Viswanathan Anand emerged clear third after the 11th round of the World chess championship.
Viswanathan Anand crushed Judit Polgar in the opening round of the World Chess Championships
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania and World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan lead the field in the category-16 Super Grandmasters Pune chess festival.
The second-highest rated Indian after Viswanathan Anand beat Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan to win the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov held Viswanathan Anand to a draw in the fourth round of the 22nd Linares Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand thrashed Hungary's Peter Leko in the 12th game of the World Chess Championship on Wednesday.
Kasimdzhanov, playing black, easily split points with the second seed in the first game of the World chess championship final.
The Uzbekistan Grandmaster will meet Michael Adams of England in the final of the World chess championship.
Top seed GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria drew his first game against GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan in the semi-final of the World Chess championship.
Rustam Kasmidzhanov and Vladimir Akopian also entered the quarter-finals in the World chess championship.\n\n
Garry Kasparov extended his lead over nearest rivals Anand and Topalov to two point at Linares.
While Garry Kasparov stretched his lead to a full point over Topalov in the 9th round of the 22nd Linares super Grandmasters' tournament.
Viswanathan Anand and Peter Leko, ended their third round clash in just 24 moves in the Linares 2005 Super GM Chess Tournament.
The world rapid champion beat Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the second round of the Linares Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.
The Indian ace rallied from a game down to beat FIDE champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
The world champion won the first semifinal of the 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon chess tournament.
Joining the Bulgarian in the semi-finals of the World Chess Championship are England's Michael Adams, Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan and Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan.
The victory put the Indian ace in second place, behind Garry Kasparov, in the Linares chess tournament.
A group of people had attacked the mission in Kabul.
Unless the Taliban goofs up in a big way, which seems highly unlikely, we are looking at a regime that will be around for quite a long while and present a level of governance that the puppets of the richest and most advanced countries failed to provide, predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The British GM pulled off a scintillating victory over Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan to tie the World chess final 2.5-2.5.
GM Michael Adams made it to the finals of the World Chess Championship with a 2.5-1.5 win over GM Teimour Radjabov.
Pride is all ours and of those who made a beeline to Halls 3 and 5 that showcased indigenous defence technologies at the Make In India Week.
The Uzbekistan Grandmaster beat Michael Adams of England 1.5-0.5 in the tie-breaker to win the title.
Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (49kg) assured himself of a medal and a place in the upcoming World Championships by storming into the Asian Championships semi-final in Bangkok on Tuesday.
After initial hiccups, Pakistani state negotiators and a Taliban-nominated committee met at an undisclosed location on Thursday to frame a roadmap for parleys aimed at ending terrorism and bringing peace to the country.
Former Asian Games silver-medallist Manpreet Singh (91kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg) sailed into the quarter-finals with comprehensive wins as India rounded off a reasonably good day at the Asian Boxing Championships in Bangkok.
Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Mandeep Jangra took just over a minute to force his rival out of the contest with a bloodied face and book a pre-quarterfinal berth in the Asian Boxing Championships in Bangkok.
Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko won the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal to a chorus of boos from the crowd after beating Kazakhstan's Vasily Levit on a unanimous points decision.
The maiden meeting between the Pakistan government and a Taliban-nominated committee to frame a roadmap for peace talks was postponed on Tuesday, with representatives of the banned group claiming state negotiators had pulled out under "pressure".
Shahnaz Anklesaria Aiyar was a formidable journalist. More importantly, she was an incredible human being, says Sanjoy Hazarika.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Despite his ministers on shaky ground, Chouhan -- at the helm for three consecutive terms -- is holding the fort. He is being aided by a capable team for public relations and the RSS, which has deployed its workers to bolster the BJP's campaign, reports Sandeep Kumar.
Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni and Grandmaster S P Sethuraman made history, winning the gold medal in the Asian Continental Women's and Open chess championship that concluded in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Friday.
2015 is finally coming to an end, and it is that time of the year when we collectively reflect on all that has transpired in Indian politics during the last 12 months.
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