Anand, Humpy shine in 2006

Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy catapulted Indian chess to new heights while Parimarjan Negi also made his presence felt in the year gone by. Anand led the way by winning the Corus Super......

'You really want to defeat Kasparov'

It is always a pleasure to interview Viswanathan Anand. The Grandmasterwas nursing a sprained back when Special Contributing Correspondent Shobha Warriermet him. After an extremely hectic......

Anand to clash with Leko at Corus

Defending Champion Viswanathan Anand of India will take on Hungarian prodigy Peter Leko in the first round of the 66th edition of the Corus Grandmasters Chess Tournament at Wijk Aan Zee. Actual......

'Rapid' 2003 for Anand

Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand scripted yet another successful year, winning all but one rapid chess title, including the World Rapid crown, in 2003. The highlight of the year was the World Rapid......

Anand wins World Rapid Chess tournament

Viswanathan Anand lived up to his reputation of being the best in rapid chess and toppled top seed Vladimir Kramnik of Russia 1.5-0.5 to win the World Rapid Chess Championship, whichconcluded in......