Viswanathan Anand gave nothing away and played out a keenly contested draw with reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the fourth round of Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess tour. Playing his second white in the event, Anand tried the Rossolimo variation to counter Carlsen's Sicilian defense, an opening that the Norwegian chose second time against Anand in the current year.

The game took a complicated turn in the middle game when Carlsen sacrificed a pawn to open up the position on both flanks and it was up to Anand to fight for an advantage thereon. As it happened in the game, Anand neutralised black's initiative post the pawn sacrifice and parted with the pawn back to reach a level endgame once again in the event. The queen's got traded on move 33, and by move 54 none had any piece left on the board to call it a fight.