24 posts tagged Viswanathan Anand

Kamsky, Grischuk Take Early Lead at First Grand Prix By Dylan Loeb McClain Gata Kamsky of the United States and Alexander Grischuk of Russia won their first round games to take the early lead at the Grand Prix tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. The official Web site has live games, a cross table and a list of the players.

This news came out a few weeks ago, but I think it's important to post here as well. GM Viswanathan Anand of India, won the 25th edition of the Morelia/Linares super grandmaster tournament. The current World Champion, one of the two top-ranked players in the world, finished a half point (+4-1=9) ahead of GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway, +5-3=6).

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Anand Holds Lead at Morelia-Linares By Dylan Loeb McClain Viswanathan Anand of India, the world champion, held a slim lead at the Morelia-Linares tournament after 10 rounds. Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the 17-year-old prodigy, was only a half point back after he beat Alexei Shirov of Spain in Round 9 and drew with Anand in Round 10.

Anand Strikes Again as Super Tournament Resumes By Dylan Loeb McClain Win Viswanathan Anand Loss Alexei Shirov Replay the game with analysis » Loss Vassily Ivanchuk Win Magnus Carlsen Replay the game with analysis » Win Levon Aronian Loss Veselin Topalov Replay the game with analysis

World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand is currently leading the famous Linares-Morelia super-tournament at the halfway point by a half point with a score of 4.5/7. Last year, Anand became the world's highest rated player after he won Linares XXIV by a full point with a score of 8.5/14.

Anand Leads Morelia-Linares at Halfway Mark By Dylan Loeb McClain Win Alexei Shirov Loss Teimour Radjabov Replay the game with analysis » Loss Peter Leko Win Veselin Topalov Replay the game with analysis » Win Magnus Carlsen Loss Levon Aronian Replay the game with analysis »

Anand Leads Morelia-Linares, as Topolav Falters By Dylan Loeb McClain Loss Peter Leko Win Viswanathan Anand Replay the game with analysis » Loss Veselin Topalov Win Magnus Carlsen Replay the game with analysis » Viswanathan Anand of India, the world champion, took over the lead of

Topalov Leads Super Tournament By Dylan Loeb McClain Win Veselin Topalov Loss Vassily Ivanchuk Replay the game with analysis » Loss Magnus Carlsen Win Viswanathan Anand Replay the game with analysis » Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria leads the Morelia-Linares tournament with a score of 2.5 out of 3.

Federation Seems to Give Home-Field Edge to Topalov in His Match With Kamsky By Dylan Loeb McClain The World Chess Federation has announced terms and conditions for proposals to host a match between Gata Kamsky of the United States and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. The match is part of the current world championship cycle.