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- I want to be number one again: Anand
New Delhi, July 24: Reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand wants to regain the number one position in the FIDE world rankings by the year-end.
Anand, who retained his world c....
- Nitin, Shyam share lead in Asian junior chess
Chennai, June 22: The fluctuating ebb and tide of the Asian junior chess championship saw FIDE Master S. Nitin of India joining International Master and compatriot M. Shyamsundar at the top of ....
- Sundar, Phung keep lead in Asian junior chess
Chennai, June 20: It was status quo in the Asian Junior Chess championship as International Master M. Shyam Sundar of India (5.5 points) and Woman FIDE Master Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam (6) nu....
- Asian Junior chess: Srinath, Shyam Sundar share lead
Chennai, June 19: Overnight leader N. Srinath drew his match with Anwesh Upadhya and had to be content with sharing the lead with M. Shyam Sundar on 4.5 points after five rounds of the Asian Ju....
- Srinath, Bodda lead in Asian Junior chess
Chennai, June 18: Former World under-12 champion and International Master N. Srinath of India emerged sole leader with four points at the end of the fourth round of the Asian junior chess champ....
- Indians dominate Asian chess
Chennai, June 16: PV Nandhidhaa and Cholleti Sahajasri delivered upset victories even as 13 boys, including 12 Indians, and eight girls, six of them from the home country, shared the lead with ....
- Jayaram prevails in Asian Junior chess
Chennai, June 15: Defending champion Ashwin Jayaram of India, employing the Sicilian defence, defeated compatriot Pratik Patil to take full points in the first round of the Asian Junior chess c....
- Maletin champion; Laxman bags Commonwealth Gold
New Delhi, May 18: Grandmaster R.R. Laxman sprang a major surprise on Argentinean Grand Master Pablo Lafuente to bag the gold medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championship here today.
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- You have made country proud, PM tells Anand
New Delhi, May 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Viswanathan Anand, who retained his world chess champion title for the fourth time, has made the country proud.
In his cong....
- Negi shares lead with two others in Commonwealth Chess
New Delhi, May 13: Second seed and leader of Indian hopes Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi, his city-mate Grandmaster Sriram Jha and Russian Grandmaster Pavel Maletin share the lead with five and ha....
- Anand's determination has paid off: father
Chennai, May 12: World chess champion Vishwanathan Anand's father on Tuesday said it was his son's determination that helped him retain the world title in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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- Anand wins final game, retains world title
Sofia, May 11: World chess champion Viswanathan Anand retained his title by winning a thrilling 12th and final game and beating Veselin Topalov in 57 moves with black pieces in Sofia today.
- Anand, Topalov still tied level after game 11
Sofia, May 10: Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov drew their 11th game of the 12-game World Chess Championship match to leave the two rivals level at 5.5 points each with one more game to go....
- Negi, Abhijeet to lead Indian challenge in Commonwealth chess
New Delhi, May 3: Delhi's Parimarjan Negi and Abhijeet Gupta will spearhead the Indian challenge in the Parsvnath Commonwealth chess championship that gets under way in the national capital....
- Anand fights back to win second game, levels world title match
Sofia, April 25: World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand fought back in style to level his 12-game World chess final against Bulgarian Veselin Topalov with a superb win in the second game today.....
- Anand relieved to make it to World Championships
Sofia (Bulagaria), April 23: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand said he is happy to make it to the World Chess Championships, which had to be delayed by one day because the Indian's trave....
- Dhampur Sugar Mills win bridge championship
New Delhi: Dhampur Sugar Mills won the 2nd Mohanlal Bhartia Memorial Bridge Championship played here over the weekend.
The team was represented by Ashok Goel, Kamal Mukherjee, Pritish....
- Anand ends fourth, Abhijit second in Group C
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): India's Viswanathan Anand ended the 72nd edition of the Corus Grandmasters tournament with yet another draw, his 11th in 13 rounds, but with two other wins, ....
- Corus chess: Anand draws again, Abhijeet wins 11th round
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Viswanathan Anand, one of the only two players in the field not to have suffered a loss, played his tenth draw in 11 rounds at the Corus Grandmasters chess tourn....
- Ninth successive draw for Anand, Negi scores a win
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Viswanathan Anand continued his sequence of draws as he was held by Sergei Tiviakov in the ninth round of the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament here. With the ....
- Anand draws again, Negi and Hari share Best Game prize
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Even as a win continued to elude Viswanathan Anand, it was a no-loss day for the five Indians in the 72nd Corus Grandmasters chess.
Anand, who has won ....
- Maghami clinches Parsvnath International chess title
New Delhi: Third seed Iranian Grandmaster Maghami Ehsan Ghaem ensured a thrilling end to the 8th Parsvnath International Chess Tournament by settling for a draw with Bangladeshi Grandmaster Zia....
- Maghami, Lenic share lead; Deep holds top seed to draw
New Delhi: Second seed Slovenian Grandmaster Lenic Luka defeated International Master Nikolay Tolstikh of Russia in the penultimate round to catch up with the overnight sole leader Grandmaster ....
