2012-01-03 21:08:40

Chennai: The Central Council of the All India Chess Federation Tuesday unanimously decided to recommend Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand for the Bharat Ratna award.Two other icons, cricketer Sachin
2011-12-22 21:25:47

CHENNAI: World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand on Thursday said it will be a great honour if he receives the Bharat Ratna but made it clear that he would never lobby for the coveted award or suggest
2011-12-07 19:32:03

World Champion Viswanathan Anand let go off an excellent position after losing to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the fourth round of the London Chess Classic, in London, on Wednesday.After 11
2011-11-25 13:16:32

Tirana: Grandmaster Koneru Humpy settled for a draw in the must-win eighth-round game as defending champion Yifan Hou became the women's world champion by triumphing 5.5-2.5 against the Indian.Under
2011-11-16 12:25:32

Tirana (Albania): Playing with black pieces, Grand Master Koneru Humpy played her second consecutive draw against defending champion Yifan Hou of China in the second game of the Women's World Chess
2011-10-11 12:32:30

World Champion Viswanathan Anand was shocked by Levon Aronian of Armenia in the ninth and penultimate round of the fourth Final Masters as he slipped to the last spot with just one round to go in the
2011-09-28 11:19:00

Sao Paolo: World Champion Viswanathan Anand played his second straight draw as he signed peace with top American Hikaru Nakamura in a complex second round game to slip to joint third in the fourth
2011-08-27 13:48:32
Reigning Asian champion Grandmaster P Harikrishna will spearhead the Indian challenge, starting out against Maxim Rodshtein of Israel, in the World Chess Cup that gets underway.While Harikrishna
2011-07-13 14:14:02

Chennai: Chennai will host the World Chess Championship title match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand of Israel in April-May next year.Chief minister J Jayalalitha has
2011-07-08 14:51:02

NAGPUR: World chess champion Vishwanathan Anand has said he is happy with his current form.Addressing mediapersons on Thursday, Anand said: "I actually thought I am doing quite well this year for