After a debacle against Russian Alexander Morozevich, Viswanathan Anand came back strongly to beat Judit Polgar of Hungary in the eighth round of the World Chess Championship.The Indian ace came back on a plus score after the victory and moved to sole third position on 4.5 points with six rounds still remaining in the million dollar championship.However not much change at the top as Bulgarian Veselin Topalov maintained his two points lead over nearest rival Peter Svidler of Russia after taking an easy draw with fourth placed Peter Leko of Hungary.As things stand, Topalov with seven points in his kitty is still way ahead in the 8-players double round robin contest and Svidler is a distant second with 5 points.Anand is followed by Leko on 4 points while defending champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov (3 pts) is next in line and is now without any chance of retaining the crown he won last year at Tripoli in Libya. (PTI)
