Viswanathan Anand wins world chess championship

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Israels Boris Gelfand in a tiebreaker in Moscow to retain his world chess championship title.Anand beat Gelfand in a four-round tie-breaker after the 12-match contest was tied at 6-6. Three of the four rapid chess games were drawn but the 42-year-old Indian edged out his challenger in the second game.The match was so even that I had no sense of what shape the tie-break would take. And I think right now probably the only feeling I have is relief. I think Im too tense to be happy, Im really relieved, Anand said at a post-match news conference.I wouldnt say theres some kind of justice in this or something, but you simply play the tie-break. I think given that we drew our first 12 games, deciding it by a tie-break is quite a reasonable situation. Obviously, Im not suggesting we start with it, but after such a long and tough match maybe its the only thing that could separate us. Well, even just the tie-break, of course I was incredibly tense, I imagine I opened it as well. And well, things really went my way. Thats all you can say. I think I can say that I won because I won, thats it, Anand added.Gelfand, 43, gained the right to be a contender for the world title after defeating Russias Alexander Grischuk last May. He said his title match would help to raise the profile of the game in Israel.Viswanathan Anand, world champion since 2007, won the junior title in 1989 and became Indias first Grand Master at the age of 16.Anand became the first Asian to win the FIDE world chess championship after defeating Spains Alexei Shirov in Tehran in 2000. His title win on Wednesday was his fourth in a row -- he also won in 2007, 2008 and 2010.