MUMBAI, JANUARY 30: Russian Garry Kasparov won the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, on Sunday. Kasparov, playing white, defeated the world's top-ranked player Judit Polgar (Hungary) in 44 moves the 13th and final round to finish the tournament with 9.5 points, according to information available here.His closest challengers, compatriot Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko (Hungary) drew their final round ties against Loek Van Wely and Michael Adams respectively to remain joint second with 8 points.India's Viswanathan Anand also signed off in style, defeating Smpat Lputian (Armenia) with white pieces in 61 moves to catch up with Kramnik and Leko in second place. Alexander Morozevich of Russia scored a fluent win over Predrag Nikolic to finish fifth.On Saturday, Anand had agreed to a snappy 17-move draw with Jeroen Piket of Netherlands. The match lasted only 21 minutes. Later it was realised that Anand and Piket were both suffering from flu. ``Jeroen could hardlysee the pieces and I'm not exactly in the pink either,'' Anand reportedly said.Final placing: 1 G Kasparov (Rus) 9.5; 2-4 V Kramnik (Rus), P Leko (Hun), V Anand (Ind) 8; 5 A Morozevich (Rus) 7.5; 6 M Adams (Eng) 7; 7-8 Jan Timman (Ned), J Piket (Ned) 6.5; 9 P Nikolic (Bos) 6; 10 N Short (Eng) 5.5; 11-12 J Polgar (Hun), V Korchnoi (Swiss) 5; 13 L Sputian (Arm) 4.5 14 L Van Wely (Ned) 4.Results (13th round): Kasparov bt Polgar; Van Wely drew Kramnik; Adams drew Leko; Anand bt Lputian; Morozevich bt Nikolic; Short drew Timman; Korchnoi 1 bt Piket 0.Anand vs Lputian (Round 13)1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7 Qxc7 10. Nf3 a6 11. a4 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qe1 Qb6 15. Rb1 Nce7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne3 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. h3 Nf5 20. Re2 h5 21. Qf2 Ra4 22. Re1 g6 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Nxd4 O-O 25. c3 Rc8 26. Be3 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Be6 28. Kh2 Ra3 29. Rc1 Rc4 30. Rc2 Kh7 31. Rf3 Qc7 32. Qh4 Qd7 33. Rg3 Ra8 34. Qf6 Re8 35. Ra2 Qe7 36.Qxe7 Rxe7 37. b6 Re8 38. h4 Kg7 39. Ra7 Rb8 40. Kg1 Bd7 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. Kd2 Rcc8 44. Re3 Ke7 45. Re1 Bc6 46. Rea1 Bd7 47. R1a5 Be6 48. g3 Kd8 49. Kc2 Ke7 50. Kb2 Kd8 51. Rb5 Rc4 52. Raa5 Rbc8 53. Rb3 Rb8 54. Rb4 Rcc8 55. Rbb5 Ke7 56. Rc5 Kd7 57. Rxc8 Rxc8 58. Ra7 Rb8 59. Kb3 Kd8 60. Kb4 Kd7 61. Ra5 1-0.
