2016 Champions Showdown

Brilliant Anand finishes second
The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand's master-class to former Women World champion Hou Yifan underscored his versatility and earned him the runner-up spot behind Magnus Carlsen in the Isle of Man chess tournament here on Sunday. In what was one of the strongest ...
Vidit makes mark, Anand bounces backThe New Indian Express

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Brilliant Anand finishes second
The Hindu
Earlier, Carlsen (7.5) drew with Hikaru Nakamura (7) in just 18 moves following perpetual checks. Carlsen collected the winner's share of £50,000. Anand and Nakamura, placed in that order after tie-break rules were applied, received £18,750 each by ...
Vidit makes mark, Anand bounces backThe New Indian Express

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Anand signs off joint second at Isle of Man Chess
Times of India
DOUGLAS (Isle of Man): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand capped his impressive run with another victory over Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan in the ninth and final round to sign off joint second at the Isle Of Man Chess Championship here.

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Vidit makes mark, Anand bounces back
The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: Viswanathan Anand (in pic) shrugged off his early exit from the World Cup, finishing joint second with Hikaru Nakamura (both 7/9) at the Isle of Man International Open on Sunday. World champion Magnus Carlsen (7.5) won his first classical ...

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Vidit makes mark, Anand bounces back
The New Indian Express
The way he demolished Fabiano Caruana and Pavel Eljanov, two of the top-ranked players, validated the fact that when on song, he is unstoppable. “Carlsen played unusual openings and outplayed opponents. He won convincingly,” said Harikrishna.

Vidit makes mark, Anand bounces back
The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: Viswanathan Anand (in pic) shrugged off his early exit from the World Cup, finishing joint second with Hikaru Nakamura (both 7/9) at the Isle of Man International Open on Sunday. World champion Magnus Carlsen (7.5) won his first classical ...

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand essays comprehensive win; Vidit Gujrathi settles for draw in Round 8
Yahoo India News
Two other Indians, Viswanathan Anand and Swapnil Dhopade, also had an outside chance of catching the world champion. However, they were a full point behind. If Carlsen had drawn both of his next games and if Anand and/or Dhopade had won both of ...

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand essays comprehensive win; Vidit Gujrathi settles for draw in Round 8
Yahoo India News
Carlsen had won his game against Fabiano Caruana. This instantly discarded any possibility of Anand or Dhopade catching him. But both Anand and Dhopade won their games convincingly. With black pieces against Laurent Fressinet, this was not an easy ...

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand essays comprehensive win; Vidit Gujrathi settles for draw in Round 8
Yahoo India News
This gave Hikaru Nakamura the opportunity to move up the tournament leader board. His game against Emil Sutovsky featured the Queen's Gambit Accepted. Sutovsky, who had black pieces, went into ultra-aggressive mode from the word go. Sacrificing a ...

Anand, Swapnil win; Gujrathi draws in Rd 8 of Isle of Man
The Hindu
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand and Swapnil S Dhopade notched up wins while Vidit Santosh Gujrathi played out another draw as the trio shared the joint third place after the eighth round of the Isle of Man International chess tournament, here.

FIDE CONFERS IM TITLE TO HAMED NOURI
PhilBoxing.com
Three players was tied at Number 3 to Number 5 spot after garnering 2794 ELO rating points such as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, Fabiano Caruana of USA and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, in order. Competing the top Ten list are No.6 Shakhriyar ...

FIDE CONFERS IM TITLE TO HAMED NOURI
PhilBoxing.com
... No.6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (ELO 2791) of Azerbaijan, No.7 Filipino Wesley So (ELO 2788) of the USA, No.8 Alexander Grischuk (ELO 2785) of Russia, No.9 Viswanathan Anand (ELO 2783) of India and No.10 Hikaru Nakamura (ELO 2774) of the USA.

Viswanathan Anand finishes joint second at Isle of Man chess meet
India Today
Indian legend Viswanathan Anand finished joint second at the Isle of Man Chess Championship, accumulating seven points from nine round of games here. The five-time world chess champion on Sunday night crushed Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan to ...
Swapnil Dhopade Rises To The Challenge, Finishes Joint 3rd After Magnus Carlsen & Viswanathan AnandIndiatimes.com

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Viswanathan Anand finishes joint second at Isle of Man chess meet ...
India Today
The five-time world chess champion on Sunday night crushed Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan to share the second spot with Hikaru Nakamura of the United ...

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Swapnil finishes joint 3rd in field with Carlsen & Anand
Times of India
NAGPUR: Even in his wildest dream, Vidarbha's only Grandmaster Swapnil Dhopade wouldn't have thought of playing alongside the likes of world champions Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen in a tournament where he was seeded 55 but finished ...

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Swapnil Dhopade Rises To The Challenge, Finishes Joint 3rd After Magnus Carlsen & Viswanathan Anand
Indiatimes.com
Even in his wildest dream, Vidarbha's only Grandmaster Swapnil Dhopade wouldn't have thought of playing alongside the likes of world champions Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen in a tournament where he was seeded 55 but finished joint third.

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Swapnil finishes joint 3rd in field with Carlsen & Anand
Times of India
NAGPUR: Even in his wildest dream, Vidarbha's only Grandmaster Swapnil Dhopade wouldn't have thought of playing alongside the likes of world champions Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen in a tournament where he was seeded 55 but finished ...

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Brilliant Anand finishes second
The Hindu
Leading results (involving Indians): Ninth round: Viswanathan Anand (7) bt Hou Yifan (Chn, 6); Pavel Eljanov (Ukr, 6.5) drew with Swapnil Dhopade (6.5); Richard Rapport (Hun, 6.5) drew with Vidit Gujrathi (6.5); Francisco Pons Vallejo (Esp, 5.5) drew ...

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Brilliant Anand finishes second
The Hindu
Earlier, Carlsen (7.5) drew with Hikaru Nakamura (7) in just 18 moves following perpetual checks. Carlsen collected the winner's share of £50,000. Anand and Nakamura, placed in that order after tie-break rules were applied, received £18,750 each by ...

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Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand's superior tactics stand out in victory over Hou Yifan
Firstpost
After Hikaru Nakamura's back to back wins in the seventh and the eighth round, he could have been expected to come out all guns blazing against Magnus Carlsen in the final round of the Isle of Man Open. He had had an excellent run so far. He had ...
Brilliant Anand finishes secondThe Hindu
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