Looking to assert his supremacy across formats, reigning world champion D Gukesh of India began his campaign in the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with a crushing victory over France's Etienne Bacrot in the first round.
Women's World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh, who has also qualified for the Women's Candidates, has opted out of the women's section to compete with the best in business.
Grandmaster Nihal Sarin played out a quick and effortless draw with Matthias Bluebaum of Germany to share the lead with the German on six points after the end of the eighth round of FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Friday.
Indian Grandmasters Sandipan Chanda and Surya Shekhar Ganguly kept themselves in contention for top honours after drawing with Etienne Bacrot of France and Yuri Kryvoruchko of Ukraine respectively in the seventh round of Fujairah International chess tournament, in Fujaira, UAE, on Tuesday. The Indian duo remained in joint-lead on five points along with the Ukrainian trio of Sergey Fedorchuk, Andrey Sumets and Alexander Moiseenko, Liem Le Quang of Vietnam and Bacrot.
Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly kept himself in contention, drawing with Sergey Fedorchuk of Ukraine in the fifth round of Fujairah International Open chess tournament in Fujairah.
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.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Wang Yue of China in the first round of Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess tournament on Wednesday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand pulled off a fine victory over Etienne Bacrot of France to finish second in the Pearl Spring Chess tournament in Nanjing on Saturday.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand struck back with vengeance and outclassed Wang Yue of China with black pieces in the sixth round of the Pearl Spring Chess tournament.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in the fifth round of the Pearl Spring Chess tournament Nanjing, China on Sunday.
Viswanathan Anand did not capitalise on his chances and had to settle for a draw.
The Indian stayed on course for a fifth successive Corsica Masters title with comfortable wins in the pre-quarter-finals and the quarter-finals.
The Indian Grandmaster was beaten by World champion Ruslan Ponomariov at the Biel chess festival.
He began with a reasonable show on his maiden appearance in the Chess 960 world championship in Germany.
Viswanathan Anand registered an easy victory in the first round of the Mtel Masters International chess tournament.
The India ace scored win and two draws on the second day at the Chess 960 World Championship in Mainz.
Viswanathan Anand played out a tense draw against Etienne Bacrot in the sixth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocking defeat in the third round of the Mtel Masters international chess tournament.
The Indian ace beat world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria to maintain his lead at the Mtel Masters International chess tournament.
The Indian ace beat Russian Sergei Rublevsky in the final to win his fifth consecutive Corsica Masters Chess title.
Top seed Alexander Morozevich of Russia made sure of retaining the title with a round to spare in the Biel chess festival.
Indian GM Sasikiran beat Yannick Pelletier to go to the top after the sixth round in the Biel International chess festival.
GM Alexander Morozevich of Russia, with 3.5 points from first five games, leads after the fifth round of the Grandmaster section in the Biel International Chess Festival.
The other semi-final in the World Rapid Chess championship will be between Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk.
Tne Indian ace beat World champion Ruslan Ponomariov while Kramnik accounted for Judit Polgar in the quarter-finals of the World Rapid Chess Championship.
In the semi-finals, Anand will meet the French youngster, Etienne Bacrot at the Corsica Masters \n\ntitle in France.
But the Indian ace, despite the defeat continues to have a share of the lead with Veselin Topalov, while Kamsky shares the last place with Etienne Bacrot. \n
The Rest of the World team will play Armenia in a chess match to commemorate the 75th birth anniversary of late Armenian world champion Tigran Petrosian.
Viswanathan Anand entered the finals of the annual Corsica Masters chess tournament with a comprehensive 2-0 win over Etienne Bacrot of France.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand continued to struggle in his first open tournament in 23 years as he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of French Grandmaster Adrien Demuth in the fifth round of the masters section of Gibraltar chess festival in Gibraltar on Sunday.
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.
The five-time World champion played out his third draw on the trot as he signed peace with Etienne Bacrot of France in the third round of Grenke Chess Classic.
Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against world No 2 Fabiano Caurana of Italy in the first round of Grenke Chess Classic in Baden-Baden, Germany. Playing his first tournament after winning the London Classic, the five-times world champion was pleasantly surprised as Caruana went for the Italian opening with white that does not find many followers in top level chess.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand got some consolation after scoring a regulation victory over David Baramidze of Germany in the sixth and penultimate round of Grenke Chess Classic, in Baden-Baden.
After ending the first day of the Blitz category on a disappointing note when he suffered a loss at the hands of Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, Anand was a class act on the final day as he won against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand continued to struggle with his form as he lost to 16-year old International Master Benjamin Gledura of Hungary in the seventh round of the Masters section of Gibraltar International Chess festival
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday '
Grandmaster and former Asian champion S P Sethuraman has knocked out former FIDE champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in a big first round upset at the Chess World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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