A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday.
She was the only remaining Indian woman in the World chess championships in Russia
Woman Grandmaster Eesha Karavade completed her third and final International Master norm after settling for a quick draw with IM Al Sayed Mohamad of Qatar in the ninth and final round of the Dubai International chess championship.
Viswanathan Anand beat Alexander Morozevich in the 11th round of the World Chess Championship to swell his score to 7.5 points, 1.5 clear of the field.
The former World junior champion won the Marx Gyorgy international chess tournament after settling for an easy draw with GM Ferenc Berkes in the 10th and final round game.
The Indian ace will look to consolidate his position at the top of the chess ratings list by adding another title to his already impressive collection.
Tandav is as mainstream and contrived as it gets, but not completely without its moments of charisma and drama, observes Sukanya Verma.
Playing with black pieces, Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran had to settle for a draw against his higly-rated English compatriot Michael Adams in the opening match of the M-Tel Masters 2007 in Sofia.
Viswanathan Anand kept himself in reckoning for his sixth title on the trot.
Viswanathan Anand's absence was felt as India could manage only a 2-2 draw against Uzbekistan in the ninth round of the Chess Olympiad.
Ganguly holds Zvjaginsev to a draw\nKrishnan Sasikiran opened his account with a draw against GM Oleg Romanishin of Ukraine in the third round of the Aeroflot International open chess tournament.
S Vijayalakshmi is the lone Indian left in the fray.
The Indian ace settled for a quick draw with Grandmaster Gabrielo Sargissian in the ninth and final round of the Reykjavik International chess tournament.
They remained in joint lead with 6.5 points each after the seventh round of the Parsvanath International Chess tournament.
'Even for those of us who are not driven or hardworking, life will be much more interesting and vastly different from the way life is today,' says Aakar Patel.
The 12-year-old Indian chess ace bagged the title after beating Grandmaster Sergei Erenburg of Israel in the fourth round of the Masters section in the Hastings International Chess Congress.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
The fall shattered his chances of claiming the world number one ranking from Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
The World Cup champion drew with Alexander Grischuk and Alexei Shirov in his first two matches in the in World Rapid Chess Championship.
The victory improved the Indian's chances of a decent finish in the Aeroflot International Open chess tournament.
The Indian ace gained 11 points to breach the landmark but missed the top rank by just one point.
P Harikrishna slipped to the second spot after settling for a draw with Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov
Though the men faltered, Indian eves emerged sole leaders in Asian chess team championships
The Indian GM beat Maxim Sorokin in the first round of the eight-match Ilapuram Grandmasters Chess tourney.
The 17-year old Indian got the title in the Dubai chess tournament, which was won by Wang Hao of China.
Despite the draw the Indian ace maintained his lead atop Group A in the Sparkassen chess tournament.
Vadim Milov scored a stunning victory over Viswanathan Anand in the final of the Corsica Masters rapid knockout chess tournament.
Garry Kasparov extended his lead over nearest rivals Anand and Topalov to two point at Linares.
While Garry Kasparov stretched his lead to a full point over Topalov in the 9th round of the 22nd Linares super Grandmasters' tournament.
The world rapid champion beat Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the second round of the Linares Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.
Dronavali Harika finished second in the women's championship.
The Indian GM beat IM Enamul Hossian of Bangladesh for his second win in the Brtish Open chess.
The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two. Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life.
Indian eves came up with yet another emphatic performance in the 10th round of the women's section of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Grandmasters Pendyala Harikrishna and Abhijit Kunte guided India to a 2.5-1.5 victory over the United States in the fourth round of the Chess Olympiad.
The Indian ace failed to convert an advantageous position and settled for a draw against the World champion at Linares.
Anand drew with Spaniard Francisco Pons while Kasparov lost to Teimous Radjabov of Azerbaijan in the Linares chess tournament.
World Cup champion Anand outplayed Russian champion Peter Svidler in the blitz tie-break to make the summit clash in the World Rapid Chess Championship.
The Indian ace remains in second spot in the Linares Super Grandmasters' tournament, behind Garry Kasparov.
The Indian ace was engaged in an eventful draw with Vladimir Kramnik in the 8th round of the Corus chess tournament.
