With two experienced grandmasters all set for their championship match from Friday, India’s golden girl GM Koneru Humpy spoke to Deccan Chronicle about how Viswanathan Anand is a favourite to retain t

A few words of encouragement penned by Viswanathan Anand in his official letter head is one of the most prized possessions of International Women Master M. Saimeera Ravi.

“Through a common friend, I

The defending World chess champion Viswanathan Anand, who has held the title since 2007, will be playing against Israel’s Boris Gelfand in May later this year in Russia to defend his crown.

To comm

Ruy Lopez, Sicilian Defence, Caro-Kann Defence, English Opening — all these might become popular terms with school students across Tamil Nadu in a couple of years’ time.

The exotic sounding terms are

All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Tuesday decided to recommend Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand for the coveted 'Bharat Ratna' award.

At its Central Council meeting this morning, the Federation unan

The Viswanathan Anand-Boris Gelfand world championship chess match in Moscow next year might have a football sub-plot. Gelfand, it is learnt, is a die-hard fan of Barcelona, probably the most popular

The young audience whi-ch had come to hear chess wizard Viswanathan An-and speak at an event org-anised by the NIIT here on Thursday, got to learn a lot more than about the game he is so good at.

Chess is not heavyweight boxing. But playing the mind game at the highest level for a quarter of a century can be exhausting. For ordinary mortals, even the pursuit of excellence has an expiry date. B

World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out a quick draw with world cup champion Peter Svidler of Russia in the second round of Tal Memorial Chess tournament.

It turned out to be another uneventful d

World champion Viswanathan Anand felt that the perception of people in India towards sports in general is changing and said we need to try and capitalise on the swing.

"I feel that Indian attitude to