus Chess Grandmasters tournament and coming in tied second a point behind him is five-time champion Viswanathan Anand.

As Radjabov capitalized on a mistake from David Navarra for a win that took his tally to 4.5 points, Anand beat an unlucky Peter Svidler and moved into joint second place with 3.5 points. Sharing the second place with Anand is Veselin Topalov.

In group C fifth round matches, Parimarjan Negi drew with the top seed Michael Krasenkow and is now in tied third place with four others including Krasenkow. In the fourth round, Negi was stunned by lower rated Nadzheda Kosintseva.

Anand, the only five-time champion in Corus Chess history, has used the rest day well to start off with a win that could put him on road to another title win. The Anand-Svidler match was among the earliest to finish and it was not a draw. In a Ruy Lopez closed, Svidler was slightly worse off, but he could have worked for a draw. Instead he overlooked a pawn trick and found himself two pawns and resigned on the 21st move.

Svidler erred a bit as early as 19th move and Anand moved in. And then when Svidler fell for a trick, Anand was romping home to a quick win.

Radjabov continued his winning run, but this time he was also aided by Navarra’s mistakes. Navarra started a misjudged tactical operation which ultimately cost him the game.

In the sixth round, Anand has black against Kramnik and then has rounds against leader Radjabov and Topalov coming up. But Anand has often picked up crucial points in second stage against stronger opponents.

In Group C, Parimarjan Negi, the fourth seed, has logged three points. In fifth round he drew his match with Krasenkow.

Many of the officials who travel to Wijk on a daily basis were stuck as the train and plane services and even some buses were cancelled. With winds in excess of 100 miles an hour, the commentary sessions were cancelled and there was some delay in play, too.

Results: Round 5: Anand beat Svidler; Aronian drew with Carlsen; Karjakin drew with Motylev; Ponomariov drew with Kramnik; Navara lost to Radjabov; Tiviakov drew with Topalov; Shirov lost to Van Wely

Standings after Round 5: 1. Radjabov 4.5; 2. Anand and Topalov 3.5; 4. Aronian, Kramnik 3.0; 6. Karjakin, Ponomariov, Navara and Svidler 2.5; 10. Motylev, Van Wely 2.0; 12. Tiviakov and Carlsen 1.5; 14. Shirov 0.5;

Pairings for Group A in Round 6: A. Motylev - M. Carlsen; P. Svidler - L. Aronian; V. Kramnik - V. Anand; T. Radjabov - R. Ponomariov; V. Topalov - D. Navara; L. van Wely - S. Tiviakov; S. Karjakin - A. Shirov

Leading scores in Group C: 1. Ian Nepomniachtchi (4.5); 2. Emmanuel Berg (3.5); 3. Parimarjan Negi, Michael Krasenkow, M. Bosboom and Hou Yifan (3 each).