Anand pockets the Title at Linares and also the FIDE World No. 1 Ranking!

LINARES, March 11:

GM Viswanathan Anand capped a wonderful fortnight with not just the title at he Morelia-Linares Super Grandmasters chess tournament but also ensured that he would be World NO. 1 in the list of ratings to be released in April. It marked the first time in a decade that Anand, who has been in world’s top-3 for last 15 years that he will officially be rated as No. 1 in the world. He did win the Wrld Championships in 2000 but then Garry Kasparov was No.1 in the world.

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Final Round 14 Standings:
1. Anand, Viswanathan IND 2779 8.5;
2. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2690 7.5;
3. Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2741 7.5;
4. Aronian, Levon ARM 2744 7.0;
5. Svidler, Peter RUS 2728 7.0;
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2750 6.5;
7. Topalov, Veselin BUL 2783 6.0;
8. Leko, Peter HUN 2749 6.0;


Heres one of his games.
Brilliant!
"Closing the Door After the Horse has Bolted"

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[ECO "C96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 cxb4
15. cxb4 Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8
Bxc8 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Rc1 Na8 23. Qd2 Qb8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Rc8 26. Rf1
h6 27. Ne6 Kh7 28. f4 Qa7+ 29. Kh2 Be8 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 f6 32. Re1 Nc7
33. Rc1 Bd7 34. Rc3 e4 35. Rg3 Nxe6 36. dxe6 Be8 37. e7 Bh5 38. Qxd6 1-0

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