P Harikrishna and S S Ganguly lost their games as India went down to defending champions Russia in the Chess Olympiad.
The Indian ace assured himself of a berth in the semi-finals after beating Sergei Rublevsky in the Sparkassen chess tournament.
He played out a safe draw with Russian Peter Svidler to move into joint lead after the fifth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
The Indian ace beat world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria to maintain his lead at the Mtel Masters International chess tournament.
Three-time champion Anand was held by world No. 4 Peter Svidler in the 13th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament.
The Indian ace drew with Russian champion Peter Svidler and continues to share the lead with four others in the Corus championship.
Viswanathan Anand was engaged in a quick 22 moves draw with Peter Svidler to stay one point ahead of the field after 12 rounds of the World Chess Championships in Mexico City.
World Cup champion Anand outplayed Russian champion Peter Svidler in the blitz tie-break to make the summit clash in the World Rapid Chess Championship.
Top seed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria lost to Russian Peter Svidler to liven things up in the 'A' group of the Corus International Chess tournament.
The defeat dented the Indian Grandmaster's chances of winning the sixth Corus International title for a record sixth time.
The Indian ace beat Peter Svidler in the second round of the Sparkassen Dortmund Super Grandmasters chess championships.
The Rest of the World team will play Armenia in a chess match to commemorate the 75th birth anniversary of late Armenian world champion Tigran Petrosian.
The Indian ace was forced to take a draw in just 17 moves in the ninth round of the World Chess Championships.
Veselin Topalov registered his fifth win in six games to stretch his lead to two points at the World Chess Championships.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw as black against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the second round of the Candidates Chess tournament in Moscow on Saturday.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand of India defeated former world championship challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fifth round to make a strong comeback in the 10th Tal Memorial chess championship, in Moscow on Sunday.
Viswanathan Anand cruised past Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine with a fine performance in the rapid game in the 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament.
Armenian Levon Aronian has had mixed results with Anand but the Indian has troubled his opponent a great deal in the past few years.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Sergey Karjakin of Russia to remain in joint second spot in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament, in St Louis, United States.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand on Saturday gave jitters to his fans before signing an early draw with top seed Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round of Candidates chess tournament.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand crashed through the defences of World No 2 Fabiano Caruana in the fifth round and jumped to the joint second spot in the Sinquefield Cup, in St Louis, US.
Five-times world champion Viswanathan Anand proved all his critics wrong and won the Candidates Chess tournament after settling for a draw with Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the 13th and penultimate round in Khanty Mansiysk (Russia) on Saturday.
Russian Nepomniachtchi inflicts sixth defeat on Indian
Going into the match against the Chinese after ending his six-match losing streak, Anand surrendered the first game in just 22 moves late on Tuesday.
Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with in-form Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia and remained in the joint third spot in the 10th edition of Tal memorial chess tournament in Moscow.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand inched closer to clinching the Candidates Chess tournament title after settling for an easy draw as black against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the 11th round in Khanty Mansiysk.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand continued with his winning ways and scored a second victory against Luke McShane of England to secure a commanding lead in the preliminary round of the London Chess Classic at the Olympia in London.
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.
With his third draw in five games, the reigning world rapid champion remained in joint lead on 3.5 points and now shares the lead with Anish Giri of Holland and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan.
Viswanathan Anand put behind the disappointment of the World Championship loss and started his campaign by first beating England's Luke McShane and later drawing with Michael Adams, another Englishman, in the preliminaries of the London Classic.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand bowed out of the London Chess Classic after losing the quarter-finals against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia 0.5-1.5 here at the Olympia.
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand split the point with Levon Aronian of Armenia and finished joint third after the conclusion of the 10th Tal memorial chess tournament, in Moscow, on Friday.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw as black against Anish Giri of Holland in the seventh round of Candidates Chess tournament in Moscow.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand made it to the knock-out stage in the London Chess Classic with an easy draw against Andrei Istratescu of France in the fifth round of the preliminaries that concluded at the Olympia.
India's Viswanathan Anand regained the sole lead with a sparkling victory over former challenger Veselin Topalov from Bulgaria in the ninth round of Candidates Chess tournament in Khanty Mansiysk on Sunday.
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.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Vladimir Kramnik in the fourth round but remained in sole lead to stay in contention in the Candidates chess tournament in Khanty Mansiysk.
Magnus Carlsen of SG Alpine Warriors defeated Viswanathan Anand and launched his team to the top of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League in Dubai on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
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