Viswanathan Anand, who successfully defended his title after a rematch against Vladimir Kramnik, won the World Chess Championship 2008. It was the best of 12 game match. Kramnik was granted a rematch after the World Championship in the year 2007, which was won by Anand. It was after 11 games that Anand defended his title with a score of 6½ to 4½. The match was held at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn from October 14th to October 29th 2008.

Format:

The best of 12 games was format of the match. The time control was 120 minutes added with 60 after 40th move, 15 minutes added after the 60th move and 30 seconds added per move after the 61st move. If the 12th game ends with a tie, the match was supposed to be decided after a series of rapid games, blitz and then Armageddon game.

Anand scored a victory after the 3rd game and also won the 5th game with black pieces. With the win in the 6th game, Anand got a lead of 3 points in the first half of the match. Though Kramnik won the 10th game, Anand secured his position with a draw in the 11th game and become the World Chess Champion.