<Li> 2010 Sofia World Chess Championship: From 24 April--11 May 2010, Anand participated in a World Championship match against Veselin Topalov . Topalov gained direct entry into a challengers match against Gata Kamsky, as compensation from FIDE for not gaining entry into the 2007 World Chess Championship cycle . Because Topalov defeated Kamsky, he earned the right to challenge Anand for the World Chess Championship title . The match was level after 11 games--with 2 wins apiece in Rounds 1, 2, 4, and 8 . Finally, in Game 12, Anand was able to defeat Topalov with the Black pieces and hold on to his title . </Li> <Ul> <Li> 73th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: From 14 to 30 January 2011, Anand participated in the 73th Tata Steel Chess Tournament, held in Wijk Aan Zee The Netherlands . Anand finished overall 2nd place in the tournament, scoring 8.5 points out of 13 (+ 4 - 0 = 9), just behind the winner Hikaru Nakamura . Anand scored victories over Ruslan Ponomariov, Wang Hao, Jan Smeets, and Alexei Shirov . </Li> <Li> 20th Amber Tournament 2011: From 11 to 25 March 2011, Anand participated in the 20th and final Amber Chess tournament, held in the city of Monte Carlo in Monaco . The tournament was broken into a Blindfold tournament and a Rapid Tournament . Anand scored 7 points out of a possible 11 in the Blindfold tournament (4 wins and 0 losses). In the Rapid tournament, Anand 6 points out of 11 (+ 4 - 3 = 4). </Li> <Li> Anand - Kasimdzhanov Match: On 27 March 2011, Anand played a friendly 4 - game rapid match with one of his seconds, Rustam Kasimdzhanov . The match took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan . Anand won the match 3.5 - 0.5 (the first game being a draw and the rest in Anand's favor). </Li> <Li> Anand - Shirov Match: From 2 June--6 June 2011, Anand played in the 24th León Masters Tournament (XXIV Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Leon Match). It was a rapid match between Viswanathan Anand and Alexei Shirov, consisting of two games a day between 3 and 5 June with a time control of 60 minutes + 30 seconds per move . Anand defeated Shirov 4.5 - 1.5 to win the match (+ 3 - 0 = 3). </Li> <Li> Tal Memorial 2011: The 6th Tal Memorial tournament took place from 16 to 25 June June 2011 . The tournament was a 10 - player, 9 - round single round robin played in Moscow, Russia . Anand scored 50%, with a perfect 9 draws out of 9 . Magnus Carlsen eventually was declared the winner of the tournament on a tiebreak, having finished equal in points Levon Aronian . </Li> <Li> 2011 Bilbao Masters--Grand Slam: From 25 September--11 October 2011, Anand participated in the 4th Bilbao Masters tournament . The tournament was a 6 - player double - round - robin, played using the soccer - like scoring system (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). The other five participants included Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian, and Francisco Vallejo Pons . Anand finished tied 3rd to 5th (same number of points as Nakamura and Aronian), winning 2 games and losing 2 games and earning him 12 points out of a maximum 30 . </Li> <Li> Corsican Masters Knockout: From 22 to 31 October 2011, Anand won the Corsican Masters Knockout Tournament, held in Ajaccio, Corsica . The tournament started out with an open tournament, where the top 14 players after 9 rounds joined Shakriyar Mamedyarov and Viswanathan Anand in a 16 - player knockout tournament . Anand and Mamedyarov both made it to the final round and Anand defeated Mamedyarov 2 - 0 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 73th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: From 14 to 30 January 2011, Anand participated in the 73th Tata Steel Chess Tournament, held in Wijk Aan Zee The Netherlands . Anand finished overall 2nd place in the tournament, scoring 8.5 points out of 13 (+ 4 - 0 = 9), just behind the winner Hikaru Nakamura . Anand scored victories over Ruslan Ponomariov, Wang Hao, Jan Smeets, and Alexei Shirov . </Li> <Li> 20th Amber Tournament 2011: From 11 to 25 March 2011, Anand participated in the 20th and final Amber Chess tournament, held in the city of Monte Carlo in Monaco . The tournament was broken into a Blindfold tournament and a Rapid Tournament . Anand scored 7 points out of a possible 11 in the Blindfold tournament (4 wins and 0 losses). In the Rapid tournament, Anand 6 points out of 11 (+ 4 - 3 = 4). </Li>

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