Former world champion Garry Kasparov has announced his retirement from competition chess, according to Spanish media reports.
Chess's world governing body will introduce dope testing at the Asian Games this week, although the sport's top official in Doha said he had no idea how drugs could enhance chess performance.
15-year-old Abhijeet Gupta became the India's youngest International Master after FIDE awarded him the title
Anand became the world number one for the first time in his career by virtue of winning the Morelia-Linares classical chess tournament.
The chess wizard said there must have been some "genuine technical problem" behind FIDE's initial decision.
Let's all join in and congratulate the new king of the 64 squares board.
Viswanathan Anand will not take part in the Doha Asian Games where chess will figure as a medal sport for the first time.
The Chess Players' Association of India is upset because 10 per cent is being deducted from the players' prize-money.
The FIDE Presidential Board also awarded the International Woman Master title to 12-year-old Dronavalli Harika.
D V Sundar will replace secretary P T Ummer Koya, who has been restrained by a Madras high court order.
The Chess Players Association of India has alleged irregularities in the AICF's balance sheet.
P T Ummar Koya's said it was impractical to recognise the newly-formed Chess Players Association of India.
After the first game against the same opponent ended in a draw, Harika was with black pieces in the second and she employed a French defence and Kosteniuk did not have many answers.
Indian chess prodigies, Gauri Shankar and Arjun Vishnuvardhan, won top spots at the U.S. Space Coast Open Chess Championships.
Sanjay Kapoor elected AICF President, Chauhan retains secretary's post.
Organizers of the World Chess Championship sued on Monday to block a trio of website operators from broadcasting chess moves at the November 11-30 match in New York, which is expected to draw millions of online viewers.
FIDE said in a statement that the game of chess has a "genuine global appeal" and that it has 189 national federations and 600 million people who practice chess globally.
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'It was a big relief to get it out of the way. Now he can concentrate on future progress.'
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.
The fact that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa approved an expenditure of Rs 29 crore for the World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Norway's Magnus Carlsen to be held here points to the significance the event has for the state government.
World No 1 and challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway arrived on Monday to a grand reception by FIDE and All India Chess Federation officials for the much-awaited November 9-28 World Chess Championship against Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand.
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