Moscow: Newly-crowned world chess champion Viswanathan Anand received a gold medal, prize money of $1.4 million (around Rs 7.9 crore), a memento and a piece of contemporary art displaying him and challenger Boris Gelfand, for his achievement at a ceremony in Moscow on Thursday. Stating that his connection with Russia has been very deep, Anand said, "I benefited a lot from playing chess in Russian Cultural center in Chennai and...
09:14 PM, May 31, 2012
Viswanathan Anand has done it yet again. With his nail-biting victory over Boris Gelfand, Anand has proved that he is one of the greatest chess ...
06:18 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The union sports ministry has announced a Rs. 10 lakh cash award for Viswanathan Anand, who was crowned the World Chess Champion for the fifth time. "We have a cash award for any sportsperson who wins in Asian Championships, World Championships, Olympics or any other major event. So, on the basis of that we have decided to give Rs. 10 lakh as a cash award to Anand. It...
05:54 PM, May 31, 2012
Viswanathan Anand, the Indian ace, won his fifth World Chess Championship title beating Israel's Boris Gelfand in Moscow on Wednesday. Viswanathan Anand bio Born: 11 December 1969 Title: Grandmaster (1998) World Champion: 2000-02, 2007 " present (Undisputed) FIDE Rating: 2971 (May 2012) 4th Highest rated Chess Player One of six players in history to break the 2800 mark Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1987 He was also the first...
03:54 PM, May 31, 2012
CNN-IBN traces Viswanthan Anand's journey to the pinnacle of chess following his fifth World Championship title on Wednesday. ...
11:15 AM, May 31, 2012
Viswanathan Anand was relieved to have come out on top against Boris Gelfand in the Rapid chess tiebreaker on Wednesday to win the World Championship for the fifth time. ...
10:52 AM, May 31, 2012
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11:38 PM, May 30, 2012
Visawanatahan Anand crowned world chess champion for the fifth time after beating Israe's Boris Gelfand in a 4-match tie breaker 2.5 - 1.5. ...
10:59 PM, May 30, 2012
Viswanathan Anand retained his title with a 2.5-1.5 scoreline against Israel's Boris Gelfand in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker at Moscow. ...
10:58 PM, May 30, 2012
Viswanathan Anand parents talk exclusively to CNN-IBN after their son made them and whole nation proud. ...
10:31 PM, May 30, 2012
Moscow: India's five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand says he was too tense to be happy after he won the title for the fifth time beating Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in the tie-breaker in Moscow on Wednesday. "Game one was a tense start. It was a long and tough match. The match was very intense, I am relieved. I was better for most part in the second game. It was...
10:04 PM, May 30, 2012
Viswanathan Anand successfully retained his world No. 1 title by winning the fourth game of his rapid chess tie-breaker against challenger Boris Gelfand on Wednesday. ...
08:52 PM, May 30, 2012
Viswanathan Anand successfully retained his world No. 1 title on Wednesday by winning the fourth game of his rapid chess tie-breaker against challenger Boris Gelfand. ...
07:53 PM, May 30, 2012
India's chess legend won his fifth world title by beating Boris Gelfand in a tie-breaker on Wednesday. ...
07:47 PM, May 30, 2012
Viswanathan Anand retained his world title by defeating Boris Gelfand in a tense tiebreaker in Moscow on Wednesday. ...
06:49 PM, May 30, 2012
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