Anand's reign as world champion and King of Chess
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Anand won his fifth World championship title on Wednesday, beating Gelfand in a tie-breaker 2.5-1.5 after their 12-game affair ended in a draw and made Proud India and Tamilnadu.
This was Anand's fourth world title in a row. The Indian chess wizard bagged his first world title in 2000 before winning three in a row in 2007, 2008 and 2010. He has been the world champion since 2007.
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand meets Russia President for tea
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Newly-crowned world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and runner-up Boris Gelfand on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin over a cup of tea in his residence.Anand, who clinched his fifth World championship title on Wednesday, beating Gelfand in a tie-breaker 2.5-1.5 after their 12-game affair ended in a draw, told that he had learnt chess in a Soviet cultural center in his hometown when he was a child.
"So we brought this on ourselves!" Putin said. Putin heaped praise on both the players for their "outstanding game."
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