Sandnes, Norway: World champion Viswanathan Anand won the psychological battle holding his world championship challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway to an easy draw in the second round of the Norway Chess 2013 Super tournament in progress here.
The much awaited clash turned out to be a full entertainer to the audience as Carlsen tried but could not make much use of his white pieces in a keenly contested game arising out of a Sicilian defence.
Both Carlsen and Anand had inched to one point out of a possible two in the 10-player round-robin tournament following a draw in the opener too.
The other game to end early was a damp squib between former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan while Levon Aronian came up with a fine effort to outclass Hikaru Nakamura of United States. Also Sergey Karjakin crashed through the defences of Jon Ludvig Hammer of Norway and, in a surprise, Peter Svidler of Russia was outdone by Wang Hao of China....
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10:23 AM, May 10, 2013
Sandes: World champion Viswanathan Anand will take on Levon Aronian of Armenia in the first round of the Norway Chess 2013 super tournament that gets underway here. Anand secured five whites in the nine-round tournament by finishing joint second in the blitz event that was played to prepare the drawing of lots. The top five contestants in the blitz tournament will get five white and four black games in the...
04:51 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Magnus Carlsen has expressed "deep disappointment" at world chess governing body FIDE's decision to award the World Championship final to Viswanathan Anand's hometown Chennai accusing them of "lack of transparency." "I'm deeply disappointed and surprised by the FIDE decision to sign a contract for the 2013 match without going through the bidding process outlined in the WC regulations, and for not choosing neutral ground," Carlsen was quoted as...
08:42 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Viswanathan Anand will defend his World Chess Championship title against world number one Magnus Carlsen in his home city as FIDE on Monday chose Chennai as the venue for the prestigious match. Even as it has been reported that Carlsen was not keen to play in Chennai and instead preferred Paris as the venue, the FIDE Presidential Board confirmed Chennai as the venue during a meeting at Baku,...
09:11 AM, May 06, 2013
Chennai: There is some uncertainty over Chennai as the venue for the eagerly-awaited World Chess Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen after the World No 1 player from Norway expressed unhappiness with the FIDE's choice of venue. The FIDE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with All India Chess Federation and Tamil Nadu state association for holding the World Championship match in Chennai, the home city of...
06:21 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced the state will host the World Chess Championship this November between reigning champion from India Viswanathan Anand and the challenger Norway's Magnus Carlsen. Making the announcement in the assembly, Jayalalithaa said: "Considering that Tamil Nadu had come forward to hold the 2012 World Chess Championship, the World Chess Federation (WCF) had requested us to hold the contest this year in...
02:04 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Anand suffered a shocking last-round defeat against Wang Hao of China and had to be content with a joint third finish. ...
10:25 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Carlsen took his tally to an unassailable 9.5 points and remains 1.5 points ahead of Anand and Levon Aronian of Armenia. ...
11:42 AM, Jan 27, 2013
Desperately needing a victory, Anand outplayed Yifan right from the opening. ...
07:59 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Viswanathan Anand could not breach the solid defenses of Sergey Karjakin of Russia and played out another draw. ...
02:30 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Anand played out an easy draw with Peter Leko of Hungary in the ninth round of Tata Steel Chess tournament. ...
09:43 PM, Jan 22, 2013
Viswanathan Anand slipped to the second position after he was held to an easy draw by tail-ender Ivan Sokolov. ...
12:07 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Anand outsmarted Van Wely to come back in joint lead after the seventh round of the 75th Tata Steel Chess tournament. ...
11:33 AM, Jan 20, 2013
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with compatriot P Harikrishna and slipped to second spot at the end of the sixth round of Tata Steel Chess tournament here on Saturday. ...
05:07 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Anand will be up against world number one Carlsen in a much-awaited fifth-round clash. ...
11:00 AM, Jan 17, 2013
World Champion Viswanathan Anand finished his campaign with a draw against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the ninth and final round of London Chess Classic here on Tuesday. ...
08:28 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Magnus Carlsen remember matches he played six years ago move-for-move. ...
05:00 PM, Dec 30, 2009
Anand plays Alexander Morozevich in the seventh round. ...
12:17 AM, Nov 13, 2009
Viswanathan Anand suffered a shock defeat against Magnus Carlsen. ...
10:03 PM, Feb 26, 2009
