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Pressure games to come in World championship

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Defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have to withstand pressure from challenger Boris Gelfand in the penultimate game if the Indian ace has to remain within striking range of winning his fourth s

Viswanathan Anand fights back to hold Gelfand in game 9

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After two decisive games, defending champion GM Viswanathan Anand of India held on to a draw with Israeli GM Boris Gelfand in 49 moves in the ninth game of the world chess championship at the State Tr

Anand strikes back to level scores at Worlds

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Defending champion GM Viswanathan Anand of India levelled the scores at 4-4 by defeating Israeli GM Boris Gelfand in 17 moves in the eighth game of the world chess championship at the State Tretyakov

Anand shocked by Gelfand in seventh game

Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand suffered a jolt in his title defence as he lost to his Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in the seventh game of the World Chess Championship here on Sunday.

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No breakthrough yet in world chess championship

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The fourth game in the world chess championship between Indian GM Viswanathan Anand and Israeli GM Boris Gelfand also ended in a draw at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow on Tuesday.

The series

Chess World Championship: Anand to play white in fifth game against Boris Gelfand

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Defending champion Viswanathan Anand holds the edge going into the fifth game as white in his World Championship match against Boris Gelfand at the State Tretyakov Gallery.

The fourth game was anothe

Third draw in a row at Moscow

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After two quick draws, the world chess championship gained momentum with Indian GM Viswanathan Anand and Israeli GM Boris Gelfand playing an exiting third game at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow

World Chess: Anand draws his second game with Gelfand again

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India's Vishvanatan Anand and Israel's Boris Gelfand again drew in the second game of their match for the World chess Crown, which is being played in Moscow's Tretyakov Picture Gallery.

Gelfand's fir

Viswanathan Anand and Gelfand ready for first move

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The four-time world chess champion GM Viswanathan Anand of India is on the brink of another great achievement.

The ‘Tiger from Madras’ will take on his contemporary GM Boris Gelfand of Israel in a 1

Moscow hosts chess kings Viswanathan Anand, Boris Gelfand in post-Cold War first

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India's Viswanathan Anand took on Israel's Boris Gelfand on Friday for the first world chess crown to be decided in Moscow since intrigue and politics rocked the sport at the height of the Cold War.

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