King of 64 squares conquers world again, says he is too tensed to be happy, but really relieved

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Anand conquers world again, beats Gelfand in summit clash

Moscow: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand showed immense resilience to beat challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker to win the World Championship crown for the fifth time overall and fourth in a row here on Wednesday.

Anand won the second game and drew the other three to win the title at the State Tretyakov Gallery here. Luck played a major part in the final game, favouring the Indian chess wizard when it mattered the most.

After a 6-6 deadlock in the 12 Classical games, the rapid finale ended 2.5-1.5 in Anand's favour making him the world chess champion.

The victory also meant that the 'King of Chess' will keep the crown till 2014, when the next World Championship will be held.

It was high tension drama that almost made the Moscow weather look like an Indian summer inside the Tretyakov Gallery. Heated discussions on the chess board, tipsy-turvy games and above all the intensity of the battle made everyone forget that the champion and the challenger had been playing 12-classical games over the past three weeks.

The hallmark of Anand's success was his speed. Often, Gelfand was seen down to his last few seconds when Anand still had a few minutes left on his clock.
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I am too tensed to be happy but really relieved: Anand

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand, who clinched his fifth World Championship title at Moscow today, said he is really relieved to achieve the milestone after an incredibly tense battle with Challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel.

"I am too tensed to be happy but really relieved," said Anand after wining two of the four rapid chess games to win the tie-break with a 2.5-1.5 margin.

"It was incredibly tensed. Well, when I woke up this morning, I knew it would end one way or the other but didn't know how it will go. Match was so even that I had no sense of what shape the tie-break would take. I think that right now, the only feeling you have is relief.

After such a long and tough match probably it was the only thing that could have separated us. I was too tensed," he said."In the fourth game, I knew I shouldn't play too hard for a draw but somehow at the board I started to do exactly that. I was pretty happy when my rooks were doubled. He had a lot of chances in the third and fourth game but things went my way in the end and I can say I won only because I won," he added.

Anand's wife Aruna was also ecstatic at his achievement and said, "It is a happy moment, it was very tough. It went down to the tie-breaker and even today it was going to and fro, in the end it went our way and I am happy about it.

"There was no clear indication. We didn't anticipate anything. You can't be prepared for such scheme of things to happen. It went all the way to the tie-breaker and that showed the preparation of both the teams."

Anand and Gelfand had drawn the final regular match in their 12-game Moscow series to leave the world championships level. Anand had earlier won the world chess championship in 2000, 2007, 2008 and 2010.
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