Having regained the numero uno spot in international rankings, world champion Viswanathan Anand will now look to consolidate his position at the top in the London Chess Classic that gets underway here on Tuesday.
With an average ELO rating of 2724 points, the category 20 event will also see Magnus Carlsen of Norway in action along side former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and Hikaru Nakamura of United States.
The other four participants in this tournament are all English headed by Michael Adams, who is currently ranked 22nd in the world and is the highest rated Englishman.
Nigel Short is another accomplished name in the game, who will be in action along with Luke Mcshane and David Howell. The eight participants will play once against each other.
Anand starts as the highest rated player in the event with his two-point advantage over Carlsen.
However, according to unofficial live rankings, Carlsen is in fact ahead of Anand by four points, which makes this event the last one for the world champion to retain his numero uno ranking in the next list, which will be published on January first.
The event is already the third in the busy schedule of Anand after Bilbao Grand Slam and Nanjing super tournament held in October last. Following this, Anand is set to take part in the Tata Steel Chess tournament (formerly Corus) at WIjk Aan Zee in the Netherlands in January and then the Amber blindfold and rapid tournament.
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