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World Champion Viswanathan Anand from India will take on challenger Boris Gelfand from Israel. In anticipation of this spring’s battle, I’ve collected a few quotes about chess. Long perceived as a male-dominated game, in recent years there has been...
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Though it?s still winter, chess fans can look forward to the World Chess Championship, which will be held in Moscow in May.?? World Champion Viswanathan Anand from India?? In anticipation of this spring's battle, I've collected a few quotes about chess.
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From left, holder of world chess champion's title Viswanathan Anand, of India, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the world chess federation, FIDE, Russian President's adviser Arkady Dvorkovich and the title's challenger Boris Gelfand, of Israel,... View Photo »
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He does this very often, playing harmless positions and then concentrating heavily. If you make a small mistake he will play the ending very well. The thing is, today it was not only harmless, but also very dry. In Bilbao, for instance, he outmaneuvered me, so today I wanted to be more careful. Vassily ...
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After raising hopes of a strong finish, it turned out to be a bad day in office for the second highest rated Indian after Viswanathan Anand as nothing worked right for him. It turned out to be a forgettable day for the Indians in the premier A group as...
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After raising hopes of a strong finish, it turned out to be a bad day in office for the second highest rated Indian after Viswanathan Anand as nothing worked right for him. Wild complexities ensued in the middle game where Sasikiran enjoyed some...
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2001 reigning World champion Viswanathan Anand had predicted that P. Harikrishna was one of the potential candidates to become the ‘King of 64 squares'. But, exactly a decade later GM Harikrishna is yet to fulfil that prophecy. “It is a very difficult...
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From left, holder of world chess champion's title Viswanathan Anand, of India, and the title's challenger Boris Gelfand, of Israel, shake hands as Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the world chess federation, FIDE, center left, and Russian... View Photo »
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In some respects, that is the situation facing Levon Aronian , 29. Magnus Carlsen , 21, who is No. 1, has been the boy wonder of the game since he became a grandmaster at age 13. Viswanathan Anand, 42, who has dropped to No. 4 after recent poor...
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And why not when this years participants include six of the worlds eight highest-ranked players in Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Veselin Topalov, Sergey Karjakin and Vassily Ivanchuk? Only the names of Vladimir Kramnik and...
About Viswanathan Anand
Wikipedia
Viswanathan Anand (pronounced [ʋiɕˈʋəˌnɑˌt̪ʰən ɑnˌənd̪], Tamil: விசுவநாதன் ஆனந்த்) (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. Anand is one of four players in history to break the 2800 mark on the FIDE rating list and he has been among the top three ranked players in the world continuously since... Full Article
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From left, holder of world chess champion's title Viswanathan Anand, of India, and the title's challenger Boris Gelfand, of Israel, shake hands as Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the world chess federation, FIDE, center left, and Russian President's adviser Arkady Dvorkovich,...
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The holder of world chess champion's title Viswanathan Anand, of India, gestures during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. A contract has been signed for Viswanathan Anand of India to defend his world chess title in Moscow next year against Israeli Boris Gelfand.
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A young boy watches as International chess player, Viswanathan Anand from India, center, plays a match against Spanish chess player Paco Vallejo during the Final Chess Masters Match inside a case of glass in Bilbao northern Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.
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From left, holder of world chess champion's title Viswanathan Anand, of India, and the title's challenger Boris Gelfand, of Israel, shake hands as Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the world chess federation, FIDE, center left, and Russian President's adviser Arkady Dvorkovich,...
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