Ivanchuk on a roll

When Azerbaijan GM Teimour Radjabov held Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk to a draw at the Category 20 M-Tel Masters tournament in Bulgaria on Wednesday, he put an end to an amazing streak that saw Ivanchuk win all five games against an elite field in the first half of the double-round-robin event.

Fine lines

The National Gallery of Art is showing a sumptuous survey of the best works on paper it acquired during a three-year collecting spree. Between 2004 and 2007, the museum amassed 2,626 drawings, prints and illustrated books, compared to 778 photographs, 152 sculptures and 116 paintings.