Anand avenges chess960 defeat, beats Aronian

The World Rapid King and defending champion Viswanathan Anand avenged his defeat at the hands of Aronian in chess 960 Final’s by beating him on the First day in the 2nd game of the Grenke Leasing world Rapid Championship in Rhinegoldhalle here

Bologan beat Ivanchuck to claim Finet Title.

ARONIAN MAULS ANAND , RETAINS CHESS960 World Title

Anand sets up date with Aroninan in Chess960 final

Harikrishna-ACS share Top Honours at PAKS

India’s talented  Grandmaster  Pentala Harikrishna  drew  against Cs Balogh in   final 10^th round game to score 6 points from 10 outings  to share the Top honours with Peter ACS who also finished with 6 points after 10 rounds of the 5^th Gyorgy Marx Memorial Rapid Championship , which Concluded  today in Paks, Hungary.

What is Chess960 ?

Chess960, also called Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant produced by Grandmaster Bobby Fischer by modifying the rules of Shuffle Chess so that castling possibilities exist for all starting positions. It was originally announced on June 19, 1996, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fischer's goal was to create a chess variant in which chess creativity and talent would be more important than memorization and analysis of opening moves. His approach was to create a randomized initial chess position, which would thus make memorizing chess opening move sequences far less helpful. The initial position is set up in a special way and there are 960 such positions, thus the name 'Chess960'.

Anand's First Steps towards Chess960 format

Viswanathan Anand drew all his three games against more experienced Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Levon Aronian and Etienne Bacrot to end the first round on second place in the Chess960 World Rapid championship here.

Anand to Start his maidenTitle hunt in Chess960

Mainz has been the home for  the Rapid Chess for the last 7 years . And India’s super Grandmaster,who has won  9times the Rrapid Chess Title, Six Times in  Mainz , is determined to make a world Record of winning an event for the 10^th time.

Vishy Anand looks at the Chess Classic

Samsung Champions Trophy in Pakistan

Abhijit Gupta amongsts 32 players for ICC Final

Canada celebrate an amazing victory over Argentina

After being absent from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the men’s team of Canada is back in the Olympic Games. The Canadians qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics by defeating Argentina after penalty strokes in a dramatic final of the Pan American Games. Deadlocked at 2-2 after extra time, Wayne Fernandes converted one of the biggest goals in Canadian hockey history, rifling a shot past the outstretched glove of Argentine goalkeeper Juan Manuel Vivaldi to give the Canadians a 5-4 shootout victory

Manjit Bassan wins Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally

Former champion Manjit Singh Bassan, riding an LML Vespa, overcame tough conditions and a strong field to emerge triumphant in the Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally, organised by Sportscraft, on Sunday.

The event was flagged off from Our Lady’s Home, Dadar by Ravi Chawla, president Lubes Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd, at 8:30 a.m.

Humpy Wins Kaupthing Open

Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy Crushed  German Grandmaster Sebastia Siebrecht to lift the coveted  Ist Prize and 3000 Euros Prize Money with it in the Final Round of the Differdange Open Chess Championship which concluded on Saturday at Woiwer Sports Centre..

Humpy Draws against Malakatko at Differdange Chess

Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy marshalled her troops well to hold Belgian Grandmaster Malakhatko and share a three-way lead after the sixth round at the Kaupthing Open Chess Meet being played here at Woiwer Sports Complex

Humpy wins again, moves into sole lead

Grandmaster Koneru Humpy of India crashed through the defences of Dejan Bojkov to register her fourth consecutive win and move into the sole lead after five rounds at the Kaupthing Chess here at the Woiwer Sports Centre

Humpy beats Mejiers , leads Kaupthing Chess

India's Best women Chess Grandmaster Koneru Humpy  won her fourth round  game to lead jointly with two other players  at   the Differdange Open Chess Meet being played at Luxembourg.

Koneru Humpy joint 2nd at Differdange Open

India’s Top women Chess Grandmaster Koneru Humpy  drew her first game and won the 2^nd and third games to be on the joint 2^nd spot of  the Differdange Open Chess Meet being played at the Woiwer Sports Center, Differdange, Luxembourg.

ANAND LIFTS LEON CHESS TITLE FOR A RECORD 7th Time

The World Rapid King and the defending champion Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand  defeated Veselin Topalov 3-1 in the Final of the Ciudad de Leon Chess Meet which concluded here at City hall.

TOPALOV SETS DATE WITH ANAND AT LEON CHESS FINAL

Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria defeated Uzbek Grandmaster Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2.5-1.5 in the second semifinal to set a date with defending champion and World No 1 Viswanathan Anand in a repeat of last year's final at the Ciudad de Leon Chess Meet here