BONN, Germany- Grandmaster World chess champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Russia's Vladimir Kramnik in a match-play series to retain his title in Bonn, Germany on Wednesday.

Anand finished the match with an overall score of 6.5-4.5 points, which means a handy two point lead for the Indian ace in the 12-game match.

Kramnik, who had got a whiff of life after winning the 10th game of the match, could not do an encore with the black pieces and turned out to be a graceful loser in the end.

Anand won three while Kramnik won one game in the 11 games played in the match while rest of the games were drawn.

The win by a huge margin will also carry Anand to the top of the World Rankings when they are released next.

We all should be proud of Vishwanathan Anand to make our country proud...

3 cheers for Vishwanathan Anand..

May god bless him