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Oct 31, 2008

Indian Viswanathan Anand retains the World Chess Championship title, after beating Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik.

Anand took another draw in the 11th game against Kramnik to win the championship and 1.5 million euros prize money. As Anand led with 6.5 points to Kramnik's 4.5 points, the Russian would not have been able to overtake him in a final 12th game.

--Reuters

Duration: 1 min 12 sec

 
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