Vishwanathan Anand

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  Anand To Carlsen, Timeless Chess Battles From World Championship

  Over the years, the championship has witnessed some iconic battles where players from across the globe have showcased their incredible genius.

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  "Chess Thambis": Viswanathan Anand's Dinner Selfie With Child Prodigy

  Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who finished third in the recently concluded Norway Chess tournament, shared a photo from his dinner outing with chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and grandmaster Sandipan Chanda on Friday.

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  Sachin Tendulkar, Viswanathan Anand To Join PM On 'Mann Ki Baat' Today

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his Mann ki Baat' radio programme today, which he will address together with chess champion Viswanathan Anand and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, will focus on "India's youth".

• Blog: My senior in school, Viswanathan Anand

  It's quite a feeling to have something in common with Viswanathan Anand. I do. Not that I know much about chess. But Vishy, as we affectionately call him, was my school mate at Don Bosco, Egmore. A senior who has been most appropriately held up as a role model for every new batch of students; year after year, with every new title he would win and d...

• Anand finishes second in Tata Chess; Nakamura champion

  Five-time winner Viswanathan Anand had to be content with a second place finish following a draw in the last round of the Tata Steel Chess tournament.

• Anand crushes Shirov to remain in joint lead

  Viswanathan Anand scored a crushing victory over Alexei Shirov of Spain in the 10th round to maintain his position at the top in the 73rd Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands.

• Viswanathan Anand backs CWG-bound Indian athletes

  World chess champion Viswanathan Anand is more concerned about how many medals India would win in the Commonwealth Games than the controversies in the run-up to the mega-event, scheduled to kick off here on October 3.

• Vishwanathan Anand takes on 35 mathematicians today

  Unfazed by the controversy surrounding his nationality, world champion Viswanathan Anand began his simultaneous chess game against 40 math wizards at the ongoing International Congress of Mathematicians on Tuesday.

• Help from Kasparov, Kramnik was pleasant surprise: Anand

  Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand was pleasantly surprised at the unsolicited assistance he received from Russian greats Gary Kasparov and Vladmir Kramnik during his successful World Chess championship title defence against Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in Sofia last month.

• Anand hails Kasparov and Kramnik

  The extraneous support from the likes of Gary Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik in his World Championship battle has not diminished Viswanathan Anand's faith in his team of seconds and the Indian chess wizard on Tuesday ruled out any change in what he calls a "band of brothers"

• I played fast and furious near climax: Anand

  Sharing the secret of his success at the World Championship, Indian chess wizard Viswanathan Anand on Monday said he unnerved rival Veselin Topalov by playing fast and aggressively towards the climax of title battle.

• With Anand's loss, World Championship match tied at 4-4

  World champion Viswanathan Anand was in for a surprise by a resurgent Veselin Topalov who scored a remarkable victory with white pieces in the eighth match to square off the World Chess Championship 4-4 in Sofia on Tuesday.

• Anand crushes Kramnik, rises to 3rd in Chess Tourney

  World champion Viswanathan Anand outmaneuvered Russian Vladimir Kramnik in the 12th round to rise to the third spot in the elite group 'A' of the Corus Chess Tournament.

• Corus: Anand draws again, Abhijeet wins 11th round

  Viswanathan Anand, one of the only two players in the field not to have suffered a loss, played his tenth draw in 11 rounds at the Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.

• Anand to meet Smeets, eyes good finish

  Following a sedate start that fetched Viswanathan Anand nine consecutive draws, the Indian can now look forward to a good finish after a lucky victory over Alexei Shirov in the last match pushed him to joint fourth in overall standing.