Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand crashed through the defences of World No 2 Fabiano Caruana in the fifth round and jumped to the joint second spot in the Sinquefield Cup, in St Louis, US.
Armenian Levon Aronian has had mixed results with Anand but the Indian has troubled his opponent a great deal in the past few years.
Of all the five World titles he has won so far, Indian chess wizard Viswanathan Anand has rated the latest one as the toughest in terms of intensity.
He has been the undisputed world champion for the past five years but Indian chess veteran Viswanathan Anand has no plans of calling it quits just yet as he says his morale is on a high after beating a "complicated" Boris Gelfand to notch up his fifth world title.
In a rare display of annoyance, World chess champion Viswanathan Anand hit out at chess great Gary Kasparov and other critics for suggesting that he lacked motivation.
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.
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand, who clinched his fifth World Championship title at Moscow on Wednesday, said he is really relieved to achieve the milestone after an incredibly tense battle with Challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel.
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand showed immense resilience to beat challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker to win the World Championship crown for the fifth time and fourth in a row.
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand is set to fight it out in a Rapid chess tie-breaker against challenger Boris Gelfand after a tied 6-6 result in the World Chess Championship match in Moscow on Wednesday.
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand was stretched to the tie-breaker of the World Chess Championship by Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand following a draw in the 12th and final game, in Moscow, on Monday.
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 in Moscow.
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, on Saturday, drew the 11th game against challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel as the World Chess Championship heads into a dramatic finish in Moscow on Saturday.
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand could not break the ice and settled for an easy draw as white against challenger Boris Gelfand in the tenth game of the World Chess Championship in Moscow on Thursday.
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand was stretched a little by challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel but the Indian ace found his way to a draw in the ninth game of the World Chess Championship in Moscow.
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand suffered a jolt in his title defence as he lost to his Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in the seventh game of the World Chess Championship in Moscow.
Victory continues to elude defending champion Viswanathan Anand. The Indian Grandmaster failed to break the deadlock yet again and had to settle for a draw against challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in the sixth game of the World Chess Championship in Moscow.
Victory continues to elude defending champion Viswanathan Anand. The Indian Grandmaster failed to break the deadlock yet again and had to settle for a draw against challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fifth game of the World Chess Championship in Moscow. This is the fifth successive draw in as many games and leaves the score tied at 2.5-2.5.
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand found himself in trouble before eking out a hard-fought draw against Boris Gelfand of Israel in a hotly-contested third round game of the World Chess Championship in Moscow on Monday.
Unfazed by the controversy surrounding his nationality, World chess champion Viswanathan Anand looked cheerful as he arrived to a grand reception at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand showcased fresh preparation as black and got an easy draw against rival Boris Gelfand in the second game of the World Chess Championship now in progress in Moscow.
Vishwanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand drew the first game of their 12-game world chess championship match played at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Hyderabad is all set to witness a spectacular chess match with Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand playing against 40 players simultaneously on August 24.
World champion Viswanathan Anand finished the London Classic with an easy draw as black against Luke McShane of England, signing joint fifth in the overall standings of the nine-player round-robin tournament that concluded in London.
On a day when World champion Viswanathan Anand had a bye, Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura of the United States stole the thunder with a fine victory over Armenian Levon Aronian, in the second round of third London Chess Classic. Russian Vladimir Kramnik made merry, scoring a thumping victory over an out-of-sorts Nigel Short of England, while the other two games ended in draws, and first to sign peace was English David Howell with compatriot Michael Adams.
World champion Viswanathan Anand's hopes of winning the Tal Memorial chess championship are all but over after playing out a draw against Hikaru Nakamura in the penultimate round in Moscow on Friday. With his eighth consecutive draw in as many rounds in the 10-player round-robin tournament, Anand is almost out of the reckoning for a top finish, as he has only four points out of a possible eight.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand had to settle for a draw against Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the first round of the Tal Memorial Chess tournament in Moscow.
Viswanathan Anand returned with vengeance after losing the previous game to beat defending champion Magnus Carlsen in Round 3 of the World Chess Championship in Sochi on Tuesday and level the match score 1.5-1.5.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Levon Aronian of Armenia in the seventh round of London Chess Classic, in London on Saturday.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand used a cracker of a 'novelty' to hold Wesley So of the United States to an easy draw as black in the fifth round of London Chess Classic in London.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand was shocked by Levon Aronian of Armenia in the ninth and penultimate round of the fourth Final Masters as he slipped to the last spot with just one round to go in the category-22 super tournament in Bilbao.
In a tragic end to the Sao Paulo leg of the 4th final Masters tournament, Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine was robbed at gun point and lost his luggage and valuable belongings enroute to the airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand bounced back as he jumped to joint second spot at the end of the fourth round after outplaying Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain in the fourth Bilbao Final Masters in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered an early jolt, losing to his former challenger Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the second round of Altibox Norway chess tournament in Stavanger.
World champion Viswanathan Anand could do little with his white pieces as he settled for a draw with world number one Magnus Carlsen in the first round of the fourth Bilbao Final Masters, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The fact that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa approved an expenditure of Rs 29 crore for the World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Norway's Magnus Carlsen to be held here points to the significance the event has for the state government.
Talking about his journey, Vishwanathan Anand said he had to work hard to become the player he is today.
World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, on Thursday, said it will be a great honour if he receives the Bharat Ratna but made it clear that he would never lobby for the coveted award or suggest any names.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out another draw, signing peace with Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the eighth and penultimate round of London Chess Classic.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with former challenger Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the seventh round of London Chess Classics.
Holder Viswanathan Anand will clash with Boris Gelfand of Israel for the 2012 World Chess Championship title, which will be held in India for the first time.
