Tag: Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament

Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand’s quest for a record sixth title suffered a setback as he slumped to a shock defeat against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the seventh round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament, here. Having done quite well so far, Anand went for unwarranted complications against Kramnik […]

Eindhoven (The Netherlands): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand on Friday crashed through the defences of Jeffery Xiong of United States to score his first victory in the Tata Steel Masters Chess tournament that moved to the iconic Eindhoven Soccer Stadium for a day. The change of venue as part of the ‘chess-on-tour’ turned out to […]