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Viswanathan Anand Draws With Anish Giri, Out of Contention For Challenging World Champion Magnus Carlsen
NDTVSports.com
Viswanathan Anand played out a thrilling draw with Holland's Anish Giri but bowed out of contention for a ticket to the World Championship after the 13th and penultimate round of the Candidates Chess Tournament here. (Candidates Chess: Viswanathan ...

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Rio Olympics Bound Athletes Should be The Focus: Viswanathan Anand
NDTVSports.com
At a time the sporting fraternity is divided over Salman Khan becoming brand ambassador for the Indian contingent at the upcoming Olympics, five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand on Sunday said that the focus should be to address the needs ...

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Viswanathan Anand takes a break from chess
NDTVSports.com
Having set up a world championship rematch against Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand looks like he had fun shooting at a range in Russia. The five-time world champion also went on a sleigh ride, after winning the Candidates tournament, in what was a ...

Viswanathan Anand Honoured With Doctorate by IIT Kanpur
NDTVSports.com
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand was conferred the "Honoris Causa" Doctor of Science by Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) during its 49th convocation ceremony in Kanpur. The 46-year-old Anand was bestowed with the degree by NITI aayog ...

Kids Love The World Chess Championship — Even The Draws
FiveThirtyEight
Thanks to this series of draws, he improved his world ranking from ninth to seventh in the ratings, leapfrogging the American Hikaru Nakamura and former world champion Viswanathan Anand of India. At least Sunday's opening offered something new.
No country for old men- The New Indian ExpressThe New Indian Express
'Mozart of chess': The boy who became a grandmasterStuff.co.nz
World Chess Championship: Carlsen and Karjakin play out seventh straight drawWION
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Viswanathan Anand: A dutiful mind
The New Indian Express
His words are true to any sport, as Viswanathan Anand proved yet again with his splendid showing at the Champions Showdown tournament in St Louis (United States). That he beat two of the strongest players in the world — Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano ...

No country for old men- The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: One of the first indications that Viswanathan Anand would one day take world chess by storm came in December 1991, when the then-22-year-old ...
Winless Relief For Magnus Carlsen - HIGH ON SPORTSHigh on Sports (blog)
World Chess Championship: After razor-sharp draw, match on thin ...Times of India

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Spectators watch and play at World Chess Championship in New York
Eyewitness News
"One of my biggest regrets in life is not going to the last World Chess Championship here in New York in 1995," Villeneuve said of the year when Russian great Garry Kasparov successfully defended his title against Viswanathan Anand of India at the ...
A Confused Magnus Carlsen Escapes With A Draw At The World Chess ChampionshipFiveThirtyEight
Film Review: 'Magnus'Variety
Political undertones still lurk at World Chess ChampionshipsIrish Times
Entertainment.ie -High on Sports (blog) -The Hindu
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A dutiful mind
The New Indian Express
His words are true to any sport, as Viswanathan Anand proved yet again with his splendid showing at the Champions Showdown tournament in St Louis (United States). That he beat two of the strongest players in the world — Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano ...

No country for old men
The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: One of the first indications that Viswanathan Anand would one day take world chess by storm came in December 1991, when the then-22-year-old won the Reggio Emilia tournament, beating Garry Kasparov and finishing ahead of Anatoly Karpov.
A Confused Magnus Carlsen Escapes With A Draw At The World Chess ChampionshipFiveThirtyEight
Spectators watch and play at World Chess Championship in New YorkSBS
Film Review: 'Magnus'Variety
Film Journal -Entertainment.ie -High on Sports (blog)
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Spectators watch and play at World Chess Championship in New York
Reuters
"One of my biggest regrets in life is not going to the last World Chess Championship here in New York in 1995," Villeneuve said of the year when Russian great Garry Kasparov successfully defended his title against Viswanathan Anand of India at the ...
A Confused Magnus Carlsen Escapes With A Draw At The World Chess ChampionshipFiveThirtyEight
Film Review: 'Magnus'Variety
Magnus Carlsen: The making of a geniusTelegraph.co.uk
Irish Times -Film Journal -Entertainment.ie
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A Confused Magnus Carlsen Escapes With A Draw At The World Chess Championship
FiveThirtyEight
“Gonna be a draw,” a grandmaster texted me as the setting sun cast a red tinge on the East River off lower Manhattan. It was around 5 p.m. on Thursday, and my attention was split between the light filtering through the masts of the tall ships at the ...
Political undertones still lurk at World Chess ChampionshipsIrish Times
Sergey Karjakin Testing Carlsen's PatienceHigh on Sports (blog)
An action-packed draw in World title matchThe Hindu
Russia Beyond the Headlines
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Political undertones still lurk at World Chess Championships
Irish Times
It marks the first time New York has played host to a world title match since 1995, when Garry Kasparov retained his title against Viswanathan Anand on the 107th-floor observatory deck in the south tower of the World Trade Center. For the past week ...
Sergey Karjakin Testing Carlsen's PatienceHigh on Sports (blog)
An action-packed draw in World title matchThe Hindu
Can Russia regain its place at the top of world chess?Russia Beyond the Headlines

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Viswanathan Anand wants to gain consistency after St Louis win
Hindustan Times
Viswanathan Anand is having a solid 2016. The five-time world chess champion came third in the Candidates tournament, won the Leon Chess Masters Rapid tournament in June and finished joint third in the Tal Memorial. On Monday, the 47-year-old won ...

Where the All India Chess Federation falls short
The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand was once asked about the role played by the All India Chess Federation in developing him as a world-class player. As is his wont, Anand smiled and said, “AICF has never interfered with my chess!” The five-time World champion aptly ...

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Kam's Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Nov. 18
The Skanner
Featuring commentary by Gary Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand. Manchester by the Sea (R for sexuality and pervasive profanity) Character-driven drama about a janitor (Casey Affleck) who becomes the guardian of his teenage nephew (Lucas Hedges) ...

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Pestaño: Major events in the world and in sports
Sun.Star
It seems that astronomy and chess have a relationship as world champions Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Alekhine, Anatoly Karpov and Fide president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov are also interested in astronomy and have asteroids named after them. There are ...

On-song Viswanathan Anand relishes show at Champions Showdown
Times of India
CHENNAI: Viswanathan Anand didn't put a foot wrong at the recently-concluded Champions Showdown that had in fray four of the world's leading players - Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Veselin Topalov - along with the 46-year-old. Juggling formats ...

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On-song Viswanathan Anand relishes show at Champions Showdown
Times of India
CHENNAI: Viswanathan Anand didn't put a foot wrong at the recently-concluded Champions Showdown that had in fray four of the world's leading players - Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Veselin Topalov - along with the 46-year-old. Juggling formats ...
On Chess: Anand 'blitz'ed his opponents to win Champions Showdown titleSt. Louis Public Radio

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