India, Oct. 13 -- 30 years after beating Viswanathan Anand in the 1995 World Chess C'ship in New York, Garry Kasparov reigned supreme once again in an exhibition event (Clutch Chess: The Legends) at St Louis. The arch-rivals faced each other in 12 rapid and blitz games over three days in the freestyle format. The Russian GM came out on top, sealing a 13-11 victory.

The event was played under a cascading points system. On Day 1, wins got one point, day 2 had two and day 3 gave three. Kasparov completed a convincing victory, with two games left and Anand won those remaining fixtures.

Speaking after his win to St Louis Chess Club's YouTube channel, Kasparov brutally claimed that the ghosts of the past visited' Anand during their face-off....