New Delhi: Making it a grand French double, India's Viswanathan Anand today (November 4) won the Corsica Open Rapid title at Bastia, France.

In a tense final, Anand defeated Bulgarian Grandmaster Veselin Topalov by a 4-2 margin, according to information reaching.

Anand drew the four rapid games and defeated the Bulgarian in both the blitz games to clinch the title.

For Anand, this victory is a four-in-a-row in Bastia and he takes the winner's cheque of Euros 20,000. Topalov settles for the runner-up spot, which carries the prize money of Euros 12,000.

On way to the title, Anand defeated GMs Miso Cebalo, Joel Lautier and Alexander Grischuk - all by margins of 1.5-0.5 - before conquering Topalov in the final.

Anand had last week claimed the World Rapid Chess Title at Cap D'Agde, France, where he defeated world No 2 Vladimir Kramnik.

His other wins this year include titles at Wijk Aan Zee, Melody Amber in France and Chess Classic Mainz in Germany.

PTI