India's world chess champion Viswanathan Anand on Wednesday took the early lead against his Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a rapid fire battle of nerves to decide the biggest prize in the sport.

Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand's father Viswanathan Iyer on Wednesday termed his son's achievement of winning his fifth World Championship title as the 'proudest moment of our lives'.

"It's the

Winning the World Championship for the fifth time after a nerve-wracking tie-breaker, Viswanathan Anand said he was too tense to be happy and was relieved that the result went in his favour.

"The ma

Viswanathan Anand needed a tie-breaker to overcome Boris Gelfand and claim his fifth world chess title. But it was all-square in the 12-game classical series at Moscow. Here is the lowdown on how Anan

Viswanathan Anand is a relieved man now. After losing game seven, he thought he had blown up the title.

But the immediate win in game eight boosted his morale that he held his nerve to defeat Israel

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have a lot to think about ahead of the last game of the Chess World Championship against Boris Gelfand of Israel here.

With the scores tied 5.5-5.5 after 11

Viswanathan Anand settled for an easy draw as white against Challenger Boris Gelfand in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship here on Thursday.

Playing his penultimate white game in the 12-g

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have to withstand pressure from challenger Boris Gelfand in the penultimate game if the Indian ace has to remain within striking range of winning his fourth s

After two decisive games, defending champion GM Viswanathan Anand of India held on to a draw with Israeli GM Boris Gelfand in 49 moves in the ninth game of the world chess championship at the State Tr

Defending champion GM Viswanathan Anand of India levelled the scores at 4-4 by defeating Israeli GM Boris Gelfand in 17 moves in the eighth game of the world chess championship at the State Tretyakov