Negi's title hopes suffer a dent after defeat against Howell

Parimarjan Negi's title aspirations suffered a big setback as he lost the eighth and penultimate round of the Leiden International Chess tournament to David Howell of England. After the shock......

Leiden chess: Negi beats Vorobiov to stay in joint lead

Grandmaster and Asian Champion Parimarjan Negi continued his excellent run to beat the defence of Grandmaster Vegeny Vorobiov of Russia in the seventh round of the Leiden International chess......

Negi bounces back in Leiden chess tournament

Grandmaster and Asian champion Parimarjan Negi came back into the reckoning with a crushing victory over Thijs Roorda of Holland in the third round of the 6th Leiden International chess tournament......

Anand finishes fifth, Negi fourth

Viswanathan Anand drew with David Navara of the Czech Republic to end his campaign on 7.5 points for a fifth place finish in Group 'A' of the Corus International chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee,......

Anand held by Shirov

Five-time winner Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Spaniard Alexei Shirov while top seed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria lost to Russian Peter Svidler to liven things up in the 'A' group of the......