Willem, we were the first to report Anand's victory and even provided live updates of the final game, including pictures. Moreover, we've had a great match and a fantastic finish. And then all you can say is the score is still wrong? Thanks!

I LOL'd at your remarks siva. You are truly the best stand-up comedian... eh scientist... in the world! Give that man a column!!

@Arne Moll

I like ur jumping truly.

cheers

The Darkside has again lost.To master Anand my congrats I give. Dark Lord Silvio's apprentice revenge will seek.But in his way a young master will stand.And the Force with this one strong is.

A great win for Anand. He has shown that he is the best match player after the retirement of Kasparov. A lesser player and definitely a lesser human would have complained and moaned about having to travel for 40 hrs and not getting his request approved. But Anand, being the gentleman that he is, did nothing of that sort. He just went about his business. I thought that the loss in Game 8 and the failure to win a won game in Game 9 would have broken him. But he has shown that he is way too resilient. I have been saying that he is old at 40. That may be the case. But he has added mental strength and resilience to his repertoire, which are the most vital ingredients for match play. Even in this day and age of computer preparations, these are the basic qualities that really matter.

Well done, Anand.

RELIEF!! Anand wins, Topalov backstage for at least a year. Will succumb to Carlsen or Kramnik, Bulgaria /Danailov will not have their world champion.

Great coverage here...especially the videos. I cant wait for the post match interviews. Especially Anand still ows an answer to Peter's question on "How he overcame psychologically the game 1 result and came back to grunfeld" and several more that Peter will have.

Once again a strong suggestion is to make all the videos into a nice dvd.

In my patzer opinion with hindsight white's problems started with 23.g3 and 24.Kg2, weakening the king position. And the knight manoeuvre 28.Na5 and 29.Nc4 lost precious time. Of course 31.exf5 and 32.fxe4 lost the game. But the position after black's 30...f5 is already very unpleasant for white.

Maybe 36...Qd8+ would have won faster. But that is academic. 36...g5+ was also completely winning. And Anand clearly saw that since he started playing fast.

Anand is absolutely a deserved champion! But I am glad Topalov made it such an exciting match. :)

What does Carlsen have to do to get a shot at the title?

Congratulations for Anand for defending his title against two of the most dangerous players in the world! This is a remarkable feat, for he defeated both Kramnik and Topalov, two of the very bests with completely different strengths and styles. Taking his age in account, the level of his play is even more impressive. There were some worries, but in the end, it was a great match, so we can happily celebrate now. We definitely owe both players great fights, and we can thank Topalov and his team for this clean and fighting match. Thanks to Topalov's come back, it was never sleepy. In the end, the champion came on top. He delivered when it mattered most.

Man, I love chess! Thank you ChessVibes for the great coverage! I really appreciate your quick annotations of the games!

Great Match by Anand, He is definitely one of the greats of history.

I hope Topalov won't keeo hiding behind his high ELO and returns to play in many tournaments.

Congratulations to ANAND from Guinea-Bissau (West Africa / a Portuguese speaking country). You are courageous to play under pressure in Sofia. You are a real master of the world. Congrats also to Topalov. Keep fighting for the candidates matches.

Long live Vishy!
Toiletgate team is gone....FOREVER!

Arne and Peter:

Many thanks to you and Chessvibes for the great coverage of the W.Ch.

Hope to see a long version of video from match 12 and post match ceremony details.

I think Topalov took the defeat manly and was graceful in his defeat. Needless to mention Anand has always been humble in great achievements. Great players both Anand and Topalov, Great match, Great coverage...

I hope you upload to entire video of the conference, somebody said Anand spoke a lot in spanish, so I would like to listen to it. Thanks a lot Chessvibes for this excellent coverage!

Hail the king! Vishy retained his title in style by wining with Black in the very last game of the match. What a game, by the way! It was vintage Anand from start to finish!

AND -as a bonus- no more Topalov in a World Championship Match ever again! He won't be able to defeat the younger generation of potential challengers.

Caissa is surely pleased. :<)

Did I get nr. 100?

thanks vishy!

Congratulations to Anand. Personally, I am hoping that this loss will mean that Danailov and Topalov will forever shut up about toilets and simply accept having lost two matches fair and square.

A question for Anand then: Does he think Topalov will be a serious contender for the title of world champion again after this setback?

My guess is that he will not, but on the other hand, Kramnik seems to have come back a more dangerous player.

There is a chess god after all.

After Topailovs behaviour under and after Elista, this is so sweet.

congrats ANAND The KING of the orient

Congrats again. As the world champion of chess players from around the world made us very hard. You have done us proud. Otherwise we had to do with our teacher(?) Criketers. The game between the 12 countries, including Afghanistan and the Netherlands. (Thank God the Americans and the Chinese have not to play cricket).

comoooooooooooooooooon anand u caaaaaaaaaaaan do it`...........

chess is safe now.thanks alot ANANDJEE

Light Footed bishop again exerted 'woodoo' on h8-a1 for Anand.

correction: h1-a8

Very well done ....Vishy you are truly one of my Chessheroes!....congratulations for you and the team and thank you for playing so beautifully....I am doing my openingtraining now more often.....thank you.....

Congrats Anand for winning the championship...really the games all were good and excitinng ...great fighting spirit after the first game disaster!

To the ChessVibes team:

Thanks for everything you have provided by means of analysis and video coverage during the WCh championship.

Look forward to more in the future.

"Veselin, all you need to do now is come back to your senses and get rid of Danailov!" Guilluame .