- Hari wins second game in row, Anand, Negi draw again
Wijk Aan Zee: Pentala Harikrishna was the lone Indian winner in the fourth round of the Corus Grandmasters under way here. Harikrishna's second successive win in Group B carried him to tied....
- Anand, Negi held as all five Indians draw their games
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Five-time Corus champion and the reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Nigel Short in the second round of the 72nd Corus Grandmasters ....
- Maghami takes sole lead in Parsvnath Chess
New Delhi: Third seeded Iranian Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami defeated International Master Oliver Dimakiling of Philippines in the sixth round to emerge as the sole leader in the 8th Parsvna....
- Anand meets Karjakin in Corus Chess first round
Wijk Aan Zee: Five-time champion Viswanathan Anand will take on young Sergey Karjakin in the first round of the 72nd Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.
A record number of five India....
- Seven share lead; Kamble holds Kryakvin
New Delhi: Seven players, including third seed Iranian Grandmaster Ghaem Maghami Ehsan, share the lead with perfect score at the end of fourth round matches in the ongoing 8th Parsvnath Interna....
- India bag bronze in world team chess championship
Kolkata: India drubbed Brazil to win the bronze in the World Team Chess Championship which concluded in Turkey today.
According to information received here, the team comprising Grand....
- Anand leads five Indians at Corus Chess
Wijk Aan Zee (Netherlands): India's growing might in chess will once again be in full view as a record five Indian players will feature at the 2010 Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament at th....
- Sriram Jha conferred Grand Master title
Chennai: The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has confirmed Grand Master title to Sriram Jha of Delhi based on his Elo rating of 2,511.
According to an All India Chess Federation....
- India A men assured of chess gold
Kolkata: The India A men's team cruised past Singapore to be assured of the gold medal after the sixth and penultimate round of the Tata Steel Asian Team Chess Championship here today.
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- India A move closer to Asian Team Chess title
Kolkata: The India A men's team inched closer to the title, beating Iran convincingly 3.5-0.5 in the fifth round of the Asian Team Chess Championship here today.
With two more rou....
- Nineteen GMs, ten WGMs in 16th Asian team chess championship
Kolkata: As many as 19 Grand Masters and 10 Women's Grand Masters are among the 100-odd players taking part in the $5,000 16th Asian team chess championships that begin here today, though d....
- Sasikiran, Satyapragyan, to lead Indian teams in Asian chess
Kolkata: Grand Masters K.Sasikiran and S.Satyapragyan will spearhead the men's challenge in the $5,000 prize money 16th Asian team chess championship to be held here Dec 20-28.
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- Anand loses last round, falls to fourth
Moscow: Viswanathan Anand went down in a stunning loss to Lev Aronian and slipped to tied fourth as the final round saw Vladimir Kramnik secure first place with his draw against Vassily Ivanchu....
- Sasikiran finishes second in Inventi Chess
Amsterdam: India's Krishnan Sasikiran drew his final round game with former local legend Jan Timman in the prestigious Inventi Chess 2009 Grandmaster tournament to finish tied second in the....
- Liem continues as leader in Kolkata Open Chess
Kolkata: Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam won his top board encounter against Uzbek GM Anton Filippov to sit pretty on top of the heap after the penultimate round at the 4th Kolkata Open Gr....
- Himangshu, Vidit pull off big upsets in Kolkata Open Chess
Kolkata: International Master Himanshu Sharma and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi caused major upsets by scalping highly rated Grandmasters in the second round of the fourth Kolkata Open Grandmaster Che....
- Khosla upsets Kidambi in Kolkata Open Grandmaster chess
Kolkata: Thirteen-year-old Shiven Khosla of India pulled off an upset win over Grandmaster Sundararajan Kidambi in the opening round of the fourth Kolkata Open Grandmaster chess tournament here....
- Rathnakara joins Jha, Deepan in lead
New Delhi: International Master K. Rathnakaran put himself in contention for the title and a berth for the World Cup with a win over Bangladeshi Grandmaster Reefat Bin-Sattar in the penultimate....
- Asian Chess Championships wide open, Sultana upsets Tania
New Delhi: Top seed and International Master Tania Sachdev's dream of qualifying for the Chess World Cup came to an end as she lost her sixth and final game against Bangladeshi national cha....
- Anand out of Mainz final for first time in 11 years
Mainz (Germany): World Champion Viswanathan Anand, an 11-time winner in Mainz, bowed out before the finals at a venue which has become synonymous with his name.
Anand lost two of his ....
- Strong Indian challenge for Asian Youth chess
New Delhi: Indian chess is on an all-time high with its players tasting success regularly at the international events, and they will be eyeing a rich haul of medals at the ONGC Asian Youth Ches....
- From rebellion to revolution in Orissa chess
Bhubaneswar: In a cricket crazy nation, other sports often rue the lack of spectator support. But the scene at the inaugural SCS International Open GM Chess Tournament here was quite different.....
