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Chess Maestro Vishy Anand takes on 22 players in a simultaneous exhibition match in Thane mall On the occasion of Independence Day, chess enthusiasts in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) were treated to a display of chess skills as legend GM Viswanathan Anand took on the challenge of simultaneously playing with 22 talented players at a mall here. The event, organised by Rotary Club Thane Midtown and Upstep Academy at KORUM Mall here, proved to be a demonstration of strategy and analytical aspects of the game of chess. Anand won all 22 games against the players, members of the Upst...
Chess Maestro Vishy Anand takes on 22 players in a simultaneous exhibition match in Thane mall
Chess Maestro Vishy Anand takes on 22 players in a simultaneous exhibition match in Thane mall
Source: IANS
16/08/2023 9:37:45 AM
Global Chess League: Carlsen, Liren, Anand draw franchise's attention in draft The Global Chess League held its first draft for the highly anticipated inaugural edition at the Mahindra Campus, here on Wednesday. The GCL, which is a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and FIDE and scheduled to take place from June 21 to July 2, at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club in association with the Dubai Sports Council, has captured the attention of chess enthusiasts worldwide, with renowned players like Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren, and Hou Yifan leading the p...
Global Chess League: Carlsen, Liren, Anand draw franchise's attention in draft
Global Chess League: Carlsen, Liren, Anand draw franchise's attention in draft
Source: IANS
8/06/2023 9:58:11 AM
Chess: Vidit Gujrathi bags silver in European Club Cup 2022, team claims gold Grandmaster (GM) Vidit Gujrathi came up with a superb performance as he helped his team, Ave Novy Bor of the Czech Republic, secure a gold medal in European Club Cup 2022 chess tournament, in the process bagging an individual silver medal on Board 2. Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna, the top Indian chess players who represent Novy Bor, secured the long-awaited title for the club in the final round of the European Club Cup in Mayrhofen, Austria with a 3.5-2.5 victory against Asnieres ...
Chess: Vidit Gujrathi bags silver in European Club Cup 2022, team claims gold
Chess: Vidit Gujrathi bags silver in European Club Cup 2022, team claims gold
Source: IANS
12/10/2022 6:48:55 PM
Anand finishes third in Norway Chess classical tournament India's Viswanathan Anand showed he still had a lot of fight in him despite cutting back on his schedule as he finished third in the Norway Chess 2022, one of the strongest classical chess event in the last couple of years. In the final round on Friday night, Anand defeated Norway's Aryan Tari, winning their mini-match in an Armageddon game after their classical encounter had ended in a draw. Anand had to win the final round in the classical game and hope that his rivals were held ...
Anand finishes third in Norway Chess classical tournament
Anand finishes third in Norway Chess classical tournament
Source: IANS
11/06/2022 2:45:10 PM
Anand to play first on-board game in Croatia Grand Chess Tour After a hiatus of nearly 15 months, Indian Grandmaster (GM) Viswanathan Anand will play his first over-the-board chess game in the Croatia Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz tournament in Zagreb on Tuesday. The tournament will feature 10 elite GMs competing over nine rounds of rapid and 18 rounds of blitz chess. In rapid chess, each player with get 25 minutes to complete the game with 10 second increment time added after each move. In blitz game, players will get five minutes for the game wi...
Anand to play first on-board game in Croatia Grand Chess Tour
Anand to play first on-board game in Croatia Grand Chess Tour
Source: IANS
6/07/2021 1:14:47 PM
Anand congratulates the world's youngest chess GM Chess legend Viswanathan Anand has congratulated Indian-origin Abhimanyu Mishra on becoming the youngest ever Grandmaster (GM) of the sport. At 12 years, four months and 25 days, Mishra achieved the feat after scoring his third GM norm in the April Vezerkepzo tournament in Budapest on Wednesday, having already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier. In the process, the New Jersey-based Mishra broke the 19-year-old record set by Russian GM Sergey Karjakin in 2002 by two months and fiv...
Anand congratulates the world's youngest chess GM
Anand congratulates the world's youngest chess GM
Source: IANS
2/07/2021 11:07:05 AM