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| Vishy Anand wins Moscow chess championship | Vishy Anand wins Moscow chess championship |
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| World chess champion Vishy Anand has retained his title against Israeli Boris Gelfand. | World chess champion Vishy Anand has retained his title against Israeli Boris Gelfand. |
| The Indian player beat his rival 2.5-1.5 in a tie-breaker round of four short games after they ended a 12-game series level. | The Indian player beat his rival 2.5-1.5 in a tie-breaker round of four short games after they ended a 12-game series level. |
| The world chess championship was being played in Moscow for the first time since Garry Kasparov beat Anatoly Karpov in 1985. | The world chess championship was being played in Moscow for the first time since Garry Kasparov beat Anatoly Karpov in 1985. |
| Anand has been champion since 2007. His challenger is ranked 20th in the world. | Anand has been champion since 2007. His challenger is ranked 20th in the world. |
| The winner told a press conference that the game was "incredibly tense". | |
| "The match was so even that I had no sense of what shape the tie-break would take... I am really too tense to be happy, but there is relief," he said. | "The match was so even that I had no sense of what shape the tie-break would take... I am really too tense to be happy, but there is relief," he said. |
| Rivalry | Rivalry |
| Anand walks away with $1.5m (£966,000) in prize money, while runner-up Gelfand gets $1m. | |
| The pair played behind glass at one of Russia's top museums, the State Tretyakov Gallery, watched by hundreds of chess fans. | The pair played behind glass at one of Russia's top museums, the State Tretyakov Gallery, watched by hundreds of chess fans. |
| The championship did not make great viewing for the audience, says the BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow, unlike the match between Kasparov and Karpov 27 years ago. | The championship did not make great viewing for the audience, says the BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow, unlike the match between Kasparov and Karpov 27 years ago. |
| Of the 12 games played, the pair have won only one each, with the rest ending as draws. | Of the 12 games played, the pair have won only one each, with the rest ending as draws. |
| The epic battle in Moscow between Kasparov and Karpov is considered one of the game's greatest episodes. | The epic battle in Moscow between Kasparov and Karpov is considered one of the game's greatest episodes. |
| The initial contest in 1984 lasted five months before being called off over concerns for the players' health, as both had lost weight. | The initial contest in 1984 lasted five months before being called off over concerns for the players' health, as both had lost weight. |
| Kasparov finally took the title at a rematch in 1985. | Kasparov finally took the title at a rematch in 1985. |