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List of Anand’s victories (Factfile)


May 30th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) List of Vishwanathan Anand's victories. The 42-year-old Indian won his fifth World Chess Championship title beating Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in the tie-breaker in Moscow ... Read more...

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Anand crowned World Chess Champion for fifth time (Second Lead)


May 30th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 30 (IANS) Defending champion Vishwanathan Anand of India clinched the World Chess Championship title for the fifth time here Wednesday defeating Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a rapid-chess ... Read more...

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World Chess: Anand draws his second game with Gelfand again


May 13th, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 12 (IANS) Indiaa's Vishvanatan Anand and Israel's Boris Gelfand again drew in the second game of their match for the World chess Crown, which is being played in ... Read more...

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Kerala IT firm to lure youths to intelligent gaming


May 12th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 (IANS) Schogini Systems, a Technopark IT firm, is trying to wean young minds from blood-thirsty computer games to intelligent gaming.Schogini Systems has charted out this strategy of ... Read more...

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Anand excited about playing in front of home crowd


July 13th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 13 (IANS) Viswanathan Anand is obviously excited at the prospects of playing a World Championship title match in his home town here next year when he faces challenger ... Read more...

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Vishwanathan Anand honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award


September 8th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Sep 8 (ANI): The Rotary Club of Madras conferred the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award on World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand here on Tuesday.Accepting the trophy from S. Gunashekar, club president, Anand ... Read more...

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Celebrities as brand ambassadors: The ‘hang in there’ mantra (Comment)


November 21st, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
As a young management student I was taught that using a celebrity to promote a brand was a risky proposition. The risks, I can recall, included questions like "What if the celebrity's ... Read more...

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