5th time Vishwanathan Anand wins world chess for championship

5th time Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beat his Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a tense rapid chess tiebreaker  win his fifth World Championship title and fourth in a row in Moscow on Wednesday.

Anand overcame a stiff challenge from Gelfand by 1 point in the tiebreaker to seal the coveted title. They had drawn level  6 points each after the regulation 12-round series were locked in an intense battle in  tiebreaker.

However, it was who Anand  held  nerves in  four-round tiebreaker. After the first round ended in a draw, Anand sealed the crucial advantage by wining the second round to take the all important lead of 1 point.

They then played out two more draws before Gelfand conceded  challenge handing Anand another world crown with the final 2.5-15score being .

It was a moment of joy for Anand and his family, but the champion himself seemed modest of his latest achievement.

"It was incredibly tensed. When I woke up this morning, I knew it would end one way or the other but I did not know how it will go. It was so even that I did not know how the tiebreaker will turn," a relieved Anand said after retaining the title.