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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 Chess

Norway’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 […]

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 Chess

As 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 […]

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 Chess

Playing 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 […]

Victory for Vishy Anand in the Fifth Round of Shamkir Chess Tournament

April 22, 2015 R K Gupta

Chess, Indian Sport News, Shamkir Chess Tournament, Vishwanathan Anand, World Chess

On an absolutely amazing day in Shamkir, there were three decisive games with the charms of their own. After drawing with his opponents in the first four rounds, Vishy Anand scored his first win with a brutal new idea in the Spanish, sacrificed a piece and won against a surprised So. In another game, world […]

Fourth Consecutive Draw for Vishy Anand Makes Things Tight for the Indian at Shamkir Chess Tournament

April 21, 2015 R K Gupta

Chess, Indian Sport News, Shamkir Chess Tournament, Vishwanathan Anand, World Chess

On Monday April 20, 2015, Indian Chess Ace Viswanathan Anand drew with old rival Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. The result follows his third drawn game with Netherlands’ Anish Giri on Sunday. In one of the strongest chess tournament of the year, four draws take Anand’s tally of score to 2.0 but with other competitors scoring […]

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 Chess

In 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 […]

Vishy Anand Allows Magnus Carlsen to Go Scot-Free in the First Round of Shamkir Chess Tournament

April 18, 2015 R K Gupta