Tag: Viswanathan Anand

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 […]

Kolkata: Basketball great Kobe Bryant’s shocking death shook Viswanathan Anand like everyone else, but the fact that he breathed his last along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, is what made the tragedy unimaginable to the chess legend. Kobe and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among the nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas […]

Chennai: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will lead the Indian team in the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held in Moscow in August with the legendary Vladimir Kramnik set to train the men’s squad. World number two Koneru Humpy will be the spearhead among Indian women in the biennial event that is likely to see […]

Chennai: India continued their shoddy show losing 1.5.-2.5 to title contenders and top seed China in the ninth round of FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup on Saturday. With former world champion Viswanathan Anand resting, the Indian team managed to hold their own against the favourites before Yu Yangyi subdued B Adhiban with black pieces to secure […]

Chennai: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand suffered his fourth straight defeat in the USD 150,000 Legends of Chess online tournament, going down 2-3 to Anish Giri of the Netherlands. The former world champion Indian and Giri played out four draws before the Dutch player pulled off a win in the Armageddon game (a tie-break) late on […]

New Delhi: India ensured a nerve-racking win over Poland to secure its first ever ticket to final event of Chess Olympiad. World Women Rapid Champion Koneru Humpy won a decisive Armageddon game with black against Monika Socko taking the Indian team to the final of (FIDE) International Chess Federation Online Chess Olympiad. Humpy held her […]

Chennai: Former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand on Monday said India winning the gold in the FIDE Online Olympiad will have a positive impact on the way the central government looks at the game and the players. He also categorically said the Indian team was ready even for a replay of the second match against […]

Mumbai: A biopic has been announced on Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, which would be directed by filmmaker Aanand L. Rai. Informing about the same, trade analyst and film critic Taran Adarsh on Sunday tweeted,”BIOPIC ON VISWANATHAN ANAND… A biopic on #Indian chess grandmaster #ViswanathanAnand has been planned… The yet untitled biopic – will be […]