Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand on Wednesday bounced back from his fourth round loss and beat his former world championship challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the fifth round of london Chess Classic, the concluding edition of the Grand Chess Tour.
After suffering a defeat at the hands of Hikaru Nakamura of United States, Anand staged his customary comeback in style, giving an endgame lesson to Topalov who remains bottom.
With four rounds to go, Anish Giri, Vachier-lagrave and Nakamura continued to lead with three points apiece while Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Grischuk, Michael Adams and levon Aronian have all got 2.5 points. Topalov is on one.
In the finale, Anand created a checkmate web around Topalov's king in quick time and the Bulgarian could only watch as he first saw his extra pawn and subsequently the Bishop disappear from the board. The game lasted 74 moves.