Reigning world champion Anand’s is sure make a last-ditch attempt to retain the world title when he takes on Israel’s Boris Gelfand in the final game of the World Chess Championship today. u00a0With both players tied on 5.5 points after 11 games, the all-important 12th game will give both a chance to avoid the tie-breaker.u00a0Anand would hope to repeat his performance against Vaselin Topalov of Bulgaria in 2010 when the Indian won the last game to retain the title. Anand had also defeated Russian Vladimir Kramnik in 2008 with ease.

Viswanathan Anand during the current World Championship in Moscow. Pic/AFP