<p>Former world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated long-time rival Garry Kasparov for the second consecutive time, in the 13th round of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour's Blitz event here on Sunday.</p>.<p>He had beaten Kasparov on the first day too.</p>.<p>The victory came for the Indian maestro after three straight draws in rounds 10, 11 and 12 against Anish Giri (the Netherlands), Jan-Kryzstof Duda (Poland) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) respectively.</p>.<p>He followed it up with a superb win over Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, the top-seed in the 14th round to be joint third in the standings with Giri on 18 points.</p>.<p>Playing black, Anand got the better of Kasparov in 25 moves in a Nimzo-Indian defence game.</p>.<p>On the first day of the Blitz on Saturday, the Indian ace had recorded four wins, drawn three matches and suffered two defeats.</p>.<p>The former world champion had ended up seventh after the Rapid section, with nine points. He had posted two wins and drawn five and lost two matches.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Frenchman Vachier-Lagrave jumped to the top of the standings after 14 rounds with 19.5 points followed by Nepomniachtchi (18.5 points). </p>
<p>Former world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated long-time rival Garry Kasparov for the second consecutive time, in the 13th round of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour's Blitz event here on Sunday.</p>.<p>He had beaten Kasparov on the first day too.</p>.<p>The victory came for the Indian maestro after three straight draws in rounds 10, 11 and 12 against Anish Giri (the Netherlands), Jan-Kryzstof Duda (Poland) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) respectively.</p>.<p>He followed it up with a superb win over Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, the top-seed in the 14th round to be joint third in the standings with Giri on 18 points.</p>.<p>Playing black, Anand got the better of Kasparov in 25 moves in a Nimzo-Indian defence game.</p>.<p>On the first day of the Blitz on Saturday, the Indian ace had recorded four wins, drawn three matches and suffered two defeats.</p>.<p>The former world champion had ended up seventh after the Rapid section, with nine points. He had posted two wins and drawn five and lost two matches.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Frenchman Vachier-Lagrave jumped to the top of the standings after 14 rounds with 19.5 points followed by Nepomniachtchi (18.5 points). </p>