**India’s Viswanathan Anand has retained his Fide world chess title by defeating Bulgarian challenger Veselin Topalov in a dramatic finale.**Playing with black, Anand, 40, won the last game of the 12-game duel in Sofia, clinching an overall 6.5-5.5 victory.
Anand and Topalov, 35, will now split two million euros (£1.7) in prize money after the match in Bulgaria’s capital.
In 2008, Anand beat the challenge from Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik to keep his world crown.
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