Anand is World Champion again

Viswanathan Anand from India defended his world chess champion title in an emphatic manner with three wins and a loss against Challenger Vladimir Kramnik of Russia.

The World Chess Championship 2008 was played at Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn.  It consisted of twelve games, played under classic time controls.

Viswanathan Anand (India) defended his title with the score of 6.5 to 4.5 points.  Anand has won game number 3 and 5 with Black and game number 6 with White.  Kramnik won a single game, game number 10 with White.  Seven games were drawn.  Anand got the draw he needed to retain his title in game number 11, where he opened with e4 for the first time in the match and Kramnik chose to play Sicilian Najdorf which he very rarely played in tournament level.  After Anand forced exchange of Queens on 22nd move, the game was as good as drawn.  After playing 24…Be3 Kramnik offered a draw which Anand accepted to retain his World Champion title.

All the decisive games of the World Chess Championship match and the drawn last game are given below:

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