World chess champion Viswanathan Anand arrived in Sofia on Tuesday morning for his World Championship match against Veselin Topalov after a 40-hour long road journey. The Indian chess ace was due to reach Sofia on April 16, but was stranded in Frankfurt for a couple of days because of the suspension of air travel in Europe due to the volcanic ash cloud.
Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand will find himself in the unfamiliar position of starting as the lowest-ranked player when he takes on a tough field in his first Classical tournament since losing the world title, in the Zurich Challenge in Zurich at the Savoy.
Five-time world champion Viswanthan Anand continued his fine form and crashed through the defences of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan to notch up his second successive win in the Candidates Chess tournament in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
He began with a reasonable show on his maiden appearance in the Chess 960 world championship in Germany.
Viswanathan Anand's woes in the Grenke Chess Classic continued as the five times world champion blundered yet again and went down to Levon Aornian of Armenia in the fifth round that concluded in Baden-Baden in Germany.
A world title in the current format is something that will add to the glittering cupboard of the world number one.
'Badminton at this level is a mental game.' 'Often just one or two points makes the deficit and often it's upstairs on the first floor that these things happen.'
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Levon Aronian of Armenia in the seventh round of London Chess Classic, in London on Saturday.
With favourable results under his belt this year, five-time World champion Vishwanathan Anand is approaching the forthcoming World Chess Championship at Sochi with a quiet confidence and a positive frame of mind but termed his opponent Magnus Carlsen as "tenacious".
Indian ace Viswanathan Anand let Russia's Dmitry Andreikin off the hook as he settled for a draw to maintain a full-point lead in the Candidates Chess tournament in Khanty Mansiysk on Thursday.
Five-time World chess champion Viswanathan Anand has described this year which saw him surrender the world crown to Norwegian Magnus Carlsen as a 'horrible' one.
Chess ace Viswanathan Anand termed losing just one game at the World Blitz Championship in Riyadh as a huge achievement after capturing the title at the World Rapid event.
Levon Aronian beat Indian GM Vishwanathan Anand to retain the Chess 960 World Championship in Mainz.
Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna started his campaign by outclassing Eric De Haan of Holland in the first round of the Masters' section of Tradewise Gibraltar Chess festival at the Caleta in Gibraltar.
Magnus Carlsen has expressed "deep disappointment" at world chess's governing body FIDE's decision to award the World Championship final to Viswanathan Anand's hometown Chennai, accusing it of 'lack of transparency'.
Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi won Tata Steel Chess Challengers 2018, at Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, on Sunday. The victory ensured him qualification for the Tata Steel Masters 2019, where leading chess players from across the world, including World champion Magnus Carlsen, will take part.
Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna beat Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in his eighth round tie in the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the first game of the World Chess Championship.
Padmini Rout is well-placed along with four foreigners atop of the points' table after seven rounds in the LIC World Junior Chess Championships, being played at Hotel Hyatt, in Pune. With six rounds left in the tough 13-round Swiss league event, the players in both sections are tightly bunched, making the hunt for the title quite open.
The Indian ace now trails Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan 1.5-0.5 after the second game of the Rapid World Championship.
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.
From the former stars of Manchester United in their dapper look to Greame Swann dancing to the tunes of ethnic Australian dancers, Rediff.com has it all snapped right here!
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand drew with old foe Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the fourth round of Shamkir Chess 2015, held in the memory of Grandmaster Vugar Gashimov.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand continued to struggle against nemesis Magnus Carlsen of Norway and lost after a blunder in the fourth round of Grenke Chess Classic now underway in Baden-Baden, Germany.
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.
With 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze in their kitty, the Indian para athletes won four medals more than the record tally of 107 won by the able-bodied athletes in the Hangzhou Asian Games, held from September 23 to October 8.
Anand went down to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in what was his second straight loss following a defeat against Alexander Grischuk in the previous round.
The extraneous support from the likes of Gary Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik in his World Championship battle has not diminished Viswanathan Anand's faith in his team of seconds. The Indian chess wizard on Tuesday ruled out any change in what he calls a 'band of brothers'.
The nation on Wednesday paid rich tributes to Grandmaster Viswanathan Anands for retaining the World Championship title.
Winning the world championship for the fifth time after a nerve-wracking tie-breaker, Viswanathan Anand said he was too tense to be happy and was relieved that the result went in his favour.
The Asian Games gold medallist has now set her eyes on winning the world championship, which she said, will be her biggest challenge.
Indian freestyle wrestlers claim Asian team title in U-17 category
A peek into Viswanathan Anand's journey to World chess championship glory.
The Bulgarian GM won the first game of the women's World Chess Championship final against Ekaterina Kovalevskaya of Russia.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand outwitted Nigel Short of England to jump into joint lead with Luke McShane of England, after the end of the fourth round of the London Chess Classic, underway at the Olympia.
With seven games to come in the 12-game World Chess Championship match, Magnus Carlsen leads 3-2, drawing first blood in his trademark style.
The Indian ace beat Armenia's Levon Aronian in the final.
Viswanathan Anand defeated Russian Alexander Morozevich to emerge as the joint leader in the Grenkeleasing rapid world championship in Mainz, Germany.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
