Viswananthan Anand on Monday expressed his willingness to assist the Kerala government with its plans to open a chess academy along the lines of the one being opened by the West Bengal government.

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Chess ace N. Srinath is back in news. The Chennai lad, who stole the limelight by winning the world under-12 boys title in 2005, caught the attention of pundits when he bagged the International Master

World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand took on another role on Tuesday when he became the brand ambassador for realty firm True Value Homes (TVH). This latest endorsement sees a new Anand, who has bee

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong asked a US Anti-Doping Agency review board on Friday to dismiss "spurious" allegations brought against him last week.

Armstrong's attorney Robert Lu

For five months, Kerala’s women chess champion Nimmy A. George has been ruing a lost chance she had in Chennai. It was not until Thursday that she finally got her opportunity to get over that disappoi

In the wake of Viswanathan Anand's fifth world title, the All India Chess Federation has decided to promote the game by increasing the prize money of many tournaments besides introducing new events.

Viswanathan Anand checkmated people calling for his retirement Sunday saying he will continue to play chess as long as he enjoys it.

“Why should I retire when I have just retained my world title? I

Xerox, the company which produces copying machines, metamorphosed into a generic name to denote the process of copying from paper to paper. Likewise, Viswanathan Anand and chess have become synonymous

Behind every successful man there is a woman. In the case of world chess champion Viswanathan Anand there are two women.

Before he got married, it was his mother Ms Susheela, who initiated him into

Ayaz Memon

Encomiums are pouring in for Viswanathan Anand from across the length and breadth of the country. As they should for there has been no more compelling world champion from India.