Former World champion Viswanathan Anand shrugged off his first round draw to score a resounding victory over Matthias Bach of Germany in the second round of the Masters section of Tradewise Gibraltar Chess festival, in Gibraltar, on Thursday.
The less-fancied Maharashtra girl beat the defending champion in the ninth round of the National Women's chess championship.
Top seed Parimarjan Negi was beaten in the third round of the boys' under-12 at the World Youth Championships.
The FIDE Presidential Board also awarded the International Woman Master title to 12-year-old Dronavalli Harika.
The Chennai collegian beat her team mate to take sole lead in the girls' section at the Asian junior chess championships.
Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna started his campaign by outclassing Eric De Haan of Holland in the first round of the Masters' section of Tradewise Gibraltar Chess festival at the Caleta in Gibraltar.
The Vietnam GM beat Chinese GM Zhang Peng Xiang in the eighth round in the Commonwealth chess championship.
The Asian champion has 13.5 points after 14 rounds, 1.5 points more than her nearest rival S Vijayalakshmi, in the National women's `A' chess championship.
The reigning Asian women's champion beat Tania Sachdev to lead the field in the Nat. women's 'A' chess championship.
The two Grandmasters have 3.5 points each after four rounds in the National 'A' men's chess championship.
They beat Delhi and Chattisgarh respectively to enter the final in the Federation Cup.
The victory over the defending champion gave the top seed the sole lead in the National women's 'A' chess championship.
The top seeded woman Grandmaster beat second seed Zhao Xue to take the lead at the end of the seventh round in the Asian women's chess championship.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian of Armenia won the boys' title in the World junior chess championships which concluded on Friday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
With his third victory in the event, Anand came back within striking distance of the leaders. His tally of six points out of ten is only one point less than Holland's Anish Giri, Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, all who have seven points apiece.
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The 47-year-old former World champion is taking some time off before he gets down to tournament play in St. Louis, United States, where the focus would be on Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov, who is making a surprise return to the game.
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Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand made a disappointing start to his campaign at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in Gibraltar after he was held to a draw by International Master Szidonia Lazarne Vajda of Hungary in the opening round of the masters section.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
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Grandmaster and former national champion B Adhiban crashed through the defences of former women's world champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria to remain in joint lead in the Masters section of Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
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