<P> The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel , winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament . After sixteen games , including four rapid games , Anand retained his title . The match , held under the auspices of the World Chess Federation FIDE , took place between 10 and 30 May 2012 in the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow , Russia . The prize fund was US $2.55 million . </P>
who did viswanathan anand defeat in 2012 to retain the world chess champion title
Boris Gelfand