New Delhi: History repeated itself after three decades as Gary Kasparov beat Viswanathan Anand in the 10th game of the Clutch Chess Legends to win the match with two games to spare. Both the legends of the game met way back in 1995, October 10 where Anand took a draw in the 18th match to concede the 20-games Classical World Championship match against Kasparov 7.5-10.5 on the 107th floor of the World Trade Centre in New York.

The last two games under blitz time control were played and Indian GM Anand pulled back two wins, though a little late in the day. The scoreline eventually read 13-11 in favour of Kasparov who won USD 78,000 while Anand took home USD 66,000 in the USD 1,44,000 contest.

While Kasparov was leading the match by five points but he somewhere knew that the Indian chess le

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