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Tuesday 20 January 1998 00:02 GMT

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Vladimir Kramnik has raced into the lead in the very strong Wijk aan Zee tournament in the Netherlands, winning his first three games. Scores: Kramnik 3; Anand 21/2; Gelfand and Topalov 2; Adams, Karpov, Polgar, Timman and Nijboer 11/2; Shirov, Salov and van der Sterren 1; Piket and van Wely 1/2.

Michael Adams beat van der Sterren in the first round, then held Karpov to a draw with Black, but was beaten by Kramnik in round three. Karpov, who retained his world title this month, has had three draws.

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