Vishy Checkmates for the Fifth Time

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SPORTS \\ Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beat challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in a nail-biting tie-breaker to win the World Chess Championships for the fifth time since 2007. Anand won the second game, and drew the other three, to win the title at the State Tretyakov Gallery. The finale ended 2.5-1.5 in Anand’s favour after a 6-6 deadlock in 12 games. This victory means that Anand will keep his crown till 2014, when the next World Championship will be held. “The match was so even that I had no sense of what shape the tiebreak would take. Right now the only feeling to have is relief. I am too tense to be happy, I am relieved,” Anand said in the post-match conference. The King had won his first world title in 2000 before winning three in a row in 2007, 2008 and 2010. Anand will get (approx) $1.4 million, 55 per cent of the total prize fund of $2.55 million, while Gelfand will get the remaining amount.

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