Original: After several near misses , Anand won the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000 for the first time after defeating Alexei Shirov 3 Â 1\/2 â '' 0 Â 1\/2 in the final match held at Tehran , thereby becoming the first Indian to win that title .
Simplified: Anand has retained the world title by beating Veselin Topalov 6 Â 1\/2 â '' 5 Â 1\/2 in May 2010 .