No-Castling Chess: Vishy Anand held to draw by Vladimir Kramnik, all to play for in decider

The Indian maestro leads 2-1 after the 61-move draw and has the advantage going into the final game.

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· Jul 18, 2021 · 09:59 am

Chess: Indian GMs Praggnanandhaa, Adhiban, Sarin advance to third round at FIDE World Cup

In the women’s section, D Harika is through to the next round after her Indonesian opponent Media Warda Aulia withdrew from the event.

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· Jul 17, 2021 · 10:58 am

Chess: Viswanathan Anand draws with Vladimir Kramnik in second game of ‘No-Castling’ event

The Indian played out a 39-move draw in an English Four Knights variation game with black pieces.

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· Jul 16, 2021 · 11:36 am

Chess: Viswanathan Anand beats Vladimir Kramnik in first game of ‘No-Castling’ event

Playing with white pieces, Anand needed 66 moves to beat Kramnik n the first game of their four-game match for the Sparkassen Trophy.

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· Jul 15, 2021 · 01:43 pm

Chess: Indian GM D Gukesh reaches second round at FIDE World Cup with win over Poland’s Pawel Teclaf

Gukesh joins compatriots R Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin, P Iniyan, B Adhiban, Aravindh Chithambaram in the second round.

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· Jul 14, 2021 · 10:39 pm

Chess: R Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin among Indians to reach second round at FIDE World Cup

The 15-year old Chennai lad will take on Gabriel Sargissian while Sarin will face Sanan Sjugirov of Russia in round two.

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· Jul 13, 2021 · 10:33 pm

Croatia Grand Chess Tour: Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov for the second straight time

The victory came after three straight draws in rounds 10, 11 and 12 against Anish Giri, Jan-Kryzstof Duda and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

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· Jul 11, 2021 · 11:29 pm

Chess: In much-awaited contest, Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov at Croatian event

Playing with white pieces, the Indian maestro took down Kasparov in 30 moves.

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· Jul 10, 2021 · 11:09 pm

Chess: Viswanathan Anand plays out draws in seventh and eighth rounds at Zagreb event

Anand has so far won two games, drawn five and lost one to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

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· Jul 09, 2021 · 11:19 pm

Chess: Anand beats Ukraine’s Korobov in rapid event at Croatia tournament, Sarin wins Serbia Open

The 51-year old Indian maestro quelled the challenge of Korobov in the fifth round which saw the other four games end in stalemate.

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· Jul 08, 2021 · 10:35 pm

Chess: Mixed start for Viswanathan Anand in rapid event at Croatia tournament

The 51-year old Indian maestro is playing his first over-the-board event in over one year.

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· Jul 07, 2021 · 10:50 pm

Chess: Viswanathan Anand to return to over-the-board action after a year with Croatia tournament

Anand will be featuring in both the rapid and blitz segments, while his long-time rival and former world champion Kasparov will take part only in the blitz.

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· Jul 06, 2021 · 09:09 pm