Home favourite Veselin Topalov shocked Viswanathan Anand in a brilliant and aggressive display in the sixth round.
The Indian ace beat former World champion Ruslan Ponomariov in the sixth round in the Corus chess tournament.
World champion Viswanathan Anand won the blindfold but lost the rapid game against Magnus Carlsen of Norway to remain in sole second after the end of the seventh round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament in France.
After losing the first game, the Indian ace won the second in Mainz Chess Classic against Judit Polgar
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Anand and Judit Polgar were the only players to finish unbeaten in the 14-player all-play-all tournament.
Viswanathan Anand emerged clear third after the 11th round of the World chess championship.
The victory enabled the Indian ace narrow the gap between him and tournament leader Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the Corus chess tournament.
World champion Viswanathan Anand's form in rapid chess was found wanting again as he squandered a lead against Boris Gelfand of Israel and settled for a 1-1 draw in the 10th and penultimate round of the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Nice, France. The Indian is joint-sixth in overall standings with just one round to go and has no chance of winning either of the titles in the tournament.
Viswanathan Anand kept himself in the race for the title by keeping the gap between him and leader Veselin Topalov to just half a point.
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Grandmaster Koneru Humpy beat Ekaterina Kovalevskaya of Russia in the second game to push the match into tie-breaker.
The Indian ace failed to convert an advantageous position and settled for a draw against the World champion at Linares.
The India ace avenged his World championship defeat, winning his seventh round match in the Corus tournament in 34 moves.
The Indian ace was engaged in an eventful draw with Vladimir Kramnik in the 8th round of the Corus chess tournament.
The Indian ace beat Alexei Shirov in the second game of the Mainz Chess Classic.
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The Indian GM beat Lars Schandorff in the sixth round of the North Sea Cup.
Viswanathan Anand cruised past Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine with a fine performance in the rapid game in the 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament.
The India 'A' team won the silver medal in the men's section.
Despite the draw Anand maintained a half point lead in the Corus Chess tournament.
He drew with Grandmaster Alexei Barsov of Uzbekistan, his fifth successive draw in as many rounds, in the fifth round of the 65th Hastings International Chess Congress.
The world champion won the first semifinal of the 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon chess tournament.
The Indian ace beat Judit Polgar in the last two games to win the Mainz Classic 5-3.
With two more rounds remaining, both Anand and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia have amassed six points from their ten games.
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out his third draw on the trot, signing peace with Levon Aronian of Armenia in the third round of Bilbao Grand Slam final on Thursday. Anand slipped to joint third in the standings with a tally of three points in the soccer-like scoring system that gives 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
The world junior champion beat GM Zhang Zhong of China for his fourth straight victory in the Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters' tournament.
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Tne Indian ace beat World champion Ruslan Ponomariov while Kramnik accounted for Judit Polgar in the quarter-finals of the World Rapid Chess Championship.
The second seeded GM beat Lenier Dominiguez of Cuba in his fifth round match in the 18th North Sea Cup.
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the ninth and penultimate round of the Bilbao Grand Slam chess tournament to stay joint fifth. With his seventh draw in nine games Anand, playing with white, took his points tally to seven points in the soccer-like scoring system with just one round to come in the super-category tournament.
The two chess giants agreed to split the point after only 16 moves at Linares.
The 16-year-old GM from Azerbaijan is the first player to beat both Kasparov and Anand with black pieces in the same year.
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The Indian grandmaster maintained his slender lead in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament with a clinical 1.5-0.5\n\nvictory over Zoltan Almasi.
The India ace drew with Alexander Morozevich, winning the rapid tie but losing the blindfold, in the Amber tournament.
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Top seeded Anand survived a few anxious moments before settling for a draw in the third round of the World Chess championship.
The Indian ace underlined his superiority in the game once more as he outplayed Veselin Topalov 3-1 in the final.
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