This was his battle with Eve and he knew the importance of, if not winning, at least achieving a draw.

Ashford did the hard work, achieving a 1-1 draw on the south coast but lost 0-1 at home in the replay.

For starters, the American team failed to achieve even a draw in three games before its unceremonious departure.

At the tactical level, it can be argued that the Union forces achieved a draw.

Carlsen achieved a draw in their first game and lost the second one, and was thus knocked out of the tournament.

Last week, talking about the machine's capabilities, he said that he would be more than happy if it achieved a draw in one of the games.

You don't want to let him achieve a draw with you.

But Kamsky fought his way out of an inferior position and, after seven hours of play, achieved a draw.

He achieved a technical draw with the man who then became President of Ecuador.

The squad won its first game at the highest level and also achieved a draw against River Plate.