The victory placed the Indian World Cup champions in the joint lead with Alexei Shirov and Judith Polgar in the Corus chess tournament.
India's World Cup champion Vishwanathan Anand earnd a comfortable draw with veteran Dutch Grandmaster Jan Timman in the fourth round of the Corus chess tournament.
The World Cup champion drew with Dutch GM Loek Van Wely to share the top place with Evgeny Bareev, Anatoly Karpov and Judit Polgar after the third round in the 65th Corus chess tournament.
World Cup champion Viswanathan Anand started off with a quick 28-move draw against Azerbaijani sensation Grandmaster Teimour Radjabov in the opening round of the 65th Corus Grandmaster Group tournament
The victory enabled the Indian ace narrow the gap between him and tournament leader Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the Corus chess tournament.
The draw kept Teimour Radjabov in sole lead, on 5.5 points out of a possible seven, while Anand inched to 4.5 points, in the Corus chess tournament.
The victory took the Indian ace to joint-second in the Corus chess tournament, behind, Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan.
The draw took Anand to two points out of a possible three in the Corus Grandmasters 'A' chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in the first round of the Corus Chess tournament.
The victory will also help him cross the magical 2800 Elo barrier for the first time in his career.
After nine rounds in the Corus chess tournament, the Indian ace is in third place.
The Indian ace outplayed Alexander Morozevich in the fifth round of the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament
World champion Viswanathan Anand delivered the goods when it mattered the most, defeating leader Magnus Carlsen of Norway in a complicated 11th round game of the 'A' group in the Corus International Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
Parimarjan Negi beat Dennis Rujigrok of Holland to jump to joint second place in the 'C' group at the Corus International chess tournaments.
Viswanathan Anand won his first game handing Judit Polgar a defeat in the seventh round of Corus Granmasters chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
The world champion wants Garry Kasparov to come back from retirement so that he can play one more game against the Russian.
In the final round Anand only needs to draw to retain the Corus Grandmasters Chess title.
The Indian ace played dangerously attacking chess to beat the Armenian in the second round of the Corus tournament.
The defending champion played out a 23-move draw with GM Peter Leko of Hungary in the Corus Grandmasters 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.
The Indian ace takes on Russian Grandmaster Peter Svidler in fifth round of the Corus International chess tournament.
Judit Polgar of Hungary continues to breathe down Anand's neck.
The victory enabled the Indian ace maintain the sole lead in the Corus chess championship.
The former world champion inflicted a 60-move defeat on the Bulgarian in the second round of the 65th Corus chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Sergei Tiviakov in the 11th round.
The Indian ace shares the lead in the Corus tournament with Veselin Topalov after nine rounds.
But the Indian ace, despite the defeat continues to have a share of the lead with Veselin Topalov, while Kamsky shares the last place with Etienne Bacrot. \n
The Indian ace drew against Ivan Sokolov to move into the joint lead after the fourth round of the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.
The Indian ace has 1.5 points and is in tied second place with Etienne Bacrot and Michael Adams in the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.
The Indian ace is in joint-second place after 11 rounds in the Corus chess tournament.
The Indian ace plays Judit Polgar next in the Corus chess tournament and desperately needs a victory to sat in the reckoning.
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.
After a fine comeback, much can be expected from Viswanathan Anand when he takes on his remaining rivals.
Viswanathan Anand drew with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the eighth round of the Corus chess tournament.
The Indian ace registered his third win on the trot to join the lead group at the end of the seventh round of the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.
The Indian ace won the first game with black pieces and then drew the second with white to score over the Bulgarian.
The Indian ace drew his last round game against Ivan Sokolov to ensure that he retained the Corus Grandmasters chess title.
The Indian GM registered his first win with black pieces in the 66th edition of the Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament.
Anand has not lost his last 59 games played in the Category 19 event.
The world's 14 top-ranked players are taking part in the tournament.
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