World Chess Cup winner to get Viswanathan Anand Trophy

IMAGE: The FIDE World Cup Chess Cup Trophy was renamed as the Viswanathan Anand Trophy. Photograph: Nitin Narang/X The new trophy of the FIDE World Chess Cup was on Friday christened as the......

Kasimdzhanov holds Adams

Grandmaster Rustam Kasimdzhanov drew the first game with second seed GM Michael Adams of England in the six-game final of the World Chess championship in Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday.Kasimdzhanov,......

Kasimdzhanov crushes Shirov

World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan put up a splendid show to beat Alexei Shirov of Spain 3-1 in the first semifinal of the 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon chess tournament in......

Anand overshadows Kasimdzhanov

Viswanathan Anand overshadowed Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan to emerge clear third after the 11th round of the World chess championship in San Luis, Argentina.The fourth victory by the Indian......

Kasimdzhanov to assist Anand at World Championship

Indian ace Viswanathan Anand named former World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov as one of his seconds for the high-profile World Championship match against Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, which......