Anand wins ninth title in Leon By Arvind Aaron
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand beat the Chinese champion Wei Yi 2.5-1.5 in the best of four Advanced Chess Tournament finals at Leon in Spain on June 13 , 2016 .
Anand took the lead with the white pieces in the first game and drew the last three to win the tournament by the minimal margin . In game one , Anand won pawns on the queen side and reached a winning queen ending that forced his Chinese opponent to give up in 50 moves . In the remaining games , Wei Yi held marginal advantages but was never close to winning any of the three drawn games . Earlier , in the semifinals , Anand slipped from 1.5-0.5 lead to 1.5-1.5 score when he lost to David Anton Guijarro overlooking a tactic on move 41 . However , in the all-decisive fourth game , Anand won a pawn on move 41 and converted that into a win after 68 moves for a place in the finals . Wei Yi also accounted for Jaime Santos Latasa by 2.5-1.5 in the other semis . Rapid events at Leon ( Esp ) and Mainz ( Ger ) have helped Anand ’ s career immensely . Having a flair for quick thinking and a heart for facing knock out competitions , has helped the Indian stay on top in the elite ladder longer than most of his peers .
Ganguly finishes second on tie-break at Edmonton
The 11th edition of the Edmonton International Chess Festival took place at the Edmonton Chess Club between June 17-26 , 2016 . The main event was a ten-player Round Robin tournament . This year ' s event featured the legendary GM Alexei Shirov . Other participants include Indian GMs Surya Shekhar Ganguly and S . P . Sethuraman . Also in the fray were GM Sam Shankland , GM Bator Sambuev , IM Richard Wang , India ' s Bitan Banerjee , Belsar Valencia , FM Ian Findlay and FM Dale Haessel .
Surya Shekhar Ganguly had a blistering start to his tournament when he crossed off his Indian rivals Bitan Banerjee and S . P . Sethuraman quite early to race away to a caruanasque streak — 7.0 / 7 ! One would predict , by looking at the starting list , that the main rivals for each
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