Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand was on Sunday elected deputy president of FIDE, the sport's world governing body, while incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich was re-elected for a second term.
The house congratulated and applauded the swift action taken by Bharat Singh Chauhan for successfully bringing the chess Olympiad spectacle at a short notice.
In Armageddon, the 52-year old Anand recreated the magic of old when he stunned Carlsen to post a win in 50 moves.
India won a bronze medal at the Tromso Chess Olympiad in 2014. While in the two virtual Olympiads, India won gold jointly with Russia in 2020 and the women's team won bronze in 2021.
The women's team probable comprises Koneru Humpy, D Harika, Vaishali R, Tania Sachdev, Bhakti Kulkarni, Vantika Agrawal, Mary Ann Gomes, Soumya Swaminathan and Eesha Karavade.
The Indian team comprises Anand, Gujrathi, P. Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, R. Pragganandhaa, Koneru Humpy, D. Harika, Tania Sachdev, Bhakti Kulkarni, R. Vaishali and B. Savitha Shri, with Abhijit Kunte as the non-playing vice-captain.
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Chennai: Two days after he won the World Rapid Chess Championship, Indian chess Grand Master (GM) and five time World Champion Viswanathan Anand on Saturday established again that he is a force to reckon with third position at the King Salman FIDE World Blitz Championship at Riyadh. World Champion (GM) Magnus Carlsen won the 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 […]
In what turned out to be a bitter-sweet year for Indian chess, five-time winner Viswanathan Anand lost his bid to regain his title in the Sochi World Championship but Indian men's team clinched a historic bronze at 41st Olympiad
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Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand today described this year which saw him surrender the world crown to Norwegian Magnus Carlsen as a "horrible" one but said he would stay positive without getting bogged down thinking about the debacle
The Indian chess field was shocked when five-time world champion Anand was defeated by Kamath, who made near perfect moves.
Kolkata: World champion Magnus Carlsen and five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand rung the Eden bell ahead of the second day of India’s first pink ball Test against Bangladesh being played at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. Anand and Norweigan Carlsen are in the city to take part in the 2019 Tata Steel Chess tournament which […]
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand was beaten by the USA’s Wesley So in the second round of the Tata Steel Masters chess meet here on Monday. Anand played out a draw in the first round and did well with the black pieces only to stutter on the 22nd turn when […]
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