
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand said he was not playing badly in Moscow, but he had a difficult opponent. ...

08:17 PM, Jun 03, 2012

Viswanathan Anand said his challenger Boris Gelfand was a tough nut to crack and had his own set of innovations. ...

05:30 PM, Jun 03, 2012

Chennai: He has been the undisputed world champion for the past five years, but Indian chess veteran Viswanathan Anand has no plans of calling it quits just yet as he says his morale is on a high after beating a "complicated" Boris Gelfand to notch up his fifth world title. "There are definitely no thoughts of retirement. In fact quite the opposite. (Winning a fifth world title) has been a...

04:49 PM, Jun 03, 2012

After defending his world chess champion title, Viswanathan Anand on Saturday returned to Chennai from Moscow. ...

11:51 PM, Jun 02, 2012

Chennai: World chess champion Viswanathan Anand on Saturday received a rousing welcome by his fans, who lined-up in good numbers to greet him, as the chess wizard returned home after winning his fifth world title. Anand defeated Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in rapid tie-break in Moscow to defend his world championship title. The fans thronged the Chennai international airport to greet Anand. Parents of Anand and his wife Aruna were...

10:06 PM, Jun 02, 2012

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

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

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 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

Moscow: India's chess champion Viswanathan Anand has successfully retained his world No. 1 title by winning the fourth game of his rapid chess tie-breaker against challenger Boris Gelfand in the World Chess Championship on Wednesday. This is Anand's fifth world title. Anand led 2-1 going into the fourth game of the tie-breaker, which was set up after a tied 6-6 result with his Israeli challenger Boris in the 12th and...

06:36 PM, May 30, 2012