The Indian is seeded 8th in this strong tournament and has so far produced fine flair.
Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly continued with his demolishing form and defeated Yaroslav Zherebukh of Ukraine to jump into sole lead after the end of the third round of the Fujairah International Open Chess tournament in Fujaira, UAE, on Friday.
The defending champion, however, continued to lead the standings in the rapid section of the Amber Rapid and Blindfold chess tournament.
Grandmaster-norm holder Debashish Das came up with a fantastic effort to beat Ni Hua of China in the first round of Fujaira International Open chess tournament in the UAE on Wednesday.
The Indian ace drew with Russian champion Peter Svidler and continues to share the lead with four others in the Corus championship.
The Indian Grandmaster missed a possible victory in the fourth round against Vioral Bologan in the Corus\n\nChess tournament.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Boris Gelfand of Israel in the ninth and final round to finish third in the Alekhine memorial chess tournament in St Petersburg, Russia.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand got off to a good start in the second leg of Alekhine Memorial Chess Tournament by holding Vladimir Kramnik for an easy draw in the sixth round that concluded in St Petersburg.
The Indian ace registered a crushing victory over Emil Harminsson of Sweden in the first round of the Sigeman Chess Tournament.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out his third draw on the trot, signing peace with joint-leader Maxime Vachier-Lagraev of France in the fourth round of Alekhine memorial chess tournament in progress in Paris.
Magnus Carlsen of Norway stole day one honours in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament after putting it across Alexander Morozevich of Russia to emerge early sole leader
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out two draws with Bulgarian world number one Veselin Topalov in the ninth round to surrender his sole lead in the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Nice on Wednesday. Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Levon Aronian of Armenia caught the Indian in lead with an identical 1.5-0.5 victories over Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine and Alexander Morozevich of Russia respectively.
The eight-player all-play-all tournament is the American finale of Champions Chess Tour. There is US$7,500 at stake for each match won at the event.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Russian Alexander Grischuk and remained in joint-fourth place after the seventh round in the Magistral Ciudad de Linares Chess tournament in Linares on Friday. At the half way stage of the eight-player double round-robin tournament, the Indian ace has 3.5 points. Grischuik remained atop the table on five points out of a possible seven.
World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocked defeat against Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen in the sixth round to slump to joint fourth of Magistral Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Linares on Thursday. With his second loss in the first six rounds, Anand has now three points out of a possible six and will have to do a lot of catching up in the remaining eight rounds of the Super Grandmasters tournament.
The Indian ace claimed the rapid chess title to complete his fifth victory at the Amber Chess tournament
World champion Viswanathan Anand had a miraculous escape as he snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat against Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the fifth round of Magistral Ciudad de Linares Chess tournament in Linares on Wednesday. With his second draw in the tournament besides two victories and as many losses, Anand took his tally to three points out of a possible five and remained in sole third spot as the other games of the fifth round also ended in draws.
World champion Viswanathan Anand opened his campaign with a thumping win over Grandmaster Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan to take the sole lead after the first round of the 22nd Magistral Ciudad de Linares Chess tournament in Linares.
World champion Viswanathan Anand started his campaign with a draw in blindfold game against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the first round of Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament in Nice, France. Bulgarian Veselin Topalov emerged winner against Peter Leko of Hungary.
The world champion beat Alexei Shirov of Spain in the eighth round of the Morelia-Linares International chess tournament to extend his lead at the top of the eight-player double round-robin tournament to a full point.
Grandmaster and World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta scored a thumping victory over tournament leader Tiger Hillarp Persson of Sweden in the sixth round of 'C' group in the Corus International chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. After beating one of the co-leaders, Manuel Bosboom, in the previous round, Abhijeet was a class act yet again as he outplayed Persson, who played white.
World champion Viswanathan Anand displayed top form defeating former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the eight round of Corus International Chess tournament on Monday.
Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi won the Asian continental chess championship despite losing to A R Saleh Salem of UAE in the final round that concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand was unable to breach the solid defenses of Sergey Karjakin of Russia and played out a draw as world No 1 Magnus Carlsen continued on his winning streak in the 75th Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands.
World champion Viswanathan Anand outsmarted Loek Van Wely of Holland to regain joint lead after the seventh round in the 75th Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands.
The victory kept the Indian ace in the hunt for the overall title in the Amber chess tournament.\n\n
The India ace avenged his World championship defeat, winning his seventh round match in the Corus tournament in 34 moves.
The Indian ace lost both his games to Alexander Morozevich in the seventh round and then drew with Peter Leko in the eighth round in the Amber Blind and Rapid chess tournament.
Having started off badly, the defending champion may find it difficult to keep sole possession of his crown at the Amber tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster celebrated his Arjuna award in great style and moved to joint third after the fifth round in the Marx Gyorgy memorial International chess tournament in Paks, Hungary.
Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda continued on his giant-killing spree and stunned top seed Baadur Jobava to jump into the joint-lead at the end of the sixth round of the Fujairah International Open chess tournament in Fujaira, UAE, on Monday.
The grandmaster scored significant win over Sergei Tiviakov in the eighth round of the Montreal International chess tournament.
Koneru Humpy was held to a third successive draw in the Kaupthing Open International Chess Tournament in Luxembourg.
Krishnan Sasikiran was held to a draw by Viorel Iordachescu in the third round of the Sigeman & Co. chess tournament
The Indian Super GM remained the sole\nleader with an absolute score of 4/4.
Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi continued his fine run to defeat International Master Ivan Popov of Russia in the 10th and penultimate round of World Youth Star chess tournament.
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand set to return to FIDE World Cup after 15 years with an aim to seal a berth at the 2018 Candidates tournament.
Former world champion Veselin Topalov handed Krishnan Sasikiran his first defeat of the tournament in Sofia.
Top seed Koneru Humpy remained in the hunt for top spot with a hard-fought victory over former world champion Maia Chiburdanidze of Georgia in the sixth round of the IS Bank Ataturk Women's Grand Prix chess tournament in Istanbul. Registering her fourth win in the tournament apart from two draws, Humpy took her tally to five points out of a possible six and remained in the joint second spot.
He struck back in style and defeated the defending champion Grandmaster at the Sigeman & Co. International chess tournament.
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