The chess wizard said there must have been some "genuine technical problem" behind FIDE's initial decision.
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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 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.
He closed the gap between him and the leaders with a comprehensive 2-0 win over the Dutchman in the fifth round of the Melody Amber Blindfold and rapid chess tournament.
They traded one win each in the third round of the Melody Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand emerged clear third after the 11th round of the World chess championship.
The Indian chess ace won the Morelia-Linares title and will thus attain top ranking in April.
The world No. 2 said Parimarjan Negi has all-round talent but lacks the experience needed to handle crucial situations.
The Indian ace was held to a draw by Peter Leko of Hungary in the 13th round of the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
The Indian ace retains a half point lead after the 12th round in the Morelia-Linares Chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand crushed Judit Polgar in the opening round of the World Chess Championships
Viswanathan Anand remained in joint lead in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament after drawing with top seed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
'If I beat Kasparov, I would savour it even more. With Kramnik, it's more easy going,' Viswanathan Anand tells \n\nShobha Warrier.
The Indian ace will play his third round match in the Corus tournament with black pieces.\n\n
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The fifth round defeat saw the India concede sole lead and slip to tied-second in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand's absence was felt as India could manage only a 2-2 draw against Uzbekistan in the ninth round of the Chess Olympiad.
Indian men scored a 2.5-1.5 victory over Bulgaria but the women suffered defeat at the hands of Armenia at the Chess Olympiad
Viswanathan Anand and National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly were held in a 2-2 draw in the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad.
Former Russian champion Peter Svidler held the Indian ace in the ninth and penultimate round of the Mtel Masters chess tournament.
Top seed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria lost to Russian Peter Svidler to liven things up in the 'A' group of the Corus International Chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand played out a tense draw against Etienne Bacrot in the sixth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
He played out a safe draw with Russian Peter Svidler to move into joint lead after the fifth 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 defeat dented the Indian Grandmaster's chances of winning the sixth Corus International title for a record sixth time.
The Indian ace takes on Russian Grandmaster Peter Svidler in fifth round of the Corus International chess tournament.
In Group C, Parimarjan Negi drew with Stellan Byrnell and moved into joint lead.
Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy catapulted Indian chess to new heights while Parimarjan Negi also made his presence felt in the year gone by.
The chess ace will help Vidyasagar, a NGO dedicated to integrating children with cerebral palsy into society.
The chess ace, who has won almost every major title in the sport, turns 37 today.
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by GM Peter Heine Nielsen in the blindfold game of the 9th round at Amber
The Indian GM is now only 0.5 points behind the combined leader Alexander Morozevich at Amber chess
The Indian ace shares the lead with Alexander Morozevich after four rounds in the Amber chess tournament.
The second-highest rated Indian after Viswanathan Anand beat Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan to win the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand registered an easy draw with black against tournament leader Wesley So of America to stay joint second at the halfway stage of the Bilbao Masters Final chess tournament in Bilbao.
The Indian Grandmaster won the 18-player tournament by a two-point margin over nearest rival Levon Aronian of Armenia.
British Grandmaster Nigel Short says the Indian ace has a lot of chess left in him, but needs to improve his physical fitness to maintain consistency at the top level.
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