Viswanathan Anand split points with the Hungarian to remain in lead after the sixth round of the World Chess Championship.
Top seeded Anand survived a few anxious moments before settling for a draw in the third round of the World Chess championship.
Elated after their son retained his World Chess Championship title, Viswanathan Anand's parents on Wednesday said the win is very special as the Indian tamed challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in his own backyard.
Moments after beating Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and retaining the World Chess Championship, Viswanathan Anand said the 12th and final game in the contest was the toughest of his career. 'It is certainly the toughest match I have ever played. I can't recall another experience like this,' said the Indian ace, who won by a point: 6.5 - 5.5 to retain the crown he won in 2008.
Praveen Kumar expressed his sentiments without naming anyone, saying he would have been happier if other Paris Paralympics medallists had also been honored.
Viswanathan Anand held the upper hand with an extra pawn but settled for a draw in a tense encounter with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia after 32 moves in the second game of the World Chess Championship.
Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi crashed through the defences of world number three Hikaru Nakamura of United States, while R Praggnanandhaa went down to compatriot D Gukesh in the second round of Candidates chess tournament in Toronto.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw as black against American Hikaru Nakamura to remained in joint third position after the end of the fifth round of Norway Chess 2015, a part of the Grand Chess Tour.
Viswanathan Anand scored a stunning win over Lev Aronian in the second round of the World Chess Championships.
India's Padmini Rout scored an impressive victory with plenty of fireworks to maintain her joint lead in the Girls section but favourite Viddit Santosh Gujrathi suffered a shock loss in the sixth round of the LIC World Junior Chess championship in Pune.
Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk played out a draw with Yifan Hoa of China in the second game of the finals but still led by a point in the World Women's Chess Championship in Nalchik (Russia) on Monday.
Viswanathan Anand crushed Judit Polgar in the opening round of the World Chess Championships
Vladimir Kramnik, playing with white pieces, fought his way back into the World Championship final with a 29-move win, cutting the Indian's lead to 6-4.
Kasimdzhanov, playing black, easily split points with the second seed in the first game of the World chess championship final.
The Uzbekistan Grandmaster will meet Michael Adams of England in the final of the World chess championship.
The top seeded Grandmaster recorded his fifth straight victory in the World chess championship.
IM Neelotpal Das also continued with his good form and held GM Ashot Anastesian for the second time in the World Chess championship.
The Indian Grandmaster played a draw against highly regarded Ukranian in the first game of the second round in the World Chess Championship.\n\n
Having won two games in a row with white pieces earlier in the tournament, Carlsen could do little against Anand this time and the Norwegian was not quite happy with his play.
The Indian Grandmaster drew his 13th round game against Alexander Grischuk of Russia, and needs only a draw against Peter Leko in the final round to win the World Chess Championship.
Viswanathan Anand beat Alexander Grischuk in the seventh round to shoot back into sole lead at the World Chess Championship.
Anand, with a draw in 57 moves stays in shared lead with Vladimir Kramnik, both having 2.5 points from four games.
'In the second half I had chances in many games. Today was a bad game, I won't draw too much out of it.'
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand defeated reigning World champion Magnus Carlsen to jump to the joint third spot after the end of the fourth round of Norway Chess tournament, in Stavanger.
Joining the Bulgarian in the semi-finals of the World Chess Championship are England's Michael Adams, Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan and Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan.
Viswanathan Anand's woes in the Grenke Chess Classic continued as the five times world champion blundered yet again and went down to Levon Aornian of Armenia in the fifth round that concluded in Baden-Baden in Germany.
Anand has 5.5 points and is tied for third with Alexander Morozevich in the tenth round of the FIDE World Chess championships.
The Indian ace was forced to take a draw in just 17 moves in the ninth round of the World Chess Championships.
Viswanathan Anand held an advantage but could not convert it into a win as he played a draw with Peter Leko in the fifth round of the World Chess Championships.
The Indian ace was held to a draw by Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the second round of the World Chess Championship.
Chess great Magnus Carlsen is launching a world Freestyle Chess tour as the variant of the game, also known as Chess960, is gaining in popularity, the world number one announced on Friday.
The British GM pulled off a scintillating victory over Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan to tie the World chess final 2.5-2.5.
GM Michael Adams made it to the finals of the World Chess Championship with a 2.5-1.5 win over GM Teimour Radjabov.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Saturday said it will be bidding to host the 44th Chess Olympiad later this year after the prestigious event was moved out of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
After beating Tatiana Kosintseva in the first game the Indian ace lost to the Russian in the second in the World women's chass championship.
The event is held over 11 rounds in both open and women's categories with likely participation of over 2,000 players.
Former women's World champion Susan Polgar feels that the rising strength of Indian players makes them favourites to grab three out of the six medals at stake.
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