Morelia (Mexico): World champion Viswanathan Anand coasted to his third victory with black and jumped into sole lead by defeating Peter Leko of Hungary in the fifth round of the Morelia-Linares chess tournament here.

Norwegian Magnus Carlsen shocked former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. In other games of the day, Levon Aronian of Armenia played out an uneventful draw with Alexei Shirov of Spain while Vassily Ivachuk of Ukraine signed peace with Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan.

With nine rounds still remaining in the tournament, Anand is now in sole lead with 3.5 points and following a half point behind is Aronian. (PTI)