WATCH: Garry Kasparov defeats Viswanathan Anand 13-11 to win Clutch Chess: The Legends 2025 title

Garry Kasparov

, one of the greatest chess players of all-time, who hails from Russia, defeated his Indian counterpart Viswanathan Anand 13-11 to win the Clutch Chess: The Legends 2025 title at the Saint Louis Chess Club. The 12-game Rapid and Blitz Chess960 match ended in a favour of Kasparov exactly 30 years to the day he had defeated Anand in the World Chess Championship match in 1995 in New York City.

On the third and final day of the Clutch Chess: The Legends tie in Saint Louis, Garry Kasparov held a five-point lead over Viswanathan Anand before managing to win the championship with two games to spare, taking an impressive victory in the Game 10 with the white pieces. Although Anand lost the coveted title in a tough fashion, he managed to win his

first two games of the tie in Blitz after not managing it on the first couple of days.

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Viswanathan Anand unintentionally flagged himself in Rapid game on day two of Clutch Chess: The Legends tie

One of the biggest talking points of the Clutch Chess: The Legends tie was from the second day when Viswanathan Anand lost the first Rapid game on time despite being in a winning position. The Indian Grandmaster seemingly forgot about the clock before flagging himself, which Garry Kasparov immediately noticed and told his counterpart before reacting in disbelief as to what transpired in front of him.

After the conclusion of the games on day two of the Clutch Chess: The Legends tie, Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Anastasiya Karlovich asked Garry Kasparov about why he said sorry to Viswanathan Anand after the flagging incident, which she had noticed on the live stream. In response, the Russian said, as per Indian Express, “I said I’m sorry because that’s not (to win from losing position on time). It’s a lost position and I deserved to be punished.”

Viswanathan Anand said the following about the aforementioned loss, “I saw at one point I had 1 minute 26 seconds and then I don’t know I should have looked at the clock again. I just completely forgot and I was so absorbed in this.”