World C'ship: Humpy beats Melissa Greeff

Top rated Koneru Humpy started off with an easy victory in the women's world championship opener but second highest Indian D Harika was held to a draw by compatriot Kruttika Nadig in the first game......

Anand held; Carlsen surges ahead

World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in the fifth round of the Pearl Spring Chess tournament Nanjing, China on Sunday.After a disastrous blunder that......

Nanjing Chess: Anand held, Carlsen off to a flier

World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Wang Yue of China in the first round of Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess tournamenton Wednesday. Magnus Carlsen of Norway crashed through the......

Harikrishna draws with Korchnoi

Top seed Pendalya Harikrishna played out a draw against Swiss GM Viktor Korchnoi and stayed at the bottom of the table after the second round of fifth Marx Gyorgy Memorial International Chess......

Dortmund: Anand held by Leko

Viswanathan Anand continued his steady progress at the Dortmund Super Grandmasters Chess tournament by drawing his second round match against Hungarian Grandmaster Peter Leko in Dortmund.It was his......