Chess
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Magnificient Magnus one up on Anand
Other Sports | Nov 16, 2013, 10:05 AM ISTChennai: Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, challenging defending champion Vishwanathan Anand of India for the chess World Championship title, won the fifth game in 58 moves after over five hours of a gruelling fight here Friday.Two weak
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Anand salvages lost position to settle for 4th draw
Other Sports | Nov 13, 2013, 09:55 PM ISTChennai: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand survived by the skin of his teeth, steering the fourth game of the World Chess Championship to a gruelling draw against Magnus Carlsen of Norway, here today. With eight games
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It was scary but not a disaster: Carlsen
Other Sports | Nov 13, 2013, 12:27 PM ISTChennai: World number one Magnus Carlsen today termed the drawn third game of the World Championship match against Viswanathan Anand here as scary but insisted that it was not a disaster for him in any
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World chess championship: Anand ends second game with a draw
Other Sports | Nov 10, 2013, 06:38 PM ISTChennai: Indian ace chess player and defending champion Viswanathan Anand, drew his second game against world's No.1 player, Magnus Carlsen in the world chess championship in Chennai on Sunday. Anand and Carlsen share points with
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World Chess Cup: India's Sasikiran ousted
Other Sports | Aug 17, 2013, 03:07 PM ISTTromso (Norway): Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran made his exit from the World Chess Cup, losing toSergey Karjakin of Russia in the rapid tie-break games of thesecond round that concluded here.The highest rated Indian in the fray
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National Junior Chess Championship from July 10
Other Sports | Jul 04, 2013, 05:39 PM ISTLucknow, July 4: Many high-rated players from all across the country would participate in the National Junior Boys and Girls Chess Championship starting July 10 at the Bora Institute of Management Sciences here.The Uttar Pradesh
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Anand believes he will be champion again
Other Sports | Jul 12, 2012, 09:36 PM ISTKolkata, Jul 12: Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand today said he was not interested in thinking who would win the next title but believed that he would do it again.“I hope it's me. After
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Anand beats Gelfand to win World Championship for 5th time
Other Sports | May 30, 2012, 10:19 PM ISTMoscow, May 30: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand showed immense resilience to beat challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker to win the World Championship crown for the fifth time and fourth
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Anand plays out third draw against Gelfand
Other Sports | May 15, 2012, 09:18 AM ISTMoscow, May 15: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand found himself in trouble before eking out a hard-fought draw against Boris Gelfand of Israel in a hotly-contested third round game of the World Chess Championship here today.Anand