Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand of India defeated former world championship challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fifth round to make a strong comeback in the 10th Tal Memorial chess championship, in Moscow on Sunday.
The Chennai-based Anand is making his maiden appearance on the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour.
Viswanathan Anand scored a stunning win over Lev Aronian in the second round of the World Chess Championships.
The world number one will start with white pieces against Boris Gelfand of Israel in the opener of the World Chess Championship.
World champion Viswanathan Anand's form in rapid chess was found wanting again as he squandered a lead against Boris Gelfand of Israel and settled for a 1-1 draw in the 10th and penultimate round of the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Nice, France. The Indian is joint-sixth in overall standings with just one round to go and has no chance of winning either of the titles in the tournament.
He also become the sole second in overall standings after eighth round at the Melody Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament.
The Indian world junior champion emerged joint-winner in the International invitational tournament in Bermuda.
The Indian ace beat GM Lenier Dominguez of Cuba in the penultimate round of the Bermuda invitational chess tournament to move to second place.
Viswanathan Anand was engaged in a quick 22 moves draw with Peter Svidler to stay one point ahead of the field after 12 rounds of the World Chess Championships in Mexico City.
Viswanathan Anand played a short but solid draw with Lev Aronian in the ninth round of the World Chess Championships.
Anand, with a draw in 57 moves stays in shared lead with Vladimir Kramnik, both having 2.5 points from four games.
The first day at the World Championships witnessed drawn games. All the eight players in the double round-robin event are tied on a half point each.
The Indian ace shares the lead with Alexander Morozevich after four rounds in the Amber chess tournament.
The defeat saw the Indian slip to joint-third in the Bermuda Invitational chess tournament.
The Indian world junior champion forged ahead after sole leader Giovanni Vescovi of Brazil was beaten in the fifth round in the Bermuda chess tournament.
The victory will also help him cross the magical 2800 Elo barrier for the first time in his career.
Israeli Grandmaster Boris Gelfand beat Russian Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk in the first game of the quarter-finals in the World Chess Cup.
The defending champion, however, continued to lead the standings in the rapid section of the Amber Rapid and Blindfold chess tournament.
Vishwanathan Anand encored his 1997 triumph winning all the three titles 'rapid, blindfold and combined' at stake
The Indian Grandmaster needs to win his last game against Boris Gelfand to have a shot at the title in the Corus tournament.
The Indian ace drew against Ivan Sokolov to move into the joint lead after the fourth round of the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.
He defeated fellow-GM and Frenchman Etinne Bacrot on Tuesday.
The Israeli GM drew first blood in the fight for 5-8 places, beating the Belgian GM in the first game of the two-game mini-match in the World Chess Cup.
The draw against the Israeli Grandmaster took the Indian men's team's tally to 28 points at the Chess Olympiad.
The victory placed the Indian ace in joint second position in the Amber chess tournament.
The Rest of the World maintained a four-point lead over the Armenians with a 3-3 draw in the fourth match of the Tigran Petrosian event.
The victory gave the Indian ace the sole lead in the Amber chess tournament.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand struggled with his form for the second consecutive day as he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the second round of Zurich Chess Challenge.
Indian men faced yet another reverse in their medal quest when they succumbed to a 1.5-2.5 against third seeds Israel.
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 got off to a disappointing start, suffering a rare defeat against Fabiano Caruana of Italy in the first round of the Tal Memorial Chess Tournament in Moscow.
World champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fourth round of Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is just 13 years old but the boy is already going places and this was his second win against a 2700 Grandmaster.
Viswanathan Anand mantained his composure and played out an easy draw against reigning World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the fifth and final round of classical section at the Zurich Chess challenge on Tuesday.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand ended the World Rapid Championship on a positive note, scoring four points out of five games on the final day, but the Indian ace could only finish 25th in the final standings.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand bowed out of the London Chess Classic after losing the quarter-finals against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia 0.5-1.5 here at the Olympia.
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand split the point with Levon Aronian of Armenia and finished joint third after the conclusion of the 10th Tal memorial chess tournament, in Moscow, on Friday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand put an end to two straight losses and settled for an easy draw with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the seventh round of Tal memorial chess tournament in Moscow.
World champion Viswanthan Anand's poor run continued as he suffered his second straight loss, succumbing to American Hikaru Nakamura in the sixth round of the Tal memorial Chess Tournament in Moscow.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand tasted his first success in Classical Chess this year after defeating his former challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fourth round of the Zurich Chess Challenge on Monday.
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