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Played position on board and expected the same: Anand after billionaire Ka
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand has said he only played the position on the board and "expected the same" from billionaire Nikhil Kamath during their charity game even as the Zerodha co-founder admitted to using unfair means during the game.
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Billionaire Nikhil Kamath admits to using unfair means to beat Viswanathan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The All India Chess Federation (AICF) Secretary Bharat Chauhan has said it is "unfortunate" to see unfair methods employed in a charity chess game by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath against five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand.
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Chess players are fairly intelligent, but their career spans are getting s
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand has said that the career spans of the players are now getting shortened because of the intense competition within the sport.
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'Checkmate COVID': Viswanathan Anand, Koneru Humpy to help support coronav
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Chess maestro Viswanathan Anand along with Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika, Nihal Sarin, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, will be offering simultaneous exhibitions on Chess.com to support COVID-19 relief in India on Thursday.
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I owe so much to him: Viswanathan Anand remembers his late father
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Chess maestro Viswanathan Anand on Sunday paid a heartfelt tribute to his father K Viswanathan who passed away on Thursday in Chennai after a brief illness.
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Odisha bags 'Best state of the decade for promotion of sports' award
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 28 (ANI): Odisha government, led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Sunday received the prestigious Sportstar Aces Award, 'Best State of the decade for the Promotion of Sports' at an award ceremony here in the state capital.
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On this day in 2000: Viswanathan Anand won FIDE World Chess Championship
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Twenty years ago on this day, Viswanathan Anand won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 for the first time after beating Spain's Alexei Shirov. With this, he became the first Indian to clinch this title.
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Viswanathan Anand launches academy, will personally monitor progress of yo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Chess maestro Viswanathan Anand on Monday announced that he is launching an academy for budding chess stars, and he will personally monitor the progress of young chess stars in the country.
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Olympiad has shown that chess can really be a spectator sport: Vidit Gujra
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 14 (ANI): India captain Vidit Gujrathi is on cloud nine after leading the team, comprising of greats such as Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy, to the historic gold at the recently concluded FIDE Online Chess Olympiad where India was declared joint wi
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'Proud moment for nation': Rahane on India winning gold in FIDE Chess Olym
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Batsman Ajinkya Rahane on Monday congratulated the Indian team on being the joint winners of the FIDE Chess Olympiad and said that the feat is a "proud moment" for the nation.
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India, Russia announced as joint winners at Chess Olympiad
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): India and Russia on Sunday were announced as joint winners of the FIDE Chess Olympiad as Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh lost connection to their games in the second round and had to forfeit.
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Vishwanathan Anand to land in India today, says wife Aruna
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Viswanathan Anand's wife Aruna Anand on Saturday said that the five-time chess champion will finally be landing in India later today.
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