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Viswanathan Anand Beats Boris Gelfand in Tal Memorial Chess
Viswanathan Anand defeated former world championship challenger Boris Gelfand in the fifth round of the 10th Tal Memorial chess championship
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Indian Grandmasters Encounter Tough Day in World Cup of Chess, Boris Gelfand Knocked Out
Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and B Adhiban, along with Israel's Boris Gelfand, were knocked out of the World Cup of Chess.
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Zurich Chess Challenge: Viswanathan Anand beats Boris Gelfand to take joint third spot
With his first win in four games, Anand jumped to joint third spot on three points. This victory also served as a morale booster after an indifferent start that involved two losses and a draw in the first three rounds.
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Viswanathan Anand suffers shock defeat to Hikaru Nakamura in Round 2 of Zurich Chess Challenge
World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who beat Viswanathan Anand in the World Championship in Chennai last year, played out a draw with Levon Aronian while Fabiano Caruana of Italy hung on to get his draw with Boris Gelfand of Israel in the other games of this six-player round-robin tournament.
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Viswanathan Anand to take on Magnus Carlsen in Zurich Chess Challenge
World number two Levon Aronian of Armenia, Fabiano Caruana of Italy, Hikaru Nakamura of United States and former world championship challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel complete the lineup of what is the highest category tournament ever in the history of the game.
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Tal Memorial chess tournament : Viswanathan Anand draws with Boris Gelfand in 4th round
World champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fourth round of Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow.
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Viswanathan Anand shocked by Fabiano Caruana in Tal Memorial opener
With eight rounds still to come in the strongest super-tournament of the year, Mamedyarov, Carlsen and Caruana nosed ahead with victories and the Russian trio of Sergey Karjakin, Dmitry Andreikin and Alexander Morozevich remain closed behind half a point adrift along with Boris Gelfand of Israel.
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Boris Gelfand, placed third in Alekhine memorial chess
Both Gelfand and Aronian ended on 5.5 points and Anand was sole third at the time of winning with five points in all. After a shocking first-round loss, it was a good comeback by Anand who started winning only in the fifth round of the tournament.
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Viswanathan Anand beats Frenchman Laurent Fressinet in Round 7 of Russia chess
Anand's challenger in the last World Championship, Boris Gelfand of Israel continued with his impressive run and defeated Ding Liren of China to join overnight leader Maxime Vachier-Lagraev.
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Boris Gelfand, stays last in Zurich Chess
With just one round to come, the Fabiano Caruana remained at the top on three points in this four-player double round-robin tournament and he continued to be followed by Kramnik and Gelfand a half point behind. Anand on two points stands last in the tournament.
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Zurich Chess: Viswanathan Anand to meet Fabiano Caruana in round four
Anand shares the top spot on 1.5 points along with other competitors Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, Boris Gelfand of Israel and Caruana.
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Israel's Prime Minister vows to turn country into chess superpower
Encouraged by Boris Gelfand's heroic battle against India's Viswanathan Anand, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to make the Jewish state a "chess superpower".
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No plans to retire: Viswanathan Anand
He has been the undisputed world champion for the past five years but Indian chess veteran Viswanathan Anand has no plans of calling it quits just yet as he says his morale is on a high after beating a "complicated" Boris Gelfand to notch up his fifth world title.
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Russian president Putin meets chess king Viswanathan Anand for tea
Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and runner-up Boris Gelfand over a cup of tea in his residence on Thursday. Mr Putin lauded both players for "an outstanding game."
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A gold medal and $1.4 million for Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand received a gold medal, prize money of USD 1.4 million (around Rs. 7.9 crores), a memento and a piece of contemporary art displaying him and challenger Boris Gelfand, for his world chess championship win at a ceremony here on Thursday.
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Viswanathan Anand Beats Boris Gelfand in Tal Memorial Chess
Viswanathan Anand defeated former world championship challenger Boris Gelfand in the fifth round of the 10th Tal Memorial chess championship
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Indian Grandmasters Encounter Tough Day in World Cup of Chess, Boris Gelfand Knocked Out
Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and B Adhiban, along with Israel's Boris Gelfand, were knocked out of the World Cup of Chess.
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Zurich Chess Challenge: Viswanathan Anand beats Boris Gelfand to take joint third spot
With his first win in four games, Anand jumped to joint third spot on three points. This victory also served as a morale booster after an indifferent start that involved two losses and a draw in the first three rounds.
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Viswanathan Anand suffers shock defeat to Hikaru Nakamura in Round 2 of Zurich Chess Challenge
World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who beat Viswanathan Anand in the World Championship in Chennai last year, played out a draw with Levon Aronian while Fabiano Caruana