Tamil Nadu state Government honors the Indian Chess Grand Master Viswanathan Anand with Rs Two Cr for his latest world Crown. The state government announced the award in a statement on Friday at Chennai, which said, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is pleased to honour him by sanctioning a cash reward of Rs. two crores."

On Wednesday, Indian GM beats his opponent Israel GM Boris Gelfand and retains his crown for a fifth time at Moscow. For Anand the latest is after his last title at Bulgaria in 2010. There he beats Veselin Topalov. Anand started with a first round loss but won the title winning the last game with black pieces.

Moscow in its bid to bring back the lost glory of the Soviet era, hosted the $ 2.55 million World Chess Championship. This match had prize money of $ 2.55 million, the highest stake in the history of the game.  Anand received Rs.8.10 Cr and Gelfand Rs.5.40 Cr. CM had lauded his efforts on the same day and said he has brought laurels to his state (TN) and his country.(With Inputs from Internet- Aarkay)