Viswanathan Anand on Wednesday (30.5.2012) beat Israel's Boris Gelfand in tie breaker to retain world title for the fifth time. Anand clinched the tie-breaker 2.5-1.5. The popular 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. Read more
