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Viswanathan Anand beats back a challenge to win the World Chess title again.

By LIFS June 7, 2010 at 2:11 PM
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Indian grandmaster and reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand fended off a challenge from former world champion, Bulgarian Veselin Topalov to win the 2010 world chess title and $1.5 million in prize money in Sofia, Bulgaria.

 
Anand, 40, became world champion in 2007 in Mexico City and defended the title in October 2008.

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