- Viswanathan Anand receives his sixth Chess Oscar
Baku, Azerbaijan: India's Grand Master Viswanathan Anand received his sixth Chess Oscar and third in a row before the start of the President Cup here.
Anand, who won the annual a....
- Teenage chess prodigy hopes to turn Grandmaster
Chennai: After a good outing in three international meets in Sri Lanka, India's teenage chess prodigy N. Srinath is aiming to become a Grandmaster (GM) by the end of the year.
The 14-yea....
- Abhijeet wins in Group C, Sasi held in group B
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): India's Krishnan Sasikiran played a long 65-move draw against Andrei Volokitin of Ukraine in the sixth round, as the 71st edition of Corus chess approached....
- Upsets galore in Gurgaon Open chess
Gurgaon: Grandmasters Evgeny Gleizerov of Russia and Petr Kostenko of Kazakhstan suffered shock defeats at the hands of unheralded P. Saravanakrishanan and Laltu Chatterjee of India, respecti....
- Nine-year-old Shah beats GM Ibrayev Nurlan to create history
New Delhi: Nine-year old Hetul Shah created history in the first round of the seventh Parsvnath International Open Chess tournament, defeating Grand Master Nurlan Ibrayev of Kazakhstan on Sunda....
- Anand gets new technology to better his chess
Bangalore: World champion Viswanathan Anand was honoured for defending his world chess title by his sponsors Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) with a top-of the line gaming computer here on M....
- GM Abhijeet spearheads Indian chess challenge
New Delhi: Grandmaster and World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta will spearhead the Indian challenge in the first India-Armenia Friendship Chess match that starts here on Sunday at the Russia....
- New format to help India in Chess Olympiad
New Delhi: The Indian team for the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany have good medal prospects due to the new format introduced in 2008. The placing will be based on wins and not points. A 4-0....
- Viswanathan Anand wins World Chess Championship
Bonn: India's Viswanathan Anand drew the 11th game of the 12-game World Chess Championship final with white pieces against Vladimir Kramnik to take an unbeatable 6.5-4.5 lead and retain his wor....
- India all set to seal Border-Gavskar trophy
New Delhi: India has won the toss and elected to bat in the third test against Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi. Team India misses off-spinner Harbhajan Singh who has been dro....
- Kramnik beats Anand in 10th game
Bonn: Vladimir Kramnik with his back to the wall finally struck back against defending chess champion Viswanathan Anand with a confidence-boosting win that still kept him on the edge but gave h....
- Anand draws ninth game, half point from world title
Bonn: Viswanathan Anand held out for a tense draw in 45 moves in the ninth game of the 12-game World Chess Championship final against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in Bonn on Sunday night. The Ind....
- Anand needs just one point to retain title
Bonn: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand needs just one more point to retain the coveted World Chess Championship and will be looking to seal the fate of his opponent Vladimir Kramnik when th....
- World Chess Championship: Anand draws 7th game
Bonn: India's Viswanathan Anand took a 37-move draw in the slav defence to maintain his dominance over Vladimir Kramnik in the 12-game World Chess Championship final on Thursday. Anand, who had....
- Anand takes 3-point lead, close to retaining world title
Bonn: Viswanathan Anand destroyed Vladmir Kramnik with a third win in four games and ended his hopes of the world championships. The defending champion may well have shut the door on Kramnik as....
- Anand strikes again, takes 2 point lead over Kramnik
Bonn (Germany): Viswanathan Anand may well have scored a decisive second win in the World Chess Championships with a stunning second win with black pieces over Vladimir Kramnik to go two full p....
- Anand takes lead over Kramnik with crushing win
Bonn: Viswanathan Anand drew first blood as he crushed Vladimir Kramnik with black pieces in the third game of the World Chess Championships final to go one-up in the 12-game in Bonn. The first....
- Second straight draw for Anand, Kramnik
Bonn: Viswanathan Anand surprised Vladimir Kramnik by going in with a Nimzo-Indian even as many expected a Petroff from him in the second game of the World Chess Championship on Wednesday that ....
- Anand, Kramnik starts with a draw in WCC
Bonn (Germany): World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with black against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the first game of the World Chess Championship today. Playing with whit....
- Anand finishes last in Bilbao, likely to lose top ranking
Bilbao (Spain): World Champion Viswanathan Anand signed off with a mundane draw against Magnus Carlsen of Norway to finish last in the Bilbao Grand Slam Final and the outcome might cost the Ind....
- Anand splits point with Ivanchuk in round-1
Bilbao (Spain): World Champion Viswanathan Anand settled for a draw with Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk after finding himself in time trouble in the first round of the Bilbao Grand Slam Final chess....
- Anand wins Mainz chess title for record 11th time
Mainz (Germany): Viswanathan Anand showed that he is in perfect shape to defend his world title as he outplayed young Magnus Carlsen in the final of the 13th Grenkeleasing Rapid World Champions....
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