World champion Viswanathan Anand coasted to his third victory with the black pieces and jumped into sole lead by defeating Peter Leko of Hungary in the fifth round of the Morelia-Linares chess tournament here. It was a display of immaculate technique that paved the way for Anand to reach the top of the table.
The Indian ace is yet to win a game with white here but with the inferior colour in the game standing behind him firmly, the defending champion looks set to roll for another title victory here.
Results (Round 5): Peter Leko (Hun, 2) lt to V Anand (Ind, 3.5); Veselin Topalov (Bul, 2.5) lt to Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 2.5); Levon Aronian (Arm, 3) drew Alexei Shirov (Esp, 2.5); Teiour Radjabov (Aze, 2) drew Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 2).