With an overall score of 6.5 - 4.5 Viswanathan Anand wins the match and keeps his title as the World Chess Champion 2008. Our coverage of the World Chess Championship 2008 comes to an end as well. During three weeks, the World Chess Championship 2008 was fully covered by the mass media from all over the world in different formats. Many journalists from main international news agencies, well known newspapers and magazines, TV and Radio channels and Internet websites came to Bonn to cover the Championship live.

Official Press Release World Chess Championship 2008 Organizer.

Our Foidos live broadcasting was watched by more than 1.2 million people. In addition, 45 other international media portals used the World Chess Championship applet to provide the transmission of the games live. Taking into account all these figures during the whole event between 20 and 30 million visitors followed the games of the World Championship live.

We have broadcast LIVE more than 9 hours a day, for 12 days with more than 6 cameras every day, 4 different commentators (English, Spanish, German and Russian) and some outstanding guests including top grand masters and major German political figures.

Claudiu Tanasescu, Managing Director Share Dimension:  
“At Share Dimension we look back with pride to the 3 weeks that have passed since our team has set its headquarters here in Bonn, Germany. 

With the help of Foidos we have transformed the way people see chess on the internet. We brought emotions into the game and the feedback was outstanding.

Great things are coming. Expect more. “

Share Dimension together with Chess Media Services and the UEP is working on producing and releasing a DVD version of the World Chess Championship. The DVD will get next to all the footage broadcast online, unseen footage of behind the scenes, award ceremony, interviews with VIP guest and many more.
You can see a trailer below: