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| February 7, 2006 | Home | Sports | Gallery |
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Anand conquers Corus again!Roll mouse over thumbnails for the bigger image.
 
Viswanathan Anand again proved his superiority in the Corus chess championship, winning his fifth title in Wijk Aan Zee, the Netherlands. The Indian ace won the tournament on superior tie-break, finishing ahead of world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria after a splendid victory over Boris Gelfand of Israel in the 13th and final round.
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With the victory, Anand surpassed three four-time champions, Max Euwe of Holland , who won the title in 1940, 1942, 1952 and 1958; Hungary's Lajos Portisch, who was a winner here in 1965, 1972, 1975 and 1978; and Switzerland's Victor Korchnoi, who annexed the crown in 1968, 1971, 1984 and 1987.
Anand also had another reason to celebrate as he crossed the magical 2800 Elo barrier for the first time in his career. After Russians Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Topalov, he is the fourth player in the history of the game to achieve this peak.
A look at some images from the tournament: Photographs: Carla Amse, Corus & www.chessbase.com |
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