Vishy Anand is the 15th World Chess Champion. The 37 year old from Madras agreed a quick draw with Peter Leko in the fourteenth and final round at Mexico City to win the eight-player title contest with 9/14. Anand, the only unbeaten chess player, becomes the first non-Russian since Bobby Fischer in 1972 to win the undisputed world title and will play the former chess champion Vladimir Kramnik in a match next year. Kramnik finished equal second with Boris Gelfand as only the three oldest players finished on positive scores. Anand was in serious difficulties just once, in the penultimate round but Alexander Grischuk, who finished last, missed a win in ...

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