It’s time for Viswanathan Anand to quit, says Lanka Ravi Venkata Krishnaprasad | TNN | Updated: Sep 12, 2017, 17:13 IST HYDERABAD: “It’s time to call it quits,” is former Asian rapid chess champion Lanka Ravi’s word of advice for India’s top Grand Master Viswanathan Anand. The 47-year-old Anand suffered one of his worst defeats […]
More big names sent home from World Cup: Anand, Karjakin, Adams…
Name G1 G2 R1 R2 r3 r4 B1 B2 SD Tot Round 2 Match 01 Dreev Aleksey (RUS) 0 0 0 Carlsen Magnus (NOR) 1 1 2 Round 2 Match 02 So Wesley (USA) ½ ½ 1 Bluebaum Matthias (GER) ½ ½ 1 Round 2 Match 03 Lenic Luka (SLO) ½ ½ […]
Anand loses with white – Full World Cup Results
Round 2 – Game 1 results Adhiban, B. Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ Anand, Viswanathan Kovalyov, Anton 0-1 Artemiev, Vladislav Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ Bacrot, Etienne Bu, Xiangzhi ½-½ Bruzon Batista, Lazaro Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Cori, Jorge Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ Dreev, Aleksey Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ Fedoseev, Vladimir Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 Harikrishna, P. […]
Not ready to hang it up, Anand focuses on winning World Cup
Viswanathan Anand not ready to retire, focuses on winning chess World Cup Viswanathan Anand, five-time world champion, has dismissed retirement reports and added that he is under no pressure heading into the crucial Chess World Cup that will be held in Georgia in September. Updated: Jul 17, 2017 20:56 IST Siddharth Vishwanathan Hindustan Times, New […]
Retirement in sight or just reaction after bad tournaments?
“No point playing chess like this,” Viswanathan Anand hints at retirement Even the world’s best can have the jitters. by Sarthak Sharma What’s the story? At the Leuven leg of the Grand Chess tour, India’s number one chess player Viswanathan Anand may have finally dropped a hint of his inevitable retirement. “I think I was playing mental. I […]
Anand: “Computers have had a profound impact. They have changed my game”
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Another big comeback for Anand?
Viswanathan Anand confident of bouncing back after mixed 2016 By PTI | Posted 17-Mar-2017 Chennai: Confident of bouncing back after enduring a mixed 2016, former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand says he will compete in the Grand Chess Tour, which includes five tournaments and the World Cup, this year. Speaking at the inauguration of a three-day […]
Reflection on a legendary career
Viswanathan Anand on evolution of chess, his major career clashes and more Venkatachalam SaravananFeb, 14 2017 12:56:46 IST Viswanathan Anand came up with candid insights about his career so far, revealing his ‘invention’ during his successful world championship match against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, and emotional outpouring to his wife after losing a crucial game […]
Anand: “If I know something to be good, I am 100% sure of it.”
Anand: ‘Technology has eliminated uncertainty in Chess’ It was an evening of enthralling discussion with five-time world champion V. Anand and IM V. Saravanan on some of the finer aspects of evolution of the game and Anand’s journey through it to the summit. The event was organised by Chennai International Centre at the Madras School […]
Anand deserves a Bharat Ratna
Huffington Post | No one deserves a Bharat Ratna more than Viswanathan Anand SportsCafe Desk Yesterday at 5:16 PM Shrinjan Rajkumar asks why despite being considered among some of the greatest players to ever play the game of chess, Viswanathan Anand has not been seriously considered for the Bharat Ratna. Rajkumar then goes on to […]