Viswanathan Anand wins World Chess Championship - 2012
Viswanathan Anand crowned World Chess Champion for 5th time.
Viswanathan Anand of India clinched the World Chess Championship title for the fifth time here Wednesday defeating Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a rapid-chess tie-breaker.
Anand sealed his fourth-consecutive world title beating Gelfand 2.5-1.5 in the four-match tie breaker at Moscow's State Tretyakov Gallery. The tournament went into the tie-breakers after Viswanathan Anand and Gelfand drew the 12th game Monday. They were tied 6-6 after the final round.
This is Viswanathan Anand's fifth crown and fourth in a row and he a prize money of approximately $1.4 million as prize money. Viswanathan Anand has been the world champion since 2007.
Anand, world champion since 2007, won the junior title in 1989 and became India's first Grand Master at the age of 16.
Anand became the first Asian to win the FIDE world chess championship after defeating Spain's Alexei Shirov in Tehran in 2000. His title win on Wednesday was his fourth in a row -- he also won in 2007, 2008 and 2010.
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