Chess: Vishwanathan Anand set to be sole #1 in FIDE world rankings

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Chess: Vishwanathan Anand set to be sole #1 in FIDE world rankings

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India's Vishwanathan Anand won an emphatic victory in the prestigious Linares tournament last week. This is a Category-20 tournament that involved all the world's best chess players, including current world #1 (and world champion) Veselin Topalov -- but this year was played in two parts, in Mexico as well as Spain. At the end of the gruelling tournament, Vishy Anand emerged a clear victor -- a full point (ie, one full victory) ahead of the rest of the field. With Topalov finishing at the bottom of the table for the tournament, Anand's FIDE rating will be at least 10 points higher than Topalov when the next ratings are released in April 2007, making him the world's highest-rated chess grandmaster. Although Anand was joint #1 with Topalev for several months in 2005, this is the first time he will be in sole possession of the world #1 ranking.index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=13
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