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
Former Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay backs Vishwanathan Anand to beat Boris Gelfand in the Rapid chess tiebreaker of the World Championship in Moscow on Wednesday. ...
11:14 AM, May 30, 2012
Moscow: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have to fight it out in Rapid chess tiebreaker against challenger Boris Gelfand after a tied 6-6 result in the World Chess Championship match here Wednesday. To start with, there will be four games under rapid chess rules with 25 minutes to each player and a ten seconds increment after every move is made. In case of a 2-2 result, the two will play...
02:34 PM, May 29, 2012
Moscow: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have a lot to think about ahead of the last game of the Chess World Championship against Boris Gelfand of Israel here. With the scores tied 5.5-5.5 after 11 games, the Indian ace will be hoping for an encore of the last championship when he won the last game to win the title against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. That said, Gelfand has proven to...
12:03 PM, May 27, 2012
The IPL is in its final stages and the cricket mad citizens are keenly watching the playoffs. As the country catches onto the cricket frenzy, ...
05:40 PM, May 25, 2012
Moscow: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand was stretched a little by challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel but the Indian ace found his way to a draw in the ninth game of the World Chess Championship here on Wednesday. Ananad managed to sign peace following a timely queen sacrifice leaving the scores level at 4.5-4.5 after the ninth round. As expected, Anand decided to shift gears with black and for the first...
10:39 PM, May 23, 2012
Moscow: Having bounced back with an emphatic victory in the previous round, Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand holds a huge psychological advantage in the crucial remaining four games of the World Championship match against Israeli Boris Gelfand here. With points levelled at 4-4 and with four games to go, the championship match is interestingly poised. The eighth game provided the Indian ace a much needed breather after a shocking loss in...
05:07 PM, May 22, 2012
Boxer Mary Kom is happy to have secured her berth to London despite losing in the World Championships quarter-finals, and is now aiming for a medal in the 2012 Olympics. ...
08:45 PM, May 18, 2012
Qinhuangdao, China: Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom's Olympic ticket will be decided by fate now after she lost in the quarter-finals of the World Championships to world number two Nicola Adams on Wednesday. The five-time world champion will return empty-handed on the medal front for the first time since the event's inception in 2001, but she still has a chance of getting a London berth if Adams goes on...
06:55 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom (51kg) continued to make confident strides towards booking an Olympic berth by entering the World Championships' quarter-finals, but L Sarita Devi's fate hung in the balance after she lost a close last-16 bout in Qinhuangdao, China on Tuesday. Mary Kom defeated Norway's Marielle Hansen 18-6 to make the last-eight stage of the first and only qualifying event for women boxers, who...
05:31 PM, May 15, 2012
Qinhuangdao: India's female boxers made a strong start in the World Championships here with Mandakini Chanu (57kg) and Neetu Chahal (69kg) cruising into the second round after convincing wins. Chanu brought cheer to the Indian camp by comprehensively defeating Serbian boxer Bojana Ranic while Neetu defeated Hungary's European champion Bianka Nagy 22:6 here on Friday. Mandakini went on the relentless attacking mode against the Serbian boxer who was physically taller...
08:25 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: Indian women boxers were off to an impressive start at the World Championships-cum-Olympic Qualifiers in Qinhuangdao, China with Mandakini Chanu (57kg) and Neetu Chahal (69kg) advancing to the second round with easy wins. Mandakini and Neetu are competing in the non-Olympic categories as only 51kg, 60kg and 75kg divisions have been picked for the London Games where women's boxing will make its debut in the quadrennial extravaganza. Mandakini...
01:31 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: A year from now, the Hondas and the Ducatis will be scorching the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) with the Superbike World Championship (WSBK) getting ready to enter India. Formula One put India on the world motorsports map in October and last month came the announcement of the first ever GT1 race at the BIC in Greater Noida in December. WSBK had little choice but to follow suit. "We...
06:11 PM, Mar 10, 2012
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