DORTMUND, June 25: Viswanathan Anand played a second straight draw at the Dortmund Super Grandmasters Chess tournament as he was held to a draw by Hungarian Grandmaster Peter Leko. Anand now has one point from two games in the Super GM event with eight players in the fray.

Vladimir Kramnik shot into the lead by defeating Israel's Boris Gelfand in a positional game in second round. He shares the lead with Russian Grandmaster Evgeny Alekseev who stunned Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the second round.

Against the NIIT Brand Ambassador Anand, Hungaarian Leko played the Marshall Attack against the Spanish opening. He put his forces against Anand's king by sacrificing a pawn. Anand was well prepared and reduced the attack by trading pieces. In the minor piece endame Anand enjoyed a pawn advantage but Leko had the bishop pair. The two agreed to a draw in 29 moves.

The game between German Grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch and Norwegian prodigy GM Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw after a tense struggle.

Kramnik played a superb positional game to beat Boris Gelfand in a long game.

In the third round Anand will play with black pieces against Boris Gelfand. In the other games, Mamedyarov meets Kramnik, Carlsen clashes with Alekseev and Leko meets Naiditsch.

Results Round 2: Alekseev beat Mamedyarov; Kramnik beat Gelfand; Anand drew with Leko; Naiditsch drew with Carlsen

Round 2 Standings: 1. Alekseev and Kramnik 1.5; 3. Anand, Leko, Carlsen and Mamedyarov 1.0; 7. Gelfand and Naiditsch 0.5

Anand's Round 2 game:

Anand v Leko

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. Qf1 Re7 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Bf8 25. Qe4 f6 26. Qxd5+ cxd5 27. Bc7 Kf7 28. Bb6 Bd6 29. Bc5 1/2-1/2