Viswanathan Anand defeated Shakriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the Armageddon after the two-game mini-match ended in a draw for his first victory in the Rapid event of the 7th Vugar Gashimov Memorial chess event here on Monday.

Earlier in the day, Anand had lost 0.5-1.5 to Sergey Karjakin in the fifth round. In the match against Mamedyarov, the Indian GM had drawn both the games before winning the Armegeddon in 31 moves. Players play the Armageddon style (single game where result is certainty) in case the two-game mini-match ends in a draw.