Viswanathan Anand says one factor that has contributed immensely to this has been his habit of 'forgetting' achievements.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand won two, lost two and drew one for a joint third place finish at the blitz tournament of Zurich Chess Classic.
The Indian ace underlined his superiority in the game once more as he outplayed Veselin Topalov 3-1 in the final.
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.
Viswanathan Anand opened his campaign at the 20th Ciudad de Leon chess tournament with a comprehensive 3-1 win over Ruslan Ponomariov.
The Indian ace will look to consolidate his position at the top of the chess ratings list by adding another title to his already impressive collection.
The Indian ace beat Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in just 37 moves at the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament.
No amount of tutoring can teach you how to deal with success or failure. It is your passion within that will make the difference.
Defending champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway drew the first blood by defeating challenger Viswanathan Anand in the second game of the World Chess Championship in Sochi on Sunday.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand named Grzegorz Gazewski of Poland as the lone new inclusion in his team, putting to end speculations that he had made big changes for the World Chess Championship match against Magnus Carlsen, starting in Sochi on Saturday.
Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk of Russia won the event.
Viswanathan Anand kept himself in reckoning for his sixth title on the trot.
The Indian ace now trails Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan 1.5-0.5 after the second game of the Rapid World Championship.
Anand became the world number one for the first time in his career by virtue of winning the Morelia-Linares classical chess tournament.
The chess wizard said there must have been some "genuine technical problem" behind FIDE's initial decision.
Let's all join in and congratulate the new king of the 64 squares board.
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.
Viswanathan Anand emerged clear third after the 11th round of the World chess championship.
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.
'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
They traded one win each in the third round of the Melody Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament.
The world No. 2 said Parimarjan Negi has all-round talent but lacks the experience needed to handle crucial situations.
Viswanathan Anand crushed Judit Polgar in the opening round of the World Chess Championships
The Indian chess ace won the Morelia-Linares title and will thus attain top ranking in April.
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 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.
With seven games to come in the 12-game World Chess Championship match, Magnus Carlsen leads 3-2, drawing first blood in his trademark style.
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.
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.
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 suffered a shocking defeat in the third round of the Mtel Masters international chess tournament.
