Viswanathan Anand had to be content with a shared second place after he settled for a quick draw in the tenth and final round of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess championship, which was won by Grandmaster Viktor Bologan of Moldova in Dortmund, Germany on Sunday.

Bologan held Braingames champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia to a draw for his maiden title in a Super Category event.

Bologan, who qualified for this meet being the winner of the last Aeroflot Open Championship at Moscow, came up with an excellent performance in the first half that yielded him as many as four points in the first five games.

Thereafter, a fifty per cent score in the second half, including his only loss against Anand, was enough for the Moldovan to romp home victorious.

Bologan ended up with an impressive tally of 6.5 points while both Kramnik and Anand scored 5.5 points each. The fourth place went to Grandmaster Teimour Radjabov of

Azerbaijan on 5 points while Hungarian GM Peter Leko and German hope Arkadi Naiditsch finished fifth and sixth respectively tallying 4 and 3.5 points respectively.

Today Anand did not try hard against Grandmaster Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan who had earlier beaten him in the second round of the tournament. Playing black this time, Anand faced the queen pawn opening and employed the Bogo Indian defence.

The opening choice proved correct as Radjabov did not get any advantage and following exchange of three minor pieces by the 13th move itself, the draw was agreed to.

 "I just played sensible chess, and nothing rash," Anand said about his performance. "Overall I am happy about the event, starting with minus two, then winning three in a row, and finishing plus one."

Radjabov said that he was surprised at Anand's choice of the Bogo Indian and that draw was anyway in the air today.

Bologan had to work hard as Kramnik wanted to catch up with him. Though the Moldovan was playing black, his confidence was quite high as his body language suggested.

Kramnik opted for the Capablanca variation against the Nimzo Indian but did not muster any advantage despite going for opposite side castling. Bologan maintained a pleasant position right till the end of the game and after 37 moves Kramnik proposed the draw.

Terming this performance as his career best, Bologan said, "Finishing ahead of Kramnik, Vishy (Anand) and Leko, the number 2, 3 and 4 in the world is a high feeling."

About his general performance in the tournament, the champion said, "I had a good start and I capitalised on it. While my main rivals were not in best of their form, Vishy came back in the second half, but my lead was sufficient."

Leko tried to break his winless performance but Naiditsch remained solid enough to snatch another half point from the stalwart.

Final standings: 1. Bologan 6.5; 2. Kramnik and Anand  5.5; 4. Radjabov 5; 5. Leko 4; 6. Naiditsch 3.5.