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Anand thanked Kramnik for urging him to play in the Candidates Tournament
Viswanathan Anand thanks Vladimir Kramnik for urging him to playSusan Ninan, TNN | Mar 30, 2014, 11.56 PM IST CHENNAI: There was a quiet sense of accomplishment as Viswanathan Anand brokered peace with Peter Svidler in their Candidates final round encounter at Khanty Mansiysk, Russia on Sunday. Not that the result would have altered the […]
College Final Four 2014
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Getting a second chance to make things right
Perfect Candidate to Checkmate CarlsenBy Vishnu Prasad – CHENNAIPublished: 30th March 2014 04:06 AM It took 91 moves to decide, but finally it is official! Viswanathan Anand will take on Magnus Carlsen in an attempt to reclaim the World Chess Championship crown that he had lost in Chennai in November. Anand, who went into the […]
Crushing the Scandinavian Defense! with GM Damian Lemos … and more
Double Rooks… Double Trouble! – Presented by FM Alisa Melekhina Double Rooks… Double Trouble! – Presented by FM Alisa MelekhinaPosted on March 27,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Doubled rooks on the second-rank create a synergistic effect that allows players to harness their power and […]
All smile for Anand as he earned a rematch against Carlsen
FIDE World Candidates Tournament 2014Турнир претендентов ФИДЕ 2014(11.03-01.04.2014) FIDE World Candidates Tournament concluded Viswanathan Anand concluded the FIDE Candidates Tournament with a draw against Peter Svidler for a total of 8,5/14 points. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov made the honorary move for the World Championship qualifier. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Vladimir Kramnik also had a relatively quick […]
Registration for Olympiad 2014
Dear National Chess Federations, We would like to remind you that the PRE-REGISTRATION (acceptance of your national federation to participate in the up-coming Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway) is to be closed on 1 April 2014. In this respect, we are asking those federations who did not pre registered their teams for the Olympiad, kindly […]
Aronian & Topalov lost 18 & 13.4 points, Anand & Karjakin gained 14.8 & 6.2
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A look back, Candidates 2013 and 2014, Anand the only undefeated player
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Karjakin scores a marathon win against Aronian in final round
Final round results 7 GM Aronian Levon ARM 0 – 1 GM Karjakin Sergey RUS 26 GM Anand Viswanathan IND ½ – ½ GM Svidler Peter RUS 35 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE ½ – ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 48 GM Topalov Veselin BUL ½ – ½ GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 1 http://candidates2014.fide.com Chess Daily […]