Carlsen continued his dominating run as he took his lead to an almost unassailable five points.
In the women section being held alongside, Indian women played out a hard-fought draw against experienced Georgia 1 team. All the games were drawn.
Despite a great cast, it doesn't capitalise on its strengths.
Anand needs to finish in a minimum sixth place in Kolkata, in order to qualify for the grand finale
Fabiano Caruana of United States made sure of his maiden title after beating Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland.
Ravi K Chandra discusses his directorial debut, Yaan.
Krishnan Sasikiran guided Indian men to a 2.5-1.5 win over Czech Republic but the women's team suffered a shocking 1-3 defeat against Hungary in the eighth round of the 43rd chess Olympiad, in Batumi, on Tuesday.
Elred Kumar talks about his first directorial venture producing his first Hindi film.
India doesn't have a data protection law or a dedicated law on cybersecurity. Also, there is no specialised law on privacy. Experts say this complicates the scenario for businesses as they continue to be liable for breach in client data even when employees work out of the home.
The film is set to open in theatres this December.
Having lost to Russian Sergey Karjakin in the previous round, Anand's chances to catch up with Carlsen at the top have now almost evaporated as the reigning world champion is now 1.5 points ahead of the Indian with just two rounds to go in the category-22 event.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand gave a fine endgame lesson to young Alireza Firouzja, jumping to joint sixth position at the end of 11th round of Tata Steel Masters, in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, on Saturday. With his second victory, Anand clawed his way back to a fifty percent score and will now hope to end the tournament on a high. At just 16 years, Firouzja is less than one third of Anand's age, and the Indian ace showed that the Iranian still has a lot to learn.
The actress talks about her new film Dammu.
The bodies of eight city-based builders, who were among 19 killed in a plane crash in Nepal on Sunday, were likely to be brought here on Wednesday with the relatives of the victims identifying them at a hospital in Kathmandu.
Cinematographer K V Anand talks about directing his third Tamil film.
Ko is a spicy political thriller that engages you. Go for it.
Aside from the sweetly melodious Ennamo Edho, the other numbers are all mish-mashed versions of Harris Jeyaraj's earlier hits.
Actress Karthika talks about her upcoming Tamil movie Ko.
It was on move 21 that Giri thought he was out of trouble and proposed a draw.
The day produced four decisive games and it was again the youngsters who provided most of the entertainment.
Actor Jiiva talks about his double role in this Friday's release Singam Puli.
Actor Jiiva talks about his Ko experience.
Ajmal Amir shares her experienceand the biggest challenges she faced while shooting for Ko
Actress Pia Bajpai talks about her upcoming film Ko.
Gopichand plays a diplomatic man who handles all the difficulties with a smile.
Has Suriya, an actor par excellence and not a commercial star like Vijay, moved on to masala films?
After jumping to joint lead following a crushing victory over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, Anand could not repeat the magic and Caruana deserved all the credit for taking chances.
Looks like Harris Jeyaraj is caught in a recycling rut as this Tamil album has nothing new to offer.
This latest effort from Harris Jeyaraj barring one or two numbers, doesn't seem to sustain itself after the first few lines but perhaps, with repeated listening, its appeal might increase.
Carlsen had previously indicated he would not consider the record truly broken until after two more games as he was not prepared to count two wins he had in the Norwegian league.
Directed by cinematographer-turned-director K V Anand -- who gave the differently styled Kana Kandein -- Ayan is not just a masala film but a fairly logical one too.
The year so far has seen only one blockbuster in Tamil, and that is the actor's movie directed by K V Anand. Now the actor is ready with Aadhavan directed by K S Ravikumar.
Composer AR Rahman comes up with a lively yet unspectacular album.
National award winning cinematographer turned filmmaker, K.V.Anand has hit jackpot with his second directorial venture Ayan starring Suriya and Tamannah in the lead.
I am eagerly awaiting Ghajini's release. I am sure it will be 200 percent better than the Tamil version. The Aamir Khan factor is a big difference. They have got so much time to shoot the film. Thus, Murugadoss has the chance and the time to rectify any mistakes he would have committed in the Tamil version, says Suriya
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand squandered away a good start and could just end Day 1 on a fifty percent score after the end of the fifth round of World rapid chess championship in Berlin.
Nakamura secured four wins and five draws to stay as the sole leader after nine rounds.
Tamanna talks about Happy Days and Kalloori fame.
Playing his second white in the event, Anand tried the Rossolimo variation to counter Carlsen's Sicilian defense, an opening that the Norwegian chose second time against Anand in the current year.
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