Viswanathan Anand held Sergey Karjakin of Russia as all battles ended with honours even in the 10th and penultimate round of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour here on Saturday.
Anand now has eight draws and two defeats in 10 rounds of the competition. He is in 11th place with four points in the 12-player tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster will face bottom-placed Hikaru Nakamura of USA, who has 3.5 points, in the final round.
World Champion Magnus Carlsen is the tournament leader with 7 points and Wesley So, with 6.5 points, is the only player who can beat the Norwegian to the 2019 Grand Chess Tour title.
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