A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
American Grandmaster Gata Kamsky beat Spaniard Alexei Shirov in the second game in the final of the chess World Cup and now needs only two draws to capture the title.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Rustam Kasimdzhanov held Viswanathan Anand to a draw in the fourth round of the 22nd Linares Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.
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.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
The draw left the top seeded Indian at the bottom of the table after the second round in the Marx Gyorgy Memorial International Chess tournament.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand began his campaign in the Zurich Chess Challenge on a losing note, beaten by Armenia's Levon Aronian in the first round.
Parimarjan Negi went down to second seed Grandmaster Michal Krasenkow in the eighth round and bowed out of the championship race in the Hogeschool Zeeland International chess tournament.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The Indian is seeded 8th in this strong tournament and has so far produced fine flair.
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Alexander Morozevich in the 11th round of Morelia-Linares chess.
The India ace scored win and two draws on the second day at the Chess 960 World Championship in Mainz.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.
World junior champion Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria beat second seed Vladimir Akopian of Armenia to remain in the Gibtele.com Masters chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand put it across Michael Adams to move within striking distance of tournament leader Peter Leko.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday '
World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand came up with a fine performance to be placed tied second in the blitz tournament of the Altibox Norway chess tournament, in Stavanger.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The third seed held defending champion and S Vijayalakshmi to win the National 'A' women's chess title.
Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi added another feather in his cap. The 20-year-old continued his brilliant form and clinched the Politiken Cup 2013 after emerging with a fine score of nine out of a maximum possible 10 points, in Copenhagen, Denmark on Sunday.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand won two, lost two and drew one for a joint third place finish at the blitz tournament of Zurich Chess Classic.
Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand won his maiden London Classic title after defeating British Grandmaster Michael Adams in the fifth and final round on Monday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday.
Viswanathan Anand made another strong comeback, defeating Hikaru Nakamura of the United States in the fourth round of the Zurich Chess Classic on Wednesday.
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Deepa Malik produced her best effort in her fourth attempt, a 9.67 metre throw to win the bronze medal.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand on Saturday gave jitters to his fans before signing an early draw with top seed Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round of Candidates chess tournament.
India's biggest sporting legends Sachin Tendulkar, Abhinav Bindra and Vishwanathan Anand hailed PV Sindhu for her valiant performance in the Olympic final against world number one Carolina Marin. Abhinav Bindra in his message for Sindhu said that he wasn't as heartbroken after missing out on a medal himself as he is today (Saturday). India's only individual Olympic gold medallist tweeted: "I think I'm more heartbroken today (after Sindhu's loss in final) than I was a week ago! Well played @Pvsindhu1 you are an inspiration to me!"
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand made it to the knock-out stage in the London Chess Classic with an easy draw against Andrei Istratescu of France in the fifth round of the preliminaries that concluded at the Olympia.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Five-time World champion Viswanthan Anand played out another draw with Peter Svidler of Russia in the second round of the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, United States.
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