The New King of Chess: Vishwanathan Anand

Anand: "You can imagine how I feel..."

Svidler,P - Grischuk,A  1 - 0

Anand,V - Leko,P ½ - ½

Morozevich,A - Gelfand,B ½ - ½

Kramnik,V - Aronian,L  1 - 0

World Championship 2007 which was held in Mexico City is concluded with the victory of Indian superstar Vishwanathan Anand. Anand won the event with 9 points in 13 rounds undefeated. Kramnik, the ex-champion won his last game with the title against Aronian to join runner-up throughout the event Gelfand and beat him in tie-breaks. In 2008, Anand will face Kramnik for defending his World Championship title. Press conference of the new world champion, crosstable and summary of the rounds of the final round are available at the link below.

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In the final round, Anand made a draw against Leko in a simple position with dark-squared bishops in Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack to achieve the world championship title. In the press conference afterwards, he thanked his friends, supportive wife Aruna Anand, his trainers and the hosting country for its hospitality. "..not in so many places you can find as many chess fans as here. I always feel great in Mexico. At this moment, I can recall Mr.Saggiante's words that this would be an unforgettable championship." were his words available on the official web site of the event.

Ex-Champion Kramnik won his last game with the title against Armenian Levon Aronian to gain the second place from Boris Gelfand who has been performing unexpectedly but very consistently well throughout the event. Gelfand has to settle himself with the third place after making a draw against Morozevich which was an interesting struggle.