viswanathan anand defeated boris gelfand in 2012 to retain the world chess champion title.
viswanathan anand defeated boris gelfand in 2012 to retain the world chess champion title.
who did viswanathan anand defeat in 2012 to retain the world chess champion title?
boris gelfand
anand became india's first grandmaster in 1988. he held the fide world chess championship from 2000 to 2002, thus becoming the first asian to do so. he became the undisputed world champion in 2007 and defended his title against vladimir kramnik in 2008. he then defended his title in the world chess championship 2010 against veselin topalov and in the world chess championship 2012 against boris gelfand. in the world chess championship 2013 he lost to challenger magnus carlsen and lost again to carlsen in the world chess championship 2014. he won the world rapid chess championship in 2003 and 2017.
viswanathan anand
kramnik played to defend his title at the world chess championship 2007 in mexico. this was an 8-player double round robin tournament, the same format as was used for the fide world chess championship 2005. this tournament was won by viswanathan anand, thus making him the world chess champion. because anand's world chess champion title was won in a tournament rather than a match, a minority of commentators questioned the validity of his title. kramnik also made ambiguous comments about the value of anand's title, but did not claim the title himself. subsequent world championship matches returned to the format of a match between the champion and a challenger.
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