Viswanathan Anand with the tricolour after winning final match of the World Championship against Spanish Grandmaster Alexei Shirov in Tehran. Photo: AP
World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand from India, left, and his Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand, play a FIDE World Chess Championship tie break match at Moscow's Tretyakovsky State Gallery in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
Russia's former Chess World Champion Anatoli Karpov, 2nd left, opens the sixth match between Russia's Vladimir Kramnik, right, and world champion Viswanathan Anand, from India, left, during the Chess World Championship in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, western Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)
2010: World Championship (12-game title-match, Sofia): Anand defeated Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 6.5-5.5 to retain the crown.
2005: World Championship (Eight-player, double Round-robin format, San Luis): Anand tied for the second spot with Peter Svidler (Russia) with 8.5 points from 14 rounds. Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) was champion with 10 points
2001: FIDE World Championship (Knockout format, Moscow): First round: Defeated Oliver Touzane (France) 2.5-1.5; Second round: Defeated Peter Heine Nielsen (Den) 1.5-0.5; Third round: Defeated Vladislav Tkachiev (Fra) 2.5-1.5; Pre-quarterfinals: Defeated Alexei Dreev (Rus) 1.5-0.5; Quarterfinals: Defeated Alexei Shirov (Esp) 1.5-0.5; Semifinals: Lost to Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) 1.5-2.5.
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