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...
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...
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,...
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...
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: “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,...
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...
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...
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,...