Rude defeats for World champion Viswanthan Anand and fellow Grandmaster Koneru Humpy summed up a pathetic day for the Indians in the first round of Corus Chess tournament.
The Indian ace thrashed former World champion Veselin Topalov 1.5-0.5 to jump to joint second place after the fourth round at the Blindfold Chess World Cup.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine to maintain a half point lead after the penultimate round in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
World champion Viswanathan Anand drew with nearest rival Magnus Carlsen of Norway to maintain his slender lead at the end of the 10th round of the Morelia-Linares tournament. The Indian ace took his tally to 6.5 points, and is placed half-a-point ahead of the Norwegian teenager.
Viswanathan Anand drew with Vassily Ivanchuk to maintain sole lead after the end of the Morelia stint of the Morelia-Linares chess.
His old rival Vladimir Kramnik emerged winner in Blindfold and overall sections.
The victory put the Indian in sole lead at the end of the fourth round in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand's bad form continued as he finished 22nd in the World Blitz Chess championship, which concluded in Berlin on Thursday.
The other quarter-finalists in the World Chess Cup are Evgeny Bareev, Etinnie Bacrot, Levon Aronian, Michail Gurevich, Ruslan Ponomariov, Sergei Rublevsky and Alexander Grischuk.
The Indian ace was held to a draw by Peter Leko of Hungary in the 13th round of the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
The Indian ace retains a half point lead after the 12th round in the Morelia-Linares Chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand remained in joint lead in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament after drawing with top seed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
The fifth round defeat saw the India concede sole lead and slip to tied-second in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand proved his true mettle yet again as he outclassed Levon Aronian of Armenia in a long-drawn game in the ninth round of the Candidates Chess tournament in Moscow.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with his former challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria to remain joint 3rd after the end of the eighth round of Candidates chess tournament, in Moscow, on Sunday.
Viswanathan Anand will bid to claim the title from defending champion Alexei Shirov at the annual Ciudad de Leon chess tournament
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand sealed the Candidates tournament title with an effortless draw with Peter Svidler of Russia in the 14th and final round in Khanty Mansiysk.
Placed fourth after the first leg on Tuesday, the 48-year-old had a dream run on the final day to secure six wins and three draws in the nine rounds to draw level with the world No 3 American Nakamura to force a play-off.
They routed Michael Berrer of Germany and Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark on Sunday.
The Indian scored a sensational victory over Grandmaster Zurab Sturua of Georgia in the fifth round of the Dubai International Chess Championship.
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A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
Thomas Johansson rattled off a whirlwind 6-2, 6-1 win over Stefan Koubek in the first round of the Barcelona Open
The American was forced to default his semi-final match against Kenneth Carlsen because of an ankle injury
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a thrilling draw with Anish Giri of Holland but bowed out of contention to win the Candidates after the 13th and penultimate round, which concluded in Moscow.
The Indian ace rallied from a game down to beat FIDE champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
The world champion won the first semifinal of the 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon chess tournament.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocking loss against Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the fourth round of Candidates Chess tournament.
'It was a big relief to get it out of the way. Now he can concentrate on future progress.'
The duo beat James Blake and Jeff Morrison of the U.S. in the first round of the ATP International tennis championship in Florida.
The top seed overcame a bad start to beat Kenneth Carlsen in the Mercedes-Benz Cup.
Amritraj was leading 5-3 in the first set when the Russian retired with an injury to his left wrist.
Amritraj, a wild card, was leading 5-3 in the first set when the Russian retired with an injury to his left wrist.
The top seed will face Kenneth Carlsen in the semi-finals after the unseeded Dane beat American Jan-Michael Gambill at the Kroger St Jude ATP event.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand survived a scare before eventually holding his position together to escape with a draw against Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri in the sixth round of London Chess Classic in London on Friday.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand remained in sole lead after a third straight draw, signing peace with Russian Sergey Karjakin in the sixth round of Candidates Chess tournament in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, on Wednesday.
Viswanathan Anand avenged his defeat against Sergey Karjakin of Russia and came roaring back in lead.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand drew with old foe Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the fourth round of Shamkir Chess 2015, held in the memory of Grandmaster Vugar Gashimov.
The All India Chess Federation has banned Delhi chess player D K Chopra for life after he was found guilty of various misdeeds during the past four years.
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