Vishy Anand wins Corus on tiebreak

Boris Gelfand made an early mistake with 15...Rb8 and Anand then sacrificed exchange for the long-term initiative. Veselin Topalov drew Peter Leko and waited for the outcome. Anand beat Gelfand in deep endgame and took the trophy thanks to Gata Kamsky and better tiebreak.

Magnus Carlsen is invited to play at Corus Group "A" next year.


Final standings:
1. Viswanathan Anand (IND 2792) 9.0; 2. Veselin Topalov (BUL 2801) 9.0; 3. Michael Adams (ENG 2707) 7.5; 4. Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR 2729) 7.5; 5. Boris Gelfand (ISR 2723) 7.0; 6. Sergey Karjakin (UKR 2660) 7.0; 7. Sergei Tiviakov (NED 2669) 6.5; 8. Peter Leko (HUN 2740) 6.5; 9. Levon Aronian (ARM 2752) 6.5; 10. Loek Van Wely (NED 2647) 6.0; 11. Etienne Bacrot (FRA 2717) 5.5; 12. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE 2709) 4.5; 13. Gata Kamsky (USA 2686) 4.5; 14. Ivan Sokolov (NED 2689) 4.0;


Viswanathan Anand - Boris Gelfand
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Na5 Qd7 14. Rd2 Be7 15. Rhd1 Rb8 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Rxd6 Qxa5 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe7 Rb7 20. Bd6 Nd7 21. Qh4 Qd8 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qh6 Qf6 24. Ne2 Kf7 25. h4 g5 26. hxg5 Qxh6 27. gxh6 Rg8 28. g4 Rg6 29. Rh1 Rb6 30. Ba3 Rf6 31. Rh3 Kg6 32. Kd2 Rf7 33. Ke3 Nf6 34. Nc3 Rd7 35. Rh1 Rc6 36. Na4 Rb7 37. Nc3 Rb8 38. Nd1 Ng8 39. Rh5 Nxh6 40. Rxe5 Nf7 41. Rh5 Rb5 42. Rh1 e5 43. Nc3 Rb7 44. Nd5 Re6 45. Bb4 Kg7 46. Rh2 Ng5 47. Bc3 Kg8 48. Rf2 Rf7 49. Rf1 Re8 50. Ke2 Ref8 51. Bxe5 Nxe4 52. Ke3 Nc5 53. f4 Re8 54. Kd4 Nd7 55. Re1 Re6 56. Re2 Nxe5 57. fxe5 Rg7 58. Nf6+ Kf7 59. Kxc4 Rg5 60. Kd4 Rb6 61. c4 Ke6 62. b3 Rb8 63. Re4 h6 64. Nd5 Rbg8 65. Nf4+ Ke7 66. e6 1-0

Game in progress

Concerned look - Veselin Topalov and his second Ivan Cheparinov