Viswanathan Anand remains "Viswanathan" Anand

Viswanathan means 'Lord of the Universe'.By defending his World Chess Champion title, in Bonn, on Wednesday night, Viwanathan Anand remained true to his name,literally..

It's a great moment of pride and celebration for all Indians and Anand fans all over the World.

He drew the 11th game with Russia's Vladimir Kramnik to clinch the 12-round final 6.5-4.5 and retained his title with a round to spare.

Anand thus became the first person in the history of the game to win the World Championship in all possible formats -- a feat even the now-retired Garry Kasparov cannot boast of, since he stayed away from the knock-out World Championships.

Anand also gave a fitting reply to Kramnik who had questioned the value of Anand's title earlier,before the start of this World Championship series.

Asked if he considered Anand to be the World Champion, he had uttered "It is not a question of simply yes or no. Anand won the tournament, which was called the World Championship Tournament, and I competed in that tournament as well...so I have no right not to consider him the World Champion. A question is however, what is the value of such a title?"

Hope Kramnik knows now that Anand deserves to be the World Champion and Anand is the world champion,whether he likes it or not.
But it seems likely that Kramnik was just trying to play mind games.

Now talking about today's game,Anand played with white pieces against Kramnik,and took an unbeatable 6.5-4.5 lead to retain his crown.

Anand was expected to go for a draw while Kramnik made an all out attempt,he could have even lost the match,to win this one and put pressure on Anand and possibly win the 12th as well to force a tie-breaker.
But the game ended in a draw.

Being the World Champion and by defeating challengers to his rein at the top,Anand has possibly proved that he is one of those rare breed of Indian sportsmen who not only can reach the pivot,but can continue to stay on as World Champion.

He is a real "GEM" and infact the Indian Govt had awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award way back in 1991-92, India's highest sporting honour(He was the first receipient),which he thoroughly deserved.

Let's, all Indians,hope that Viswanathan Anand continue to be the WORLD CHAMPION and becomes the greatest ever player to have played the game of chess for all time to come.
That's ofcourse if he has not reached there yet..!!!