New York Times (May 31, 2012)
Chess Champion Keeps Title After Tense Set of Tiebreakers
Viswanathan Anand, playing Wednesday in Moscow, has been the champion
since 2007.
By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN
Viswanathan Anand retained the world chess championship on Wednesday by
defeating Boris Gelfand in a series of tiebreaker games in a title
match in Moscow.
Position after 71 … Rf5; click to replay
Position after 25 … Ne5; click to replay
Mr. Anand, who is from India, earned $1.4 million for the victory; Mr.
Gelfand, an Israeli, will receive $1.1 million.
Mr. Anand, 42, has been the champion since 2007 and went into the match
as the clear favorite. But Mr. Gelfand, 43, was very well prepared, and
he kept surprising and befuddling Mr. Anand in the openings of the
games.
In a telephone interview afterward, Mr. Anand, who defended the title
in matches in 2008 and 2010, said that this match was his most
difficult. He complimented his opponent’s preparation.
“He did many things that he had never done in his life,” Mr. Anand said
of Mr. Gelfand, whom he has known and played against for two decades.
“I found it difficult to get the kind of positions I wanted to play.”
(Not the full report)
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