Which defense did Vladimir Kramnik resort to in the seventh game of World Chess Championship 2008?
the Slav Defense
Kramnik chose the Slav Defense, and obtained a slightly worse position.
At which city did Viswanathan Anand become the world chess champion in 2007?
Mexico City
The World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, from 12 September 2007 to 30 September 2007 to decide the world champion of the game of chess. It was an eight-player, double round robin tournament. Viswanathan Anand of India won the tournament and the title of World Chess Champion.
When did Vishy Anand became world champion?
Viswanathan Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former world chess champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006….2007.
| Player | Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) |
|---|---|
| 8 | 1 |
| ½ | |
| Points | 9 |
At which city did Viswanathan Anand became the world?
In 2000, when Anand won the FIDE World Championship, there was also the rival “Classical” World Championship, held by Kramnik. By 2007, the world championship had been reunified, so Anand’s victory in Mexico City made him undisputed World Chess Champion.
How many times did Viswanathan Anand won World Chess Championship?
Viswanathan Anand, (born December 11, 1969, Madras [now Chennai], India), Indian chess master who won the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE; international chess federation) world championship in 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012. Anand learned to play chess from his mother when he was 6 years old.
Who dethroned Anand?
Magnus Carlsen
CHENNAI: Five-time title-holder Viswanathan Anand’s reign as the world champion came to a heart-breaking end on Friday with Norway’s Magnus Carlsen taking the crown after a hard-fought draw in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match, which ended here on Friday.