World champion Viswanathan Anand played out draws with Levon Aronian of Armenia in the fourth round of Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament in Nice.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand squandered away a good start and could just end Day 1 on a fifty percent score after the end of the fifth round of World rapid chess championship in Berlin.
World champion Viswanathan Anand struck form in the rapid game to beat Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk 1.5-0.5 in the fifth round of the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Nice on Friday. Anand slipped a bit in the blindfold game after getting a few chances but came back strongly to stir tactical complications in the return game and post victory.
Viswanathan Anand defeated Russian Vladimir Kramnik in the sixth game of the World Chess Champions to take a three-point lead.
Vishwanathan Anand continued his winning ways as he annexed the 13th Grenkeleasing Rapid World Championship on Sunday.
The world champion played out a draw with Israeli Boris Gelfand to improve to joint third after the ninth round of the Corus International Chess tournament.
The Indian ace drew his second round match against Peter Leko at the Dortmund Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand took yet another step, coming within one game of retaining his world title, as he drew the eighth game and took his tally to 5.5 points as against Vladimir Kramnik's 2.5 in the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn. Anand now needs just one point from remaining four games to be crowned world champion yet again.
Viswanathan Anand inched closer to the World Chess Championship title after playing out a draw in the seventh game against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia at the Art and exhibition hall in Bonn on Thursday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand will take on world number four Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the first round of the Bilbao Grand Slam of chess. The event, which was opened on Monday, will be a crucial test for Anand ahead of the World Championship match against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia slated next month.
Viswanathan Anand replaced Vladimir Kramnik of Russia as champion, when he won the World Chess Championship in Mexico City on Saturday night.
A world title in the current format is something that will add to the glittering cupboard of the world number one.
World champion Viswanathan Anand split points with Russian Vladimir Kramnik in the 13th and final round to share the third spot in Group A at the end of the Corus International Chess tournament on Monday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand beat Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain to enter the final of the Ciudad de Leon rapid chess tournament in Leon, Spain. Anand after being held to a draw 2-2 in the four scheduled games of the first semi-final won the tie-breaker 1.5-0.5 to complete a 3.5-2.5 verdict.
Garry Kasparov hated losing but in defeat, to an "alien opponent" incapable of fear or the faintest flicker of emotion, the youngest of chess champions and greatest of grandmasters made history. He became a grandmaster at 17 and world champion at 22 in 1985 when the charismatic youngster beat Soviet establishment hero Anatoly Karpov.
"I practice chess based on what I think is a priority, and what I feel like doing. I also read some chess books -- 'Saying No to Chess Principles' by Evgeny Bareev and 'Life and Games of Mikhail Tal"
The Indian ace outplayed Germany's Arkadij Naiditch for his first win at the Sparkassen Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a fourth consecutive draw after signing peace with Peter Svidler of Russia in the seventh round at the Candidates Chess tournament in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, on Friday. At the half-way stage of the tournament, Anand has 4.5 points out of a possible seven.
The Indian Grandmaster drew his 13th round game against Alexander Grischuk of Russia, and needs only a draw against Peter Leko in the final round to win the World Chess Championship.
Viswanathan Anand scored a beautiful victory over Russian Peter Svidler in the fifth round of the World Chess Championships.
The Indian had mixed luck, losing yet another blindfold game, but then crushed Lev Aronian in the rapid game to extend his lead to a full points in the section after nine rounds.
Anand, with a draw in 57 moves stays in shared lead with Vladimir Kramnik, both having 2.5 points from four games.
Anand remained on 4 points from his eight games and his chances of a victory have been almost blown away.
The draw kept Teimour Radjabov in sole lead, on 5.5 points out of a possible seven, while Anand inched to 4.5 points, in the Corus chess tournament.
Both Anand and Sethuraman inched themselves up to five points out of a possible seven and shared the joint eighth spot after a rather dull day that witnessed several draws on the top tables.
He closed the gap between him and the leaders with a comprehensive 2-0 win over the Dutchman in the fifth round of the Melody Amber Blindfold and rapid chess tournament.
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand set to return to FIDE World Cup after 15 years with an aim to seal a berth at the 2018 Candidates tournament.
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Vladislav Artemiev of Russia in the eighth and penultimate round, ending the Indian challenge in the Isle of Man International Chess tournament on Sunday.
The Indian ace, with 2774 points moved to second place, while Vladimir Kramnik dropped to third in the the latest FIDE list.
The defeat saw the Indian ace surrender the joint lead in the Amber Chess tournament.
Home favourite Veselin Topalov shocked Viswanathan Anand in a brilliant and aggressive display in the sixth round.
Viswanathan Anand was held to his fifth straight draw by Michael Adams of England in the fifth round of the Mtel Masters.
The Indian ace drew with GM Peter Leko of Hungary in the first game of the semi-final in the Dortmund Sparkassen chess tournament.
The Indian ace is grouped with young Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany, Peter Svidler and Sergei Reblevsky in the group stage of the tournament.
Viswanathan Anand ensured a second place finish after he was held to a draw by Hungarian Judit Polgar at the MTel Masters chess tournament.
Vishwanathan Anand drew with Judit Polgar in the fourth round of the Mtel Masters in Sofia.
The Indian ace described his opening match in the M-Tel Masters chess tournament as 'one of the best games' he had played against the Bulgarian.
Viswanathan Anand continued to share the lead with three other players after six rounds in the 66th Corus Grandmasters 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.
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