Viswanathan Anand or better known as The Tiger of Chennai has been crowned as the 15th World Chess Champion on Monday 27th October 2008 after defeating Vladimir Kramnik 6.5 - 4.5 over 11 gruelling matches. Anand got the half point today in game eleven of the Championship. After three hours and 24 moves the draw and Anand’s triumph was perfect! The World Chess Championship is taking place from October 14 – November 02, 2008 in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn. The match consists of twelve games, played under classical time controls: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61. The prize fund is 1.5 million Euro (approximately 2.35 million US Dollars) including taxes and FIDE license fees, and is split equally between the players.
All the games can be found at the official website. Or you can visit chessbase for up to date reporting.
Lastly, my salutation to the prodigy and chess maestro from the southern state of Tamil Nadu for a truly roaring success.
