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.
Viswanathan Anand inched closer to the World Chess Championship title after playing out a draw in the seventh game against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia at the Art and exhibition hall in Bonn on Thursday.
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World champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the fourth game of the World Championship in Bonn, Germany on Saturday. With eight more games to be played, the scoreline now reads 2.5-1.5 in favour of Anand.
Indian ace Viswanathan Anand beat Vladimir Kramnik with black pieces to score the first victory in the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn on Friday. Anand, who had played Kramnik in the Slav Exchange in the first game of the 12-game match, found himself in the same opening once again. This time, unlike the first draw, the Russian was outwitted by the Indian in 41 moves.
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World champion Viswanathan Anand kept his three-point lead intact as he held off Vladimir Kramnik in the ninth game of the World Chess Championship final. The draw brought Anand closer to the world title, which he gets to keep on reaching 6.5 points.
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Defending champion Viswanathan Anand will start his campaign with black pieces against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the first game of the 12-round World Chess Championship in Chennai on Saturday. After declaring the 'FIDE World Championship Match-2013' open, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa picked the photograph of Anand from the first bowl and a 'black piece' from the other during the draw of lots for the match, to be held at Hyatt Regency hotel.
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It would be a battle between Viswanathan Anand's wealth of experience and Magnus Carlsen's ability to play in any position when the two greats of the game face-off in the much-anticipated World Chess Championship beginning this month, feel a majority of Indian Grand Masters.
Rediff.com reproduces the translation of the remarks made by President Ashraf Ghani at a press conference.
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