MEXICO CITY, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Indian chess grandmaster (GM) Viswanatham "Vishy" Anand Sunday was crowned at International Chess Federation's (FIDE) World Chess Champion Mexico 2007 in Palacio de Mineria in Mexico City's Historic Center.

"I am very happy to be champion and I especially want to thank the warm treatment I received by all the Mexican people and fans that made this possible," Anand told Xinhua.

"One million children are being instructed formally in India to play chess because, I know Mexico is trying to implement a similar program and I wish the Mexican people success," said Anand.

Anand overcame Russian GM Valdimir Kramnik to claim the title, and bronze came to Israeli GM Boris Gelfand.

"You can imagine how happy I am to win this title without having lost any game in this event," said Anand.

The 37-year-old Indian ranked first in FIDE with 2792 points. The great master once collected 2803 points, becoming one of the only four players in history to break the 2800 mark.