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 world No. 2 said Parimarjan Negi has all-round talent but lacks the experience needed to handle crucial situations.
'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 chess ace won the Morelia-Linares title and will thus attain top ranking in April.
The Indian ace will play his third round match in the Corus tournament with black pieces.\n\n
The Indian ace was held to a draw by Peter Leko of Hungary in the 13th round of the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand crushed Judit Polgar in the opening round of the World Chess Championships
The Indian ace retains a half point lead after the 12th round in the Morelia-Linares Chess tournament.
Norway's Carlsen wins World Chess Championship for fourth time
Viswanathan Anand remained in joint lead in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament after drawing with top seed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
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.
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.
Viswanathan Anand played out a tense draw against Etienne Bacrot in the sixth 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.
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.
Anand went down to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in what was his second straight loss following a defeat against Alexander Grischuk in the previous round.
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.
The chess ace will help Vidyasagar, a NGO dedicated to integrating children with cerebral palsy into society.
Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy catapulted Indian chess to new heights while Parimarjan Negi also made his presence felt in the year gone by.
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by GM Peter Heine Nielsen in the blindfold game of the 9th round at Amber
The chess ace, who has won almost every major title in the sport, turns 37 today.
The Indian GM is now only 0.5 points behind the combined leader Alexander Morozevich at Amber chess
The second-highest rated Indian after Viswanathan Anand beat Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan to win the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament.
The Indian ace shares the lead with Alexander Morozevich after four rounds in the Amber chess tournament.
Fabiano Caruana of United States made sure of his maiden title after beating Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland.
Legendary Sachin Tendulkar along with chess wizard Viswanathan Anand and tennis ace Sania Mirza are likely to grace India's first ever day-night Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens.
The Indian Grandmaster won the 18-player tournament by a two-point margin over nearest rival Levon Aronian of Armenia.
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