The Indian ace held Frenchman Joel Lautier in the fifth round of the World Rapid Chess Championship.

He now has only one point from two draws. Moldovan Viktor Bologan leads the table with a fantastic score of 3.5 points.

The Indian Grandmaster lost to Viktor Bologan in the third round of the Dortmund tournament.

With two rounds left the Indian GM is level with GM Luke McShane of England in the North Sea Cup.

The Indian GM beat Lars Schandorff in the sixth round of the North Sea Cup.

The second seeded GM beat Lenier Dominiguez of Cuba in his fifth round match in the 18th North Sea Cup.

The Indian GM scored a tactical victory over GM Bruzon Lazaro of Cuba in the fourth round of the 18th North Sea Cup.

The Indian GM drew with GM Michal Krasenkow of Poland in the third round of the North Sea Cup.

The India 'A' team won the silver medal in the men's section.

The India ace drew with Alexander Morozevich, winning the rapid tie but losing the blindfold, in the Amber tournament.

Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand finished third.

Anand's loss almost put him out of the race for first place as Leko replaced him as the joint leader alongwith Vladimir Kramnik.

The Indian ace failed to convert an advantageous position and settled for a draw against the World champion at Linares.

The victory gave the Indian ace the joint lead with Vladimir Kramnik in the Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.

Anand and Judit Polgar were the only players to finish unbeaten in the 14-player all-play-all tournament.

Despite the draw Anand maintained a half point lead in the Corus Chess tournament.

The Indian ace was engaged in an eventful draw with Vladimir Kramnik in the 8th round of the Corus chess tournament.

The victory placed the Indian World Cup champions in the joint lead with Alexei Shirov and Judith Polgar in the Corus chess tournament.

The World Cup champion drew with Dutch GM Loek Van Wely to share the top place with Evgeny Bareev, Anatoly Karpov and Judit Polgar after the third round in the 65th Corus chess tournament.

The young Indian GM scored a brilliant victory over Grandmaster Alexei Barsov of Uzbekistan in the seventh round in the 65th Hastings 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.