New Delhi: In a bid to enhance revenue earnings, Air India Board on Monday approved a proposal to slash business class seats and increase economy seats on its Airbus fleet. The number of business class seats will be cut down in 34 Airbus aircraft, including A320s and A 319s, sources said after a marathon meeting of the Board. It also decided to rent out its properties at prime locations in...
12:32 AM, Feb 28, 2012
London: World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out another draw, signing peace with Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the eighth and penultimate round of London Chess Classic here. On his 42nd birthday, the draw came easy for Anand as he remained on joint fifth spot, taking his tally to eight points in the soccer-like scoring system. Vladimir Kramnik of Russia steered clear of the field with a hard-fought victory over Luke...
05:05 PM, Dec 12, 2011
London: Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won the London Chess Classic's open section with a hard-earned triumph over GM Keith Arkell of England while International Master Sahaj Grover pulled himself to the second spot after the final round of the event that concluded on Sunday. Abhijeet, a former world junior champion and reigning national champion, scored eight points in all and will be past the coveted 2650 ELO rating mark in the...
10:35 AM, Dec 12, 2011
London: World Champion Viswanathan Anand's hopes of catching up with his rivals has almost ended after he played out a draw with Levon Aronian of Armenia at the end of the seventh round of London Chess Classics here. With his fourth draw in six games so far, Anand took his tally to seven points in the football-like scoring system in place here. The world champion had a solitary victory against...
08:12 PM, Dec 11, 2011
London: World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with former challenger Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the seventh round of the London Chess Classic here. After a hard earned victory over Nigel Short of England in the previous round, Anand failed to take advantage of playing with white pieces and decided to split points on the first all-drawn day in the Classic this year. World number one Magnus Carlsen...
10:08 AM, Dec 10, 2011
London: World Champion Viswanathan Anand finally found his winning ways when he defeated Nigel Short of England in the fifth round of London Chess Classic here. After as many as 11 drawn games in competitive classical games and a shocking loss against American Hikaru Nakamura in the previous round, the Indian ace beat Short who is clearly having a tough time here. Yet again, the day produced three decisive games...
11:47 AM, Dec 09, 2011
London: 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 here on Wednesday. After 11 successive draws in a row, including nine draws in the just concluded Tal Memorial at Moscow, the loss on Wednesday proved to be too costly for Anand as he fell to joint seventh spot in the nine-player...
06:04 PM, Dec 07, 2011
London: World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by David Howell of England in the third round of London Chess Classic here on Tuesday. For the records, this was Anand's 11th draw in a row following nine draws in the just concluded Tal Memorial at Moscow and his first round draw with English GM Michael Adams. World number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway cruised past Hikaru Nakamura of...
07:06 PM, Dec 06, 2011
London: On a day World Champion Viswanathan Anand had a bye, Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura of United States stole the thunder with a fine victory over Armenian Levon Aronian in the second round of 3rd London Chess Classic here. Russian Vladimir Kramnik made merry scoring a thumping victory over an out-of-sort Nigel Short of England, while the other two games ended in draws and first to sign peace was English David...
08:54 PM, Dec 05, 2011
London: Playing with black pieces, world Champion Viswanathan Anand managed an easy draw against top British player Michael Adams in the first round of the third Chess Classic. It was Anand's 10th draw in a row in classical chess. World Number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway snatched an early lead in the 160000 Pounds Sterling tournament after defeating David Howell of England in a tense game. With the soccer-like scoring...
12:17 AM, Dec 05, 2011
Lake Buena Vista, Florida: Arjun Atwal failed to build on a birdie-birdie start as he dropped a triple bogey and ended with two-over 74 to slip to tied 49th after the third round at the Children's Miracle Network Hospital's Classic tournament on Saturday. Overnight at the 20th spot, Atwal bogeyed the sixth, but it was the triple bogey on par-4 ninth that cost him heavily. He birdied the tenth and...
10:44 PM, Oct 23, 2011
Washington: Through injuries and illness and, well, aging, Radek Stepanek never doubted he'd one day hoist another trophy overhead as an ATP tournament champion. At 32, the unseeded Czech's net-charging style carried him to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over top-seeded Gael Monfils of France in the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on Sunday. With this win, Stepanek became the tournament's oldest champion since Jimmy Connors was 35 in...
08:48 AM, Aug 08, 2011
Washington: Top-seeded Gael Monfils of France beat No. 11 John Isner 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) in a rain-delayed match on Saturday to advance to the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. Monfils will meet Radek Stepanek on Sunday after the Czech defeated American Donald Young 6-3, 6-3. Monfils, ranked seventh in the world, won the tiebreaker when the lanky Isner hit a forehand into the net. "It was a...
01:30 PM, Aug 07, 2011
Washington: Indian tennis star Somdev Devvarman gave a scare to seventh seed Marcos Baghdatis before going down in a gruelling three-setter in the ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic here. The unseeded Indian battled for two hours and two minutes but lost 2-6 6-0 5-7 against world number 26 from Cyprus in the second round of the USD 1,166,400 hard court tournament. Somdev had beaten Baghdatis in March this year but...
09:53 AM, Aug 05, 2011
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