Viswanathan Anand
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Wei Yi to stay in joint lead at Tata Steel Masters
Other Sports | Jan 18, 2018, 04:50 PM ISTThe Indian ace had scored an excellent victory over Caruana in the same opening a couple of days back but Wei Yi appeared better prepared.
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World Blitz Championship: I did well in 2017 because of my stability, says Viswanathan Anand
Other Sports | Dec 31, 2017, 03:57 PM ISTAnand said there have been very few people who have finished on the podium in both formats, which made the achievement all the more sweet.
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Viswanathan Anand wins bronze at World Blitz Chess Championship
Other Sports | Dec 30, 2017, 10:49 PM ISTAfter ending the first day of the Blitz category on a disappointing note, Anand was a class act on the final day as he won against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.
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Viswanathan Anand wins World Rapid Chess Championship
Other Sports | Dec 29, 2017, 01:23 PM ISTAfter winning the World Rapid Chess Championship, Anand was greeted with a thread of plaudits on Twitter, including wishes from President Ram Nath Kovind among others.
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Amazing feeling to win a title at 48, says Viswanathan Anand
Other Sports | Dec 29, 2017, 11:55 AM ISTViswanathan Anand described the win against Norway's world champion Magnus Carlsen as the crucial moment in the tournament.
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Viswanathan Anand outclasses top-ranked Magnus Carlsen in World Rapid Chess Championship
Other Sports | Dec 28, 2017, 04:18 PM ISTPlaying with black pieces, the former world champion played the contest on an aggressive note which caught the world number one Carlsen off guard.
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Will experiment with my playing: Viswanathan Anand
Other Sports | Nov 02, 2017, 11:43 PM ISTThe Indian Grandmaster will miss the World Championship as the organising committee earlier picked Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik over him as the wild card to Candidates meet.
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Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, Swapnil S win in Rd 6 of Isle of Man Chess
Other Sports | Sep 29, 2017, 04:20 PM ISTAfter the sixth round, both Anand and Swapnil were at the joint third place along with 16 others with 4.5 points at the end of round six.
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R Praggnanandhaa and S P Sethuram advance, Viswanathan Anand held at Chess tourney
Other Sports | Sep 28, 2017, 05:00 PM ISTInternational Master Praggnanandhaa, who is just 12 years old, took 64 moves to force 26-year-old Howell to surrender, taking take his overall points to 3.5.
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Viswanathan Anand wins, Harika Dronavalli draws in round 3 of Isle of Man Chess tourney
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2017, 06:13 PM ISTAnand will face Latvian grandmaster Shirov Alexei, while Harika will take on French Grandmaster Laurent Fressinet in the fourth round.
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Viswanathan Anand, Harika Dronavalli make good start at Isle of Man International tourney
Other Sports | Sep 24, 2017, 03:10 PM ISTAnand notched up an emphatic win over American Marc Esserman, while Harika beat Englishman Oyama Akito in the first round late last night.
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Viswanathan Anand bows out of World Cup
Other Sports | Sep 08, 2017, 05:35 PM ISTThis might well be the end of Anand's aspirations for a World Championship match in 2018 unless he gets a wildcard into the next year's candidates' tournament.
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Viswanathan Anand shocked by Kovalyov; faces ouster threat from World Cup
Other Sports | Sep 07, 2017, 04:45 PM ISTThe World Cup is a knock out event with two games under normal time control followed by Rapid or blitz games to determine the winner.
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Viswanathan Anand wins, P Harikrishna shocked in World Cup Chess opener
Other Sports | Sep 03, 2017, 11:54 PM ISTAnand was superior in all departments of the game. The Alapin opening by the Malaysian did not bother the Indian ace much as he gained easy equality early in the opening.
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Viswanathan Anand returns to World Cup after 15 years, eyes Candidate spot
Other Sports | Sep 02, 2017, 06:29 PM ISTThe 47-year-old Indian ace has won the World Cup twice in China (2000) and Hyderabad (2002) respectively.
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Viswanathan Anand joint eighth after another bad day in St. Louis
Other Sports | Aug 18, 2017, 08:40 PM ISTThe Indian ace needed a big breakthrough in the blitz tournament spanning over 18-rounds but he was not in his best shape to make a mark.
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Garry Kasparov in 'clash of the titans'
Other Sports | Aug 16, 2017, 10:31 PM ISTThe Indian ace was languishing at the bottom of the tables on one point from three games thanks to a solitary draw and today he took his tally to five points out of a possible six as a win here is worth two and a draw gives one point.
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Viswanathan Anand starts badly in St. Louis Rapid
Other Sports | Aug 15, 2017, 06:58 PM ISTThe Indian ace was pegged back by an opening round loss against Hikaru Nakamura of United States and then suffered another debacle against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the third round.
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Vachier-Lagrave to remain in joint lead
Other Sports | Aug 11, 2017, 09:31 PM ISTAnand played his last white game in the tournament against Vachier-Lagrave and had a small advantage but the Frenchman was quite up to the task in defence and steered the game to a draw.
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Karjakin, remains in joint second spot
Other Sports | Aug 09, 2017, 11:21 PM ISTWith his fourth draw in five games combined with a brilliant victory over Fabiano Caruana of United States in the previous round, Anand garnered 3.5 points out of a possible six.