Viswanathan Anand is World Chess Champion 2012 after he defeated Boris Gelfand in the final match played in Moscow.
With equal score in the classical games (1 win and 5 draws each) the tournament was decided in a tiebreak.
Anand won rapid game 2 which proved enough to retain the title he held from Mexico 2007, Bonn 2008, and Sofia 2010, chessdom.com reported.
