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Anand maintains lead over Shirov

Anand maintains lead over Shirov

Rediff.com7 Aug 2004

The Indian ace settled for two draws with GM Alexei Shirov to maintain a one point lead after the second day of the Mainz Chess Classic.

Harikrishna outwits Canadian GM

Harikrishna outwits Canadian GM

Rediff.com25 Jul 2007

The victory put the Indian Grandmaster back in joint-lead in the Montreal chess tournament.

Anand loses to Leko

Anand loses to Leko

Rediff.com15 Jun 2004

Armenia beat the Rest of the World in the penultimate round of the Tigran Petrosian chess match.

Mixed luck for Indians at World Chess Cup

Mixed luck for Indians at World Chess Cup

Rediff.com2 Dec 2005

P Harikrishna won, Surya Sekhar Ganguly drew and K Sasikiran lost in their second game of the second round match.

Review: Love Story 2050

Review: Love Story 2050

Rediff.com7 Jul 2008

Love Story 2050 is a complete failure, a badly written attempt at sci-fi starring a Hrithik-lookalike and Priyanka Chopra in one of the worst performances of her career. And it's more than 3 hours long! Stay away!

Anand draws with Morozevich

Anand draws with Morozevich

Rediff.com14 Oct 2005

Topalov, with his unsurpassable score of 9.5 points from 13 games has emerged the New World Chess Champion, 2005.

The case of the missing fatwa

The case of the missing fatwa

Rediff.com18 Sep 2005

Kunte moves up after draw

Kunte moves up after draw

Rediff.com3 Jan 2004

Grandmaster Vladimir Epishin emerged sole leader in the Hastings chess tournament.

Anand demolishes Morozevich to take sole lead

Anand demolishes Morozevich to take sole lead

Rediff.com22 Feb 2007

The victory put the Indian in sole lead at the end of the fourth round in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament.

Saptarshi stuns Harikrishna

Saptarshi stuns Harikrishna

Rediff.com4 Dec 2003

Nine players share the lead after the second round in the 41st National 'A' Chess Championship.

Unbeaten Humpy is National champion

Unbeaten Humpy is National champion

Rediff.com19 Nov 2003

The Asian women's champion made sure of the title after the penultimate round in the tournament.

Harikrishna wins title in China

Harikrishna wins title in China

Rediff.com21 Jul 2005

The Indian scored 8.5 points in all with 7 victories against Alexander Motylev, who finished second with 7.5 points

Harikrishna extends lead with fifth win

Harikrishna extends lead with fifth win

Rediff.com14 Jul 2005

The World junior champion beat GM Wang Hao to stretch his lead by 1.5 points at the end of the 5th round in the Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters tournament.

Ramesh assured of the final GM norm

Ramesh assured of the final GM norm

Rediff.com8 Oct 2003

The Chennai-based player will get his final norm on Thursday when he plays GM Jonathan Rowson, irrespective of the result.

Sasikiran finishes third in Hungary

Sasikiran finishes third in Hungary

Rediff.com23 Jun 2005

Hungarian Zoltan Almasi won the Marx Gyrogy memorial tournament, while Viktor Korchnoi finished second.

Harikrishna finishes joint second

Harikrishna finishes joint second

Rediff.com26 Aug 2003

Grandmaster Gabriel Sargissian of Armenia won the Abu Dhabi Chess festival, finishing half a point ahead of four rivals.\n

Harikrishna finishes sixth

Harikrishna finishes sixth

Rediff.com10 Apr 2005

The world junior champion finished sixth following a draw with Lenier Dominguez of Cuba in the ninth and final round of the Dos Hermanas International Chess tournament.

All for a dollar

All for a dollar

Rediff.com10 Jun 2003

Mudra scripts a major recast

Mudra scripts a major recast

Rediff.com31 May 2003

Black day for white pieces

Black day for white pieces

Rediff.com23 Apr 2003

Grandmaster Sherbakov Ruslan IM Neetlopal Das and IM R B Ramesh lost while playing with white pieces in the Commonwealth chess championship.\n\n\n\n

Sasikiran stunned by Gabriel Sargissen

Sasikiran stunned by Gabriel Sargissen

Rediff.com31 Jan 2005

The defeat saw the joint-leader slip to joint 10th after the sixth round in the Gibtele.Com chess festival in Gibraltar.

Harikrishna, Petrosian in joint lead

Harikrishna, Petrosian in joint lead

Rediff.com21 Nov 2004

The two players are leading the table with four points each after four rounds of the World Junior Chess championship.

Managing expectations no joke

Managing expectations no joke

Rediff.com1 Nov 2004

Future of world hinges on India, says new book

Future of world hinges on India, says new book

Rediff.com29 Jan 2007

'India's gambit is truly the venture of this century,' says Mira Kamdar.

Jaffer gets 100 in drawn Test

Jaffer gets 100 in drawn Test

Rediff.com5 Mar 2006

Anand draws with Kasparov

Anand draws with Kasparov

Rediff.com16 Jun 2004

The draw gave the Rest of the World victory over Armenia in the Tigran Petrosian chess match.\n\n

Harika scores smashing victory

Harika scores smashing victory

Rediff.com22 Nov 2005

The Indian woman GM beat Maka Purtseladze of Georgia and moved to joint-second position after the penultimate round in the World Junior Girls' Chess Championship.

Swati achieves final WGM norm

Swati achieves final WGM norm

Rediff.com5 Feb 2004

Surya Shekhar Ganguly joined GM Nigel Short of England at the top of the table after the penultimate round in the Gibetelecom Masters International Open chess tournament.

Ganguly, Chanda continue to lead

Ganguly, Chanda continue to lead

Rediff.com30 Jan 2004

The two Indian Grandmasters played out a fighting draw amongst themselves to remain in joint lead after the third round of Gibraltar Chess Congress.

Don't let your credit card dupe you

Don't let your credit card dupe you

Rediff.com11 Apr 2006

All in a bid to save Sonia Gandhi

All in a bid to save Sonia Gandhi

Rediff.com28 Mar 2006

Amber: Anand jumps to sole lead

Amber: Anand jumps to sole lead

Rediff.com18 Mar 2008

The world champion took the sole lead after playing a couple of draws with Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the third round of the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament. Anand took his combined tally to four points and is now half a point ahead of nearest rivals Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, Levon Aronian of Armenia, Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Topalov who all have 3.5 points apiece.

Race for Bihar starts again

Race for Bihar starts again

Rediff.com29 May 2005

Harika in joint lead

Harika in joint lead

Rediff.com19 Aug 2003

The Indian ace shares the top place with China's Gu Xiaobing after the third round in the Asian women's chess championship.

Ramesh wins National 'B' chess title

Ramesh wins National 'B' chess title

Rediff.com8 Aug 2003

Ramesh comfortably edged out top-seeded GM Koneru Humpy on a better tie-break.

Are Nepal's Maoists a threat to India?

Are Nepal's Maoists a threat to India?

Rediff.com15 Sep 2009

One wonders whether the Communists in India are still at their old game: ostensibly nurturing democracy (in Nepal) but in reality waiting for the right moment and the right circumstances to launch an armed bloody revolution in India via Nepal with the backing of China.