Anand records first victory

Viswanathan Anand finally scored his first victory as completely off-form Russian Alexander Morozevich proved no match for the Indian in the fifth round of the Corus chess tournament here.

Anand, four times winner here, eventually got the break he was looking for and now much can be expected from the Indian ace as he edged back to 50 per cent score after five rounds.

Playing black after a 8216;rest day8217;, Anand faced the Torre attack by Morozevich and got the dynamic balance he was looking for without much ado in the early middle game.

Signaling his intentions of a bloody battle anand later castled on the queen side to invite Morozevich8217;s attack and the later did not quite handle it properly after a rather flashy but apparently unsound piece sacrifice on the 16th move. Master of defence that he is, Anand quickly regrouped his forces to stop Morozevich8217;s onslaught and later won another piece to turn the decisively in his favour.