November 21st, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
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Chennai, Nov.21 (ANI): World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand today returned to his hometown. He was given a warm welcome at the Chennai Airport for retaining his world title and doing the ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Thursday congratulated grand master Viswanathan Anand for winning the World Chess Championship.In her message, the president said that she was “delighted to learn about ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by ANI
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Bonn, Oct 30 (ANI): Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand retained the World Chess Championship title in Bonn late on Wednesday night after ending the 11th game with Russias Vladimir Kramnik in a draw.
Anand ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
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Bonn, Oct 29 (IANS) India's Viswanathan Anand drew the 11th game of the 12-game World Chess Championship final with white pieces against Vladimir Kramnik to take an unbeatable 6.5-4.5 lead and retain ...
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October 24th, 2008 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
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Bonn, October 23 (IANS) India's Viswanathan Anand took a 37-move draw in the slav defence to maintain his dominance over Vladimir Kramnik in the 12-game World Chess Championship final here Thursday.Anand, who ...
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October 22nd, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Bonn, Oct 22 (IANS) India's Viswanathan Anand destroyed Vladimir Kramnik with a third win in four games and ended the Russian's hopes in the World Chess Championship.Anand, a defending champion, may ...
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October 18th, 2008 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
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Bonn, Oct 17 (IANS) Viswanathan Anand crushed Vladimir Kramnik with black pieces to score the first win of the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn.Anand, who had sized Kramnik up in ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Lubbock (Texas), Sep 26 (IANS) India's Pentala Harikrishna made the best use of a blunder from Polish Kamil Miton to register his first win at the SPICE Cup Invitational chess tournament here ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sept 24 (ANI): Troubled popstar Pete Doherty has an unknown intelligent side to him he was a brilliant chess champion in school.
The Babyshambles singer, who has battled drug addiction, was ...
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September 19th, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 19 (ANI): A Russian women, who worked as a model to raise the profile of chess, has won the Women''s World Chess Championship.
Alexandra Kosteniuk, 23, has been crowned ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
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Nalchik, Sep 11 (IANS) Koneru Humpy came back into contention as her young Chinese opponent Hou Yifan blundered in the crucial stage of the Women's World chess semi-finals Thursday. Humpy won the ...
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September 11th, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Nalchik (Russia), Sep 11 (IANS) Top seed GM Koneru Humpy of India was shocked in the first game of her semi-final against 14-year-old Hou Yifan of China on a day of upsets ...
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September 11th, 2008 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
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Bilbao (Spain), Sep 11 (IANS) It was a tragic end for Viswanathan Anand, as he blundered and lost the eighth round against Lev Aronian, which nevertheless was the most spectacular so far ...
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September 10th, 2008 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Bilbao (Spain), Sep 10 (IANS) India's Viswanathan Anand languished at the bottom with yet another draw against Teimour Radjabov of Ukraine, his sixth in seven games, as he was still trying to ...
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August 3rd, 2008 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Mainz (Germany), Aug 3 (IANS) World chess Champion Viswanathan Anand put himself in good position to annex his 11th title in Mainz as he topped the league stage at the GrenkeLeasing Rapid ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Mainz, August 2 (IANS) World champion Viswanathan Anand ended the first day of the Chess Classic of Mainz with a fine win over Alexander Morozevich to take a share of the lead ...
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July 27th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, July 27 (IANS) Top seed, India's Koneru Humpy, suffered a shock defeat in the opening round of the Category 19 North Urals Cup chess tournament Sunday. Humpy, rated 2622, lost to ...
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July 26th, 2008 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, July 26 (IANS) Koneru Humpy, the No. 2 women's chess player in the world,
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July 21st, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) India bagged 21 medals, including half a dozen gold medals, in the Asian Youth Chess Championship which concluded in Tehran Monday. The Indian players also bagged five silver ...
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July 12th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) After spending much of last year honing his chess skills, the world's second youngest Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi is back on the competitive chessboard with fine performances in ...
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July 7th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Philadelphia (US), July 7 (IANS) India's Parimarjan Negi continued with his winning ways, adding yet another first to his resume when he finished joint first at the World Open Chess here. Negi,15, ...
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June 26th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Russia, or the Soviet Union as it was once called, may have produced the most world chess champions but the fact of the matter is that the ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by ANI
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London , June 10 (ANI): Known for their violent lyrics and constant encounters with the law, notorious hip hop group, Wu-Tang Clan is now venturing into a completely different domainlaunching a ...
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June 2nd, 2008 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Leon (Spain) June 2 (IANS) Viswanathan Anand failed to conquer the Magistral Ciudad de Le
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June 2nd, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by admin
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Amsterdam, June 2 (DPA) Scientists plan to gather June 12 and 13 in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht to discuss the possibility of human beings increasingly engaging in personal and even ...
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June 1st, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by admin
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Leon, Spain, June 1 (IANS) World No.2 Vassily Ivanchuk will face world champion Viswanathan Anand of India in the final of the XXI Magistral Ciudad de Le
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May 30th, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by admin
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Leon (Spain), May 30 (IANS) Current World Champion and No. 1 Viswanathan Anand will take on local star Francisco Vallejo Pons in the first of the two semi-finals Saturday in the Ciudad ...
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May 26th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 26 (ANI): Former world chess champion Boris Spassky is gearing up to take on 20 opponents simultaneously in a live match at the Hay Festival in Antartica.
Among the 20 ...
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May 21st, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by admin
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Sydney, May 21 (ANI): Former World Chess Champion and Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov was attacked by radio-controlled flying phallus during a meeting of opposition activists.
Kasparov was giving a political speech ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 3:05 am ICT by admin
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Ahmedabad, May 12 (IANS) In an attempt to promote chess in schools, the Gujarat government will conduct training programmes for teachers who would help spread the game in their schools. Announcing the ...
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