Viswanathan Anand believes that this year's world championship can happen in Chennai if R Praggnanandhaa wins the Candidates Tournament
The game incidentally was an old Sicilian where Shirov tried an unconventional ninth move.
World junior champion Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria beat second seed Vladimir Akopian of Armenia to remain in the Gibtele.com Masters chess tournament.
The world champion won the first semifinal of the 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon chess tournament.
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.
Russian Peter Svidler raised his game when it mattered the most, beating Spaniard Alexei Shirov in his first pre-quarterfinal game of the World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk (Russia).
Latvian-born Spaniard Alexei Shirov earned the right to meet Gata Kamsky of the United States in the final of the chess World Cup following a 1.5-0.5 victory over Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in the rapid tie-break games of the semi-finals.
Viswanathan Anand continued to share the lead with three other players after six rounds in the 66th Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament.
The Indian ace beat the Latvian-born Spaniard in the first round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament.
The victory gave the Indian ace the sole lead in the Amber chess tournament.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played an easy draw with black against Spaniard Alexei Shirov while Vladimir Kramnik of Russia drew first blood defeating Elo favourite Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the first round of Bilbao final masters in Bilbao, Spain, on Sunday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand ended his long chain of draws with a lucky victory over Spaniard Alexei Shirov in the tenth round of the 'A' group of the Corus chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
The victory enabled the Indian ace maintain the sole lead in the Corus chess championship.
The world champion beat Alexei Shirov of Spain in the eighth round of the Morelia-Linares International chess tournament to extend his lead at the top of the eight-player double round-robin tournament to a full point.
The Indian ace settled for two draws with GM Alexei Shirov to maintain a one point lead after the second day of the Mainz Chess Classic.
The Indian ace beat Alexei Shirov in the second game of the Mainz Chess Classic.
Latvian-born Spaniard Alexei Shirov found the going tough and played out a draw with Gata Kamsky of the United States in the first game of the finals of the chess World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
Viswanathan Anand scored a crushing victory over Alexei Shirov of Spain in the 10th round to maintain his position at the top in the 73rd Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
India's D. Gukesh and China's Ding Liren settled for a draw in the eighth round of the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship
D Gukesh paid dearly for unwarranted complications in the middle game, allowing defending champion Ding Liren of China to clinch the opening game
India's R Vaishali crashed through the defenses of former World champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine to move to 3.5 points after the fourth round of FIDE women's Grand Swiss, a part of the World Chess Championship cycle.
India has submitted its bid to host the much-anticipated World Chess Championship clash between teen sensation D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China in November-December this year.
With five players tied at the top after five rounds, Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand face a tough challenge to annex the Corus chess title.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out two draws to keep his full point lead in the Zurich Chess Challenge.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand continued his fine form to outwit Anish Giri of Holland and move into the sole lead after the end of the second round of Zurich Chess Challenge, in Zurich, on Sunday.
In the women's event, India's D Harika drew with Nino Bastiashvili (Georgia) to move up to four points. She is in joint third place with six others.
India 'B' played out a 2-2 draw against Azerbaijan in the 9th round of the open section, while India 'A' and 'C' teams registered identical 3-1 wins in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai, on Sunday.
Viswanathan Anand was one step away from his seventh Chess Classic title after crashing \n\nthrough the defences of Spain's Alexei Shirov in the sixth game.
Chasing an elusive win after four successive draws, world champion Viswanathan Anand will take on Hungarian Peter Leko in the fifth round of the Corus Chess tournament on Friday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand registered his second straight draw after being held by England's Nigel Short and was placed tied-fourth at the end of the second round in Group 'A' of the Corus Chess tournament. Grandmaster Alexei Shirov of Spain emerged sole leader after his victory over last year's Group 'B' winner Fabiano Caruana of Italy.
The Indian Grandmaster lost to Russian Grandmaster Sergei Rublevsky in the fifth round of the Aerosvit International Chess tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster lost to Alexei Shirov in the seventh round of the Aerosvit International Grandmasters Chess tournament.
With two more rounds remaining, Harikrishna is lying low with paltry three points.
Viswanathan Anand will bid to claim the title from defending champion Alexei Shirov at the annual Ciudad de Leon chess tournament
The Indian ace took an unbeatable lead of 4.5-2.5 over Alexei Shirov with one last game to go, in the Chess Classic of Mainz.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out a quick draw with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia to remain in second spot after the end of the third round of the Bilbao final masters tournament.
Victory eluded Viswanathan Anand for the seventh successive round as he drew with Italian Fabiano Caruana in the elite 'A' group of the Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
World champion Viswanathan Anand failed to replicate his superb form of the last few rounds as he drew his final game in the 'A' group against Loek van Wely of Holland to finish joint fourth in the Corus Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands.
Viswanathan Anand's hunt for an elusive victory in the 'A' group continued as he played out his sixth draw on the trot but former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won an exciting game in the 'C' group of the Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
Viswanathan Anand's quest for an elusive win continued unabated as the Indian split points with Hungarian Peter Leko for his fifth draw on the trot in the ongoing Corus Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands.
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