World Cup champion Anand outplayed Russian champion Peter Svidler in the blitz tie-break to make the summit clash in the World Rapid Chess Championship.
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He now has only one point from two draws. Moldovan Viktor Bologan leads the table with a fantastic score of 3.5 points.
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Top seeded Anand survived a few anxious moments before settling for a draw in the third round of the World Chess championship.
The Indian ace underlined his superiority in the game once more as he outplayed Veselin Topalov 3-1 in the final.
In a repeat of last year's final, Viswanathan Anand will take on Veselin Topalov in the Title match of the Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess Tournament after the Bulgarian Grandmaster defeated Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the semi-finals in Leon, Spain.
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The Indian ace won the rapid competition, but finished third overall in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament.
The Indian ace has 4.5 points with six rounds remaining in the World chess championship. Vaselin Topalova, with seven points, leads the field.
The Indian ace rallied from a game down to beat FIDE champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
The Indian ace scored a thumping 3-1 victory in the second semi-final of the 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon chess tournament.
The Indian ace has a three-point lead over his nearest rivals after beating Loek Van Wely in the ninth round.
The Indian ace held Frenchman Joel Lautier in the fifth round of the World Rapid Chess Championship.
Anand's loss almost put him out of the race for first place as Leko replaced him as the joint leader alongwith Vladimir Kramnik.
The victory placed the Indian World Cup champions in the joint lead with Alexei Shirov and Judith Polgar in the Corus chess tournament.
The World Cup champion drew with Dutch GM Loek Van Wely to share the top place with Evgeny Bareev, Anatoly Karpov and Judit Polgar after the third round in the 65th Corus chess tournament.
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