Former world champion Viswanathan Anand has jumped to joint second spot in the Norway Chess tournament, which is a part of the Grand Chess tour. At Stavanger today, Anand scored a thumping victory over French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the sixth round. Anand has now taken his tally to 4 points out of a possible six. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria strengthened his lead at the top with another victory at the expense of Alexander Grischuk of Russia. The Bulgarian took his overall tally to Five and Half points with his fifth win in the strongest tournament of the year. The other games of the sixth round ended in draws.