Haha Topalov with his frail voice, Gollum-style, : "leave now and never come back!

Greetings,

Well I have to thank the people involved in the match specially both players, nice job, great match. Lets hope to see some even better chess in future.

Besides proving that you are a wizard and a magician, you have proved to be a gentleman champion. A victory for the game of chess and human endeavor, in general.

Question for you: Should chess be made compulsory at the school level to make ours a better world?

Vasant

QUESTION FOR ANAND:

Although it has not always been the case, certainly in the reigns of Karpov and Kasparov the world champions also were the #1 in the ranking, and clearly ruled in most of the tournaments they played.

Now the not so excellent latest results in torunaments for Anand and the fact that Carlsen has taken over #1 (even Topalov had a better ranking in this match) somehow seem to defy the utter superiority of the champion.

How does Mr. Anand feel about all this? Will regaining the #1 (and proving he's the boss) be his next goal?

With my sincerest congratulations to mr. Anand!

Congrats to Vishy.
He won and won in style. What an end of a WC Match!!!
And see the differences b/w players. One complaints cheaply against the likes of Kramnik and another doesnt utter a word after having to travel 40 hours and not being granted even 3 days postponement.
This is what makes him a World Champion. Truly deserved.

And for the people who are too poor of sportsmen to acknowledge this victory, please, please stop predicting what will happen after two years and Carlsen will defeat him blah blah blah.... we'll see when the time comes, there is still a lot to come out of Anand this match has proven.

Three Cheers to the World Champion!!!!

Question for Anand: What did your mom said when you talked with her after your championship win ?

Ask Anand if he agrees with Kasparov, who was reported by Shipov as saying that his (Anand's) opening preparation in this match was not good (as compared with the match with Kramnik).

Here are a few questions that I would love to have answer for

1. What were the main objectives that his team had in mind to win this match?

2. What percentage of novelties that he had prepared for the match went to use?

3. Who does he think will win the candidates cycle for the next championship?

4. If Carlsen is the next challenger and he wins over him in his next defense, will hen then retire ?

Congratulations Anand for this wonderful victory.
I like your humbleness even after such a brilliant victory.
Hope Topolov will learn more than just chess from you.

Congrats Anand.

As for Topalov:
From + 1 -5 to simply -5

Let me frame my last question again

4. If Carlsen is the next challenger and Anand wins that match will he then retire ? So as to say he has defeated two of his contemporaries and also the strongest of the future generation.

ask anand if he knows feel like hes making history

Great Match! It seems Anand played better positionally and he seems to be more secure at improvisations and "unprepared" positions. Congrats Anand! Topa lost by a slender margin.

hi,
i am a novice. please explain move 37 by topalov.

my question is - if the king is checked by a pawn ( black in this case ) how did the white pawn from f5 move to g6 and exchanged black pawn at g5 ???

what is that type of move called ?

Congrats!!!!!! Vishy.Now It is wonderful to see your match series against Kasparove since you are lot of improved after 1995! Though both are 40+ it will decide real great player!!

I was here when Anand won!! Great game. Lots of tension. Great match. Bravo Topalov for putting up a big fight. .

ChessVibes Team:

Here are a few of my questions -

1. Did Anand adopt a draw with black and win with a back-up strategy if Grunfeld did not pan out or was it the primary strategy?
2. Did Anand prepare Catalan for Topalov or even earlier for Kramnik?
3. In his strategy to neutralize Topalov did he ever consider using Petroff against 1.e4 if needed? Particularly if he was ahead in the match?
4. Compared to his match Kramnik, he appeared to have more trouble with his clock? What contributed to this and what did he change starting game 10?

Anand clearly stated in his Al Jazeera interview that he wanted to remain world champ for as long as possible, so he's not out yet.

Fans can look forward to Anand and Carlsen playing a four game rapid match in late August, in Norway.

imo people are jumping the gun when they assume carlson will be the next wcch contender. magnus will have to fight his way through some real tough competition: kramnik and topalov (this classical match against vishy was good training for him. and he's not a quitter!! he's a fighter!!), just to mention a couple former wcch's still competing for vishy's title. this will be a mega uphill battle for magnus.

Iam an Afghan Indian and for a3th time i replayed today`s game with tears of joy and can not discribe how happy i am.as a GANDHIJEE follower i must say that ANANDJEE fought the match peacefully and won and made Indian to be proud of him .bharat ratna for ANANDJEE.

Warmest congratulations, Vishy !

I fully underscribe T. Goto's analysis and praise for both players. Like in his match against Kramnik, Anand showed better opening preparation and proved his skill over the board against a worthy opponent, who came fairly close to taking over the crown. I'm quite impressed that Anand managed to win two world championship matches in almost opposite styles (tactical against Kramnik and positional against Topalov) !

I'm especially glad Topalov showed sportmanship. In game 11 the mutual respect became clear when he accepted Anand's draw proposal without caring to look at the arbiter or to complete the move repetition.

So this is not the moment to start minimizing either player's merits. Vishy is a great 15th world champion and Topalov is one of the strongest to have missed the (unified) title so far. Even though Carlsen has shown his potential to become the next champion, he'll still need to deliver it, which is easier said than done against the likes of Aronian, Topalov, Kramnik and inevitably Anand. None of them can be ruled out for the title yet.

Finally, it's a joy to know that kind people such as Vishy and Aruna Anand are carrying and managing the chess crown, respectively. Hopefully the next Candidates' tournament will be well organized and pave the way for a stable and regular organization of future world championship cycles and matches.