Viswanathan Anand expresses happiness for being elected as WCF Vice President

August 8, 2022 8:11 PM

Viswanathan Anand expresses happiness for being elected as WCF Vice President

Indian Grandmaster and five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand expressed happiness at being elected as the Vice President of the World Chess Federation. Speaking to media at the venue of the World Chess Olympiad this evening, Anand said he would take efforts to include differently abled players in the next Olympiad. As the Chess Olympiad comes to a close tomorrow, the tenth round of the game is played with much expectation. Indian players are making their best efforts to conquer their o...

Indian Maestro Viswanathan Anand draws his 6th round contest against Anish Giri of Netherlands in Norway Chess tournament

June 7, 2022 7:56 PM

Indian Maestro Viswanathan Anand draws his 6th round contest against Anish Giri of Netherlands in Norway Chess tournament

Indian Maestro Viswanathan Anand drew his sixth-round contest against Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the Classical section of the Norway Chess tournament. The classical match ended in a draw after which the Armageddon (sudden death tie-break) ended in stalemate early today to leave Anand on 11.5 points and in second place. World champion Magnus Carlsen roared to the top spot with a victory over Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to take his tally to 12.5 points after six rounds. The c...

Viswanathan Anand defeats Wang Hao in 3rd round to remain on top of standings in Norway Chess tournament

June 3, 2022 8:21 PM

Viswanathan Anand defeats Wang Hao in 3rd round to remain on top of standings in Norway Chess tournament

Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand continued his winning campaign in the Norway Chess tournament as he defeated China's Wang Hao in the third round to remain on top of the standings. Anand pulled off a stunning win against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen on Monday, followed by three straight wins over former world champion Veselin Topalov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Hao. After the regular classical match concluded in a tie after 39 moves, the 52-year-old Anand won the Armageddon (sudden d...

Viswanathan Anand to spearhead Indian challenge at Grand Swiss Chess Tournament

June 11, 2019 5:52 PM

Viswanathan Anand to spearhead Indian challenge at Grand Swiss Chess Tournament

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand will spearhead the Indian challenge at the Grand Swiss Chess Tournament to be held in the Isle of Man from 10th to 21th October. The world chess body,FIDE, said in a statement that the tournament is expected to be the strongest Swiss-system tournament in the history of chess, Besides Anand, the  Indian Grand Masters (GMs) who have qualified for the tournament are -- P Harikrishna, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, B Adhiban, K Sasikiran and S P Sethuraman.

Anand loses to Mamedyarov, slips to bottom of points table

June 7, 2019 5:44 PM

Anand loses to Mamedyarov, slips to bottom of points table

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand slipped to the bottom of the points table after going down to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the second round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger, Norway. Anand, who lost to world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Armageddon game in the first round, was out of sorts in the classical game against Mamedyarov wherein he held a decent position for a long time. Anand is currently placed at the bottom alongside Lagrave with half a ...

Viswanathan Anand loses to Magnus Carlsen in Armageddon

June 6, 2019 8:45 PM

Viswanathan Anand loses to Magnus Carlsen in Armageddon

Viswanathan Anand suffered defeat against world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Armageddon game at the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament. It turned out to be a difficult day as Anand survived an inferior middle game and then a subsequent endgame against Carlsen for a long time, but then fell prey to some finely disguised manoeuvres in the Armageddon game where the Indian played another black. As a result of the Armageddon rule invented for a super tournament for the first time, the event ...

Viswanathan Anand finishes joint third after drawing with Vidit Gujrathi

January 28, 2019 6:00 PM

Viswanathan Anand finishes joint third after drawing with Vidit Gujrathi

  In Chess, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand had to be content with a joint third-place finish after settling for a draw with compatriot Vidit Gujrathi in the 13th and final round of the Tata Steel Masters at Wijk Aan Zee, the Netherlands. With three victories, a defeat against winner Magnus Carlsen of Norway and nine draws, Anand ended the event on 7.5 points and will add six points to his existing rating. He is sixth in world rankings. Carlsen expectedly won the event after drawing r...