Title in sight for Anand

Viswanathan Anand appears set to win his first title on Linares soil in nearly ten years as the Morelia-Linares Chess tournament draws to a close here. With just two rounds remaining in the category-20 super tournament, Anand is sitting pretty on a half point lead with his next opponents in a dejected Peter Leko and a fading Vassily Ivanchuk.

The Indian, who last won here in 1998, has 7.5 points from 12 games so far and a good margin victory might even see Anand becoming the world number one for the first time ever on the FIDE ratings charts after current number one, Veselin Topalov by and large struggled here.