Norway’s Magnus Carlsen taking the crown after a hard-fought draw in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match from Five time winner Vishwnath Anand.
Magnus Carlsen defeated the previous world champion Viswanathan Anand of India by 6.5-3.5 in the match that was held from 7th November in Chennai, India.
The last 10th game (out of 12 possible) finished in a draw after 65 moves of play and Carlsen accumulated the necessary 6.5 points to claim the title.
The victory was worth 8.4 crore Rupees for Magnus Carlsen. Anand settled for 5.6 crore Rupees.
The match was sponsored by the Tamil Nadu state and organized by FIDE and AICF.
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