World champion Viswanathan Anand split the point with leader Vladimir Kramnik of Russia to remain second after the end of the fifth and penultimate round of Bilbao Final Masters chess tournament here on Friday.
The draw took Kramnik near the title as he retained his two points lead over the Indian ace with just one round remaining in this category-22 double round robin tournament between four players.
The Russian moved to an impressive nine points aided by two wins and three draws thus far while Anand took his tally to seven, with four draws and a sole win that came against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the second round.
Carlsen, meanwhile, sna-tched the third place from Shirov after a hard-fought victory against the latter.