A rare queen blunder against Russian Alexander Morozevich cost World champion Viswanathan Anand dearly as he went down in the blindfold game and lost the lead in the 10th and penultimate round of Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament in Nice. The Indian ace drew the return rapid game and remained in contention for top honours even as Levon Aronian of Armenia jumped in to sole lead at the expense of Chinese Wang Yue by a 1.5-0.5 margin.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocking loss against Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the fourth round of Candidates Chess tournament.
The Indian ace won one and drew one game against arch-rival Vladimir Kramnik in the fourth round, and carried his total to 7.5 points from a maximum possible of eight.
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.
The Indian ace, with 2774 points moved to second place, while Vladimir Kramnik dropped to third in the the latest FIDE list.
World champion Viswanathan Anand's hunt for an elusive victory continued as he was held by former challenger Vladimir Kramnik of Russia for a draw, in the fourth round of the London Chess Classic.
The defeat saw the Indian ace surrender the joint lead in the Amber Chess tournament.
World champion Viswanathan Anand's third successive loss has put him out of the title race in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament as he went down 0.5-1.5 against Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the ninth round in Nice.
World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered defeat at the hands of Alexander Morozevich of Russia in the blindfold game of the fifth round in Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Nice (France).
World champion Viswanathan Anand won the psychological battle by holding his world championship challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway to an easy draw in the second round of the Norway Chess 2013 Super tournament in progress in Sandnes, Norway.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out his third draw on the trot, signing peace with joint-leader Maxime Vachier-Lagraev of France in the fourth round of Alekhine memorial chess tournament in progress in Paris.
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.
World champion Viswanathan Anand dropped out of contention for a top finish in the Bilbao Grand Slam final chess tournament after losing from a better position to Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round.
Viswanathan Anand split points with the Hungarian to remain in lead after the sixth round of the World Chess Championship.
Former Russian champion Peter Svidler held the Indian ace in the ninth and penultimate round of the Mtel Masters chess tournament.
The five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand is placed comfortably on top of the table with a half point lead. He will enter the crucial phase of the Candidates chess tournament, taking on Peter Svidler after the second rest day in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
Six-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will be a part of the Indian team for the Chess Olympiad to be held in Georgia later this year after he accepted the request from the All India Chess Federation.
Viswanathan Anand won the World Chess Championship on Tuesday, beating Veselin Topalov in the final game of the 12-game match in 56 moves, in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Indian Grandmaster won by a point: 6.5 - 5.5 to retain the crown he won in 2008. Join us in congratulating the world champion.
The Indian ace played his third successive draw to be tied third after the third round of the Sparkassen Super Grandmasters chess.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand said the career spans of chess players are getting shortened because of the intense competition within the sport.
World champion Viswanathan Anand had a miraculous escape as he snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat against Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the fifth round of Magistral Ciudad de Linares Chess tournament in Linares on Wednesday. With his second draw in the tournament besides two victories and as many losses, Anand took his tally to three points out of a possible five and remained in sole third spot as the other games of the fifth round also ended in draws.
The fifth round defeat saw the India concede sole lead and slip to tied-second in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand staged a brilliant comeback by crashing through the defences of Peter Svidler of Russia in the sixth round of Candidates Chess tournament in Moscow.
Topalov, with his unsurpassable score of 9.5 points from 13 games has emerged the New World Chess Champion, 2005.
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 defending champion, however, continued to lead the standings in the rapid section of the Amber Rapid and Blindfold chess tournament.
The victory, the Indian ace's first, enabled him move out of the last position in the M-Tel Masters Chess tournament.
The victory, the Indian ace's first, enabled him move out of the last position in the M-Tel Masters Chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand won the eighth round mini-match 1.5-0.5 in the 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand settled for a draw with Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk in the first round of the Bilbao Grand Slam Final chess tournament.
Gukesh will have to carry with him the tag of world champion and along with it loads of expectations and increased scrutiny. But the 19-year-old is prepared to stand in the limelight.
Viswanathan Anand now lies in second place with four points after the seventh round of Mtel Masters international chess tournament.
Anand played the Italian game with white pieces but could get little out of opening against Vituigov.
World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw for the second day on Wednesday with Loek Van Wely in the Corus chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand held the upper hand with an extra pawn but settled for a draw in a tense encounter with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia after 32 moves in the second game of the World Chess Championship.
The crown slipping away from his hands, defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have to pull himself together and produce a couple of sterling efforts to come back in the World Chess Championship match against Norwegian Magnus Carlsen.
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 No 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, current World Cup winner Levon Aronian and India number two Harikrishna shared the lead with two points apiece.
Viswanathan Anand and Peter Leko, ended their third round clash in just 24 moves in the Linares 2005 Super GM Chess Tournament.
Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju of India became the youngest chess world champion by beating defending champion Ding Liren of China on Thursday
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