Undisputed Champion

Viswanathan Anand retained the world title with a 24 move draw against Russian Vladimir Kramnik in the penultimate game of the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn on Wednesday. The Indian, playing with white pieces, took an unbeatable 6.5-4.5 lead to retain the title.

The game opened in a Sicilian Najdorf as Anand was expected to go for a draw. Kramnik was looking to thwart all such attempts to force a win and take it to the 12th game and then force a tiebreaker to decide a winner.

Needing just half a point, Anand drew after 24 moves as Kramnik failed to find a win despite trying to complicate the game.

Anand earlier won three games — the third, fifth and sixth — and lost the 10th game in a match that looked one-sided till Kramnik brought back some life with a win in 10th game.

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