The Indian ace was engaged in an eventful draw with Vladimir Kramnik in the 8th round of the Corus chess tournament.
The other semi-final in the World Rapid Chess championship will be between Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk.
The Indian chess ace beat young Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Linares-Morelia Super Grandmasters tournament.
Going all out for a win to clinch the title, world champion Vishwanathan Anand suffered a heart-breaking loss at the hands of Wang Hao of China in the final round to finish a disappointing fourth in the Norway Super Chess tournament in Sandnes.
Levon Aronian beat Indian GM Vishwanathan Anand to retain the Chess 960 World Championship in Mainz.
The victory enabled the Indian ace maintain the sole lead in the Corus chess championship.
'The main thing for chess right now is to finish its world championship and get one reunified title,' says Vishwanathan Anand.
World champion Vishwanathan Anand says world No 2 Vladmir Kramnik is a tough opponent but he is confident of doing well against him in their much-awaited clash.
Vishwanathan Anand outplayed Peter Leko in the fifth round to take sole lead at the Corus Grandmasters tournament
The Indian GM demolished Jan Timman in the 11th round of the Corus Chess tournament.
The Indian ace, who lost the third game on Friday morning, had black in yet another Sicilian Najdorf, the third time in four games.
Srikar Varadaraj, the lad who held World champion Viswanathan Anand to a draw in the simultaneous chess games at the International Congress of Mathematicians, says he could have won had he played the end-game properly.
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Alexander Morozevich in the 11th round of Morelia-Linares chess.
The All India Chess Federation announced a whopping Rs 3.2 crore in rewards for the historic 45th Olympiad-winning Indian teams during a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Indian ace held Frenchman Joel Lautier in the fifth round of the World Rapid Chess Championship.
Vishwanathan Anand split points with Levon Aronian to stay in lead after nine rounds at the Morelia-Linares International Chess tournament.
By becoming only the second Indian after legendary Vishwanathan Anand to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, Praggnanandhaa booked a spot in the Candidates event in 2024 to determine the challenger to Ding Liren.
16 of the world's top Grandmasters will battle for honours in the World Rapid Chess tournament in France.
The Indian GM's has seven points, with four wins and six draws with three more rounds remaining at the 66th Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament.
Anand settled for a quick draw against Vassily Ivanchuk. He shares the lead with Judit Polgar and Evgeny Bareev.
The Indian ace runs into 15-year-old Teimour Radjabov, who had shocked Gary Kasparov, next in the Linares tournament.
'With an achievement like this, Gukesh could even be endorsing global brands.'
The former world champion is pitted against a tough field, with seven of the world's top ten vying for honours in the 65th edition of the tournament.
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi believes the government's recent decision to stop cash rewards for attaining GM and International Master titles is 'not ideal' for the parents of chess players.
Anish Giri blundered a piece against Magnus Carlsen, losing in just 22 moves.
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand suffered his second defeat in the Altibox Norway chess tournament after losing to Anish Giri of Holland in the fourth round, in Stavanger.
World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand continued his fine run in the faster version of the game and annexed the Tal Memorial rapid chess title in Moscow after an easy final round draw against Boris Gelfand of Israel.
It has bolstered the home team's medal chances at the 14-day event, which is expected to see massive participation from more than 150 countries.
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 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.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
India's Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia in the sixth round to remain static in third spot in the 10th Tal Memorial Chess tournament, in Moscow.
Anand has been trying to play very complicated positions and the sixth round was no different.
Viswanathan Anand's hunt for an elusive win continued as he was held to yet another draw by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the sixth round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament, Stavanger, Norway.
Amid apprehension that the World Chess Championship title contest between reigning champion Magnus Carlsen and former winner Vishwanathan Anand could be postponed, the Indian ace is hoping the rematch would go ahead.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lavished praise on Indian chess players, including former World champion Vishwanathan Anand, for coming up with an "innovative" way to raise funds for the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Five leading players Vidit Gujrathi, P Harikrishna and B Adhiban, Koneru Humpy and Dharika, alongside Anand had participated in an online chess exhibition and helped raise Rs 4.5 lakh for the PM-CARES Fund.
World No 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, current World Cup winner Levon Aronian and India number two Harikrishna shared the lead with two points apiece.
With favourable results under his belt this year, five-time World champion Vishwanathan Anand is approaching the forthcoming World Chess Championship at Sochi with a quiet confidence and a positive frame of mind but termed his opponent Magnus Carlsen as "tenacious".
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