The world champion maintained his slender half-point lead after the sixth round of the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
P Harikrishna and S S Ganguly lost their games as India went down to defending champions Russia in the Chess Olympiad.
Back with a bang, World champion Viswanathan Anand will be up against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway in a much-awaited fifth-round clash of the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands.
Chess has applied for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and a final decision is expected to come next summer.
Viswanathan Anand had to be content with second place in the World Blitz Chess Championship after scoring 28 points, three behind the winner, Magnus Carlsen, of Norway.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand drew with old foe Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the fourth round of Shamkir Chess 2015, held in the memory of Grandmaster Vugar Gashimov.
The tournament assumes great significance in light of the disputes in world chess for more than a decade and half now.
The All India Chess Federation on Thursday felicitated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand for retaining the world chess championship title.
Despite the draw the Indian ace maintained his lead atop Group A in the Sparkassen chess tournament.
Anand's loss almost put him out of the race for first place as Leko replaced him as the joint leader alongwith Vladimir Kramnik.
Chess legend Garry Kasparov believes that reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand has lost motivation and the Indian, who is defending his title against Boris Gelfand right now, has been "sliding downhill" for the past few years.
Viswanathan Anand defeated Russian Alexander Morozevich to emerge as the joint leader in the Grenkeleasing rapid world championship in Mainz, Germany.
World champion Viswanathan Anand outwitted China's Wang Yue in his fourth round encounter in the ongoing Magistral Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Linares on Monday. After tasting his second victory in four games the Indian ace is in sole third place with 2.5 points.
Aruna Anand on her husband's World Championship triumph in Sofia and the build-up to it.
The 16-year-old GM from Azerbaijan is the first player to beat both Kasparov and Anand with black pieces in the same year.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out his seventh draw in as many games, signing peace with World No 2 Levon Aronian of Armenia in the seventh round of the fifth Final Chess Masters in Bilbao, Spain.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand could not break the ice for the third day running and drew with Fabiano Caruana of Italy in the third round of fifth Final Chess Masters in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Viswanathan Anand will be playing his first tournament since winning the World Championship for the fifth time in May early this year at Moscow.
The Indian Grandmaster slipped to third place while Kasparov assured himself of at least joint-first in the Linares tournament.
The Indian ace remains in second spot in the Linares Super Grandmasters' tournament, behind Garry Kasparov.
In a repeat of last year's final, Viswanathan Anand will take on Veselin Topalov in the Title match of the Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess Tournament after the Bulgarian Grandmaster defeated Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the semi-finals in Leon, Spain.
World champion Viswanathan Anand finished the London Classic with an easy draw as black against Luke McShane of England, signing joint fifth in the overall standings of the nine-player round-robin tournament that concluded in London.
Former women's World champion Susan Polgar believes Indian chess is riding a wave of success and predicted a bright future for the sport in the country.
The Indian Grandmaster won the 18-player tournament by a two-point margin over nearest rival Levon Aronian of Armenia.
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.
Elated after their son retained his World Chess Championship title, Viswanathan Anand's parents on Wednesday said the win is very special as the Indian tamed challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in his own backyard.
World champion Viswanathan Anand had to settle for yet another draw against challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria to remain tied after the 11th round of the ongoing World Chess Championship in Sofia.
Viswanathan Anand beat Spaniard Alexei Shirov in the first round of the Morelia-Linares Chess tournament.
World champion Viswanathan Anand missed chances galore in the blindfold game against Chinese Wang Yue and had to be content with an overall joint-second finish in the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Nice, France. Anand, however, maintained supremacy in the rapid section as he tied with Levon Aronian of Armenia and Gata Kamsky of the United States.
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand showcased fresh preparation as black and got an easy draw against rival Boris Gelfand in the second game of the World Chess Championship now in progress in Moscow.
The world No. 2 beat Teimour Radjabov by a 5-3 to win his sixth title on the trot in the World Rapid Chess Championship.
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.
The Indian ace won the third game and drew the fourth, in the eight-game Mainz Rapid World Championship.
With seven rounds left at Linares, the Indian ace will have to tackle his black pieces well and score at least two victories with white.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a second straight draw by holding Fabiano Caruana of the United States easily in the fourth round of the Sinquefield Cup, which is part of the Grand Chess tour.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand salvaged a draw after suffering for a long time in the seventh game of the world chess championship against Magnus Carlsen now underway in Sochi.
World champion Viswanathan Anand opened his campaign with a thumping win over Grandmaster Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan to take the sole lead after the first round of the 22nd Magistral Ciudad de Linares Chess tournament in Linares.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria to remain in joint-second after end of the eighth round in the Pearl Spring Chess tournament in Nanjing, China, on Thursday.
The chess ace, who has won almost every major title in the sport, turns 37 today.
The All India Chess Federation decided to recommend Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand for the coveted 'Bharat Ratna' award.
