Norway Chess Blown Open with Anand Beating Hammer & Topalov Losing to Giri in Round 8
June 25, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessWednesday’s two Round-8 matches have ripped the tournament wide open. Until Tuesday, Topalov looked like sweeping the stakes but on Wednesday, Anand defeated Norwegian Jon Ludvig Hammer and added 1 point to fall right behind Veselin Topalov with a half-point difference. After all his preceding victories in the tournament, the Bulgarian lost to Netherlands’ Anish […]
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Even As World’s Oldest Player, Vishy Anand Still Shows His Mettle at 2015 Norway Chess
June 25, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessTwo 40-plus gentlemen occupied the top three spots after 7 out of 9 rounds were completed on June 23, 2015 at the Norway Chess tournament. Bulgaria’s 40-year old former world no.1 Veselin Topalov holds the first place with 6 points while India’s Vishy Anand, who is the oldest player in the game at 45 years; […]
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Convincing Victory for Magnus Carlsen in the 2015 Shamkir Chess Tournament
April 28, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Shamkir Chess Tournament, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessNorway’s World Champion Magnus Carlsen emerged as the runaway winner of the 2015 Shamkir Chess tournament, which concluded on Sunday. In the ninth and final round, Carlsen defeated Azerbaijan’s Rauf Mamedov in 35 moves after Mamedov committed a blunder in the 34th move. Carlsen has thus retained the title he won in the inaugural edition […]
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Anand Wins Eighth Round As Well, Now Half-Point Behind Carlsen in Shakir
April 26, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, Shamkir Chess Tournament, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessAs the last and ninth round to come up on Sunday, Viswanathan Anand of India recorded another victory to be just half point behind table-topper Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the 2015 Shakir Chess Tournament at Azerbaijan. Anand took full advantage of playing with White Pieces and showed solid temperament in his match against the […]
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Anand Scores Second Victory in the 7th Round of 2015 Shamkir Chess Tournament
April 25, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, Shamkir Chess Tournament, Valdimir Kramnik, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessPlaying with whites against Michael Adams of England on Friday, Viswanathan Anand crashed through the defenses of the Englishman to jump to the sole second spot in the 2015 Shamkir Chess tournament. On Thursday, however, the Indian chess ace could not get through against Azerbaijan’s Rauf Mamedov and settled for an easy draw with Blacks […]
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Anand Draws Again With Black, Carlsen Lone Winner On 2nd Day at Shamkir
April 19, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, Shamkir Chess Tournament, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessIn the second round matches of Shamkir Chess tournament on Saturday, four matches ended as drawn games. One among them involved Indian Grand Master Viswanathan Anand, who played with black pieces against Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. After being let off the hook by Anand, Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen was the only one, who emerged victorious […]
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Vishy Anand Allows Magnus Carlsen to Go Scot-Free in the First Round of Shamkir Chess Tournament
April 18, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Shamkir Chess Tournament, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessIn Friday’s first round of the Shamkir Chess Tournament, Indian Grand Master Viswanathan Anand missed a golden opportunity presented to him by World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who made an unforced error in the middle game. For a long time, Anand enjoyed a pawn plus position but the plucky Norwegian hung on and not only deprived […]
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Magnus Carlsen Wins GRENKE Chess Classic in Thrilling Decisive Tiebreak Finish
February 11, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, GRENKE Chess Classic, Magnus Carlsen, World ChessIn the third GRENKE Chess Classic, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was ultimately drawn into the Armageddon at Baden Baden. It was not something that Carlsen could have imagined because his opponent in the last Round 7 game was several rungs lower in FIDE rankings. But the drawn game in Round 7 with Bacrot Etienne brought […]
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Vishy Anand’s Challenge Ends in Game 11 of 2014 FIDE World Chess Championship in Sochi
November 25, 2014 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan Anand, World Chess ChampionshipMagnus Carlsen of Norway retained his World Champion’s crown on Sunday. In the 27th move of Game 11 of World Chess Championship in Sochi, Viswanathan Anand boldly sacrificed his rook in a desperate bid for victory. But the maneuver boomeranged on him, as 18 moves later, the 44-year old Indian challenger got up and offered […]
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Another Draw at Sochi’s World Chess Championship as Carlsen Prefers Safety to Adventure
November 22, 2014 R K Gupta
Chess, Magnus Carlsen, SOCHI, Vishwanathan Anand, World Chess ChampionshipThe 10th Game was the seventh draw in the ongoing World Chess Championship match at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. Game 2 and 6 have been won by Magnus Carlsen and Game 3 by Anand. In the drawn Games, there have been some close calls and some anxious moments but no clear position […]
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 61,240 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 61,110 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 55,370 |