Anand seeks third straight title at Leon
Posted at Friday, 06 July 2007 16:07 IST
Leon (Spain), July 6: Viswanathan Anand, seeking his third consecutive and overall seventh title here, will start as the favourite at the Leon Chess tournament to be played among an elite field of all former World Champions from tomorrow.
Anand, who has once claimed hat-trick by winning in 1999, 2000 and 2001, would be keen to prove his supremacy over other former world champions Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine and Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan ahead of the upcoming World Championships.
The Indian world number one player also the won here in 1996 and would be contesting for his seventh title in the prestigious event.
The three-day event will be held in knock-out format involving just four participants. The event will start off with the semi-final matches, comprising four games each. The final will also be a four-game match.
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Go Anand! He’ll win it again!