Vishwanathan Anand finishes moment in Croatia Grand Chess Excursion

Former international champion Viswanathan Anand completed moment within the Croatia Grand Chess Excursion right here on Sunday with an outstanding efficiency, accentuated by means of his two victories over long-time rival Garry Kasparov.

Anand, who had crushed Kasparov at the first day of the Blitz on Saturday, got here up with a very good efficiency once more to defeat the Russian legend within the 13th spherical on Sunday.

Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (22 issues) sealed the identify with a spherical to spare, due to a victory over a misfiring Kasparov within the 17th spherical.

Indian ace Anand took a snappy attract his 18th spherical recreation towards Alexander Grischuk to complete with 21 issues and a transparent moment forward of the top-seed Ian Nepomniachtchi.

Within the penultimate spherical, he drew towards Shakriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan. He would obtain USD 25,000 as prize cash for his second-place end.

Enjoying with black items, Anand were given the easier of the mythical Russian in 25 strikes in a Nimzo-Indian defence recreation.

The victory got here for the Indian maestro after 3 directly attracts in rounds 10, 11 and 12 towards Anish Giri (the Netherlands), Jan-Kryzstof Duda (Poland) and Vachier-Lagrave respectively.

He adopted it up with a very good win over Russian Nepomniachtchi, the top-seed within the 14th spherical.

Proceeding the nice run, Anand then defeated Anton Korobov (Ukraine) and Jordan Van Foreest (the Netherlands) and shared honours with Shakriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan).

At the first day of the Blitz on Saturday, the Indian ace had recorded 4 wins, drawn 3 fits and suffered two defeats.

The previous international champion had ended up 7th after the Speedy segment, with 9 issues. He had posted two wins and drawn 5 and misplaced two fits.