Magnus Carlsen of Norway became the new World Chess Champion at the age of 22. He defeated five-time champion Viswanathan Anand to achieve this feat.
He is the first World Champion from Norway.
The final tally stood at 6.5-3.5 in favour of Carlsen in the title match sponsored by the Tamil Nadu government. The winner takes home $1.53 million while Anand will settle for $1.02 million.
Giving full credit to Carlsen for his title victory, Anand said, "I would first take rest and take stock of what has happened at the match and come to terms. At the end of the day the match was disappointing. I was not able to execute the match strategy," he said.
"I haven't achieved any other thing I had aimed for," he added.
Carlsen said, "During the third and fourth games, I was able to settle down and realized that I don't have to do anything special. I just have to play my natural game".
Asked about Anand's mistakes, Carlsen said: "I would take the responsibility of that. The results were decided on the board and there was no role for psychological play."
(with inputs from IANS)
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