{"id":6813,"date":"2012-05-30T14:12:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T14:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6813"},"modified":"2012-05-30T14:12:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T14:12:52","slug":"anand-beat-gelfand-wears-world-chess-crown-for-the-fifth-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6813","title":{"rendered":"Anand beats Gelfand to defend his world chess crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6537\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anand-wc.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anand-wc.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anand-wc-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>Moscow: <\/strong>Viswanathan Anand made India proud once again when he defeated Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a rapid-chess tie-breaker to clinch the World Chess Championship title for the fifth time here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Anand sealed his fourth-consecutive world title beating Gelfand 2.5-1.5 in the four-match tie breaker at Moscow&#8217;s State Tretyakov Gallery. <\/p>\n<p>The tournament went into the tie-breakers after Anand and Gelfand drew the 12th game, Monday. They were tied 6-6 after the final round.<\/p>\n<p>Anand will receive $1.5 million, while challenger Gelfand bags $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Anand, 42, has held the undisputed World Chess Champion title since October 2008, when he defeated Russia&#8217;s Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany. He defended his title in 2009 by beating Bulgarian opponent Veselin Topalov 6.5-5.5 in Sofia.<\/p>\n<p>Gelfand, 43, gained the right to be contender for the world title after a win last May against Russia&#8217;s Alexander Grischuk at a contenders&#8217; tournament in Kazan, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Russian billionaire and Gelfand&#8217;s school friend Andrey Filatov paid $7 million from his own pocket to hold the event in one of the halls of the renowned State Tretyakov Gallery.<em> (IANS)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow: Viswanathan Anand made India proud once again when he defeated Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a rapid-chess tie-breaker to clinch the World Chess Championship title for the fifth time here on Wednesday. Anand sealed his fourth-consecutive world title beating Gelfand 2.5-1.5 in the four-match tie breaker at Moscow&#8217;s State Tretyakov Gallery. The tournament went [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[3406,3125,4333],"class_list":["post-6813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","tag-boris-gelfand","tag-viswanathan-anand","tag-world-chess-championship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anand beats Gelfand to defend his world chess crown - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6813\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anand beats Gelfand to defend his world chess crown - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moscow: Viswanathan Anand made India proud once again when he defeated Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a rapid-chess tie-breaker to clinch the World Chess Championship title for the fifth time here on Wednesday. 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