In a repeat of last year's final, Viswanathan Anand will take on Veselin Topalov in the Title match of the Magistral Ciudad de Leon Chess Tournament after the Bulgarian Grandmaster defeated Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the semi-finals in Leon, Spain.
India went down to Rest of the World 1.5-2.5 in the second round of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup. Earlier in the opening round, India split points with USA with Humpy posting a win over Anna Zatonkish while the legendary Anand drew with the highly-rated Hikaru Nakamura.
World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered 0.5-1.5 defeat at the hands of leader Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament in Nice, France. Anand drew his rapid game but ended up conceding a point in the blindfold, which cost the Indian dear as he slipped to joint fourth spot in the overall standings.
World champion Viswanathan Anand crushed Vladimir Kramnik in the blindfold section and romped home with a 1.5-0.5 victory in the crucial eighth round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament, in Nice, France on Monday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand struck form in the rapid game to beat Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk 1.5-0.5 in the fifth round of the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Nice on Friday. Anand slipped a bit in the blindfold game after getting a few chances but came back strongly to stir tactical complications in the return game and post victory.
The Indian played two quiet draws with Peter Leko and clinched the top spot in the Rapid section of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Grandmasters chess tournament.
The defending champion beat Vassily Ivanchuk 2-0 to take second place in the combined standings with 12 points in the Amber Blind and Rapid chess tournament.
The world rapid champion will start his campaign against Russian Peter Svidler in the 13th edition of Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament.
Humpy, the world rapid champion, overcame her Chinese opponent in a close match with the Indian winning the decisive bullet game.
The second standard student of the NSS Hill Spring International School reigned supreme in all the three categories - rapid, blitz and standard -- and achieved the feat of being the only Indian to bag all the crowns in the 1st Western Asia Youth Chess Championship.
The Asian Games gold medallist has now set her eyes on winning the world championship, which she said, will be her biggest challenge.
The Indian ace leads Alexander Grischuk 3.5-0.5 and now requires just one point out of four for his fifth straight title at Mainz.
Viswanathan Anand cruised past Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine with a fine performance in the rapid game in the 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament.
The Indian ace beat Francisco Pons Vallejo in the blindfold game of the third round of the 14th Amber chess tournament.
The Indian ace regained joint lead in the combined standings after beating Peter Leko of Hungary
World champion Viswanathan Anand beat Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain to enter the final of the Ciudad de Leon rapid chess tournament in Leon, Spain. Anand after being held to a draw 2-2 in the four scheduled games of the first semi-final won the tie-breaker 1.5-0.5 to complete a 3.5-2.5 verdict.
The Indian ace beat Veselin Topalov 2.5-1.5 in the final to successfully defend the 19th Magistral Ciudad de Leon title.
Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli came out strongly yet again in the rapid tie-breaker as she outclassed Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia to enter the semi-finals of the FIDE World Women's Chess Championship for the third time in a row.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out two draws with Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands to finish overall tied sixth after the 11th and final round in Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament in Nice. Levon Aronian of Armenia won the tournament after two easy draws with Hungarian Peter Leko. He ended up with an impressive 14.5 points from 22 games played in this unique event that featured one blindfold and one rapid game in each round.
World champion Viswanathan Anand's third successive loss has put him out of the title race in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament as he went down 0.5-1.5 against Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the ninth round in Nice.
World champion Viswanathan Anand thumped Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in the blindfold and won his sixth round game 1.5-0.5 in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament in Nice. With five rounds still to go, Levon Aronian of Armenia is at the top of the combined points table on 7.5 while Anand is now close behind with seven points in his kitty.
World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered defeat at the hands of Alexander Morozevich of Russia in the blindfold game of the fifth round in Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Nice (France).
Dronavalli Harika proved her superiority in the endgame to outplay Anna Muzychuk in the second rapid tie-breaker and sail into the third round of the ongoing World Women's Chess Championship in Nalchik (Russia).
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.
The Indian ace easily beat Ljubomir Ljubojevic in the fifth round in the Amber tournament.
The Indian ace shares the lead with Alexander Morozevich after four rounds in the Amber chess tournament.
The draws kept Anand in shared top place in Rapid, but he continued to languish in blindfold and therefore was in the middle of the pack in Combined standings.
Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest player ever, returns to competitive chess after 12 years.
Reigning world rapid champion Viswanathan Anand drew his sixth straight game of the tournament to stay undefeated and have a mid-table placing at number four with three points.
The Indian ace won one and drew one game against arch-rival Vladimir Kramnik in the fourth round, and carried his total to 7.5 points from a maximum possible of eight.
The Indian ace beat the Latvian-born Spaniard in the first round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament.
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand, who clinched his fifth World Championship title at Moscow on Wednesday, said he is really relieved to achieve the milestone after an incredibly tense battle with Challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel.
Gukesh had on Sunday set up a much-awaited quarter-final clash with world No.1 Magnus Carlsen while Praggnanandhaa will meet Erigaisi.
'At the end of the day, it is politics.' 'It's like a game of chess. You win some, you lose some,'
The Indian ace beat Vassily Ivanchuk in the blindfold game but drew the rapid, in the Amber tournament.
The Indian GM lost to Alexander Grischuk of Russia in the fifth round of 15th Amber chess
The Indian ace drew his sixth round games with Vladimir Kramnik in the Amber chess championship.
The Indian ace's victory came after a shocking loss to Alexander Morozevich in the opening round of the Amber tournament.
The Indian ace has a three-point lead over his nearest rivals after beating Loek Van Wely in the ninth round.
The Indian ace scored a resounding victory over Alexei Shirov in the blindfold game at the Amber chess tournament.
