Viswanathan Anand Beat Veselin Topalov

Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand beat Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the fifth round of London Chess Classic.

After suffering a defeat at the hands of Hikaru Nakamura of United States, Anand staged his comeback in style, giving an endgame lesson to Topalov.

current affairsResults round 5: V Anand (Ind, 2.5) beat Veselin Topalov (Bul, 1); Levon Aronian (Arm, 2.5) drew with Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 2.5); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 3) drew with Anish Giri (Ned, 3); Michael Adams (Eng, 2.5) drew with Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 3); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 2.5) drew with Alexander Grischuk (Rus, 2.5).