MPPSC 2010 General Studies Solved Paper-1

Question : 10 of 145

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Whom did Vishwanathan Anand defeat to become World Champion in 2010?

Gairy Cosparow
Gairy Carpov
Veslin Topalov
Anatoli Carpov

Solution:

(C) The World Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand,against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. The match took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from 24 April to 13 May 2010,with a prize fund of 2 million euros (60% to the winner).Anand won the final game by

6^{½}–5^{½ }

and retain the title.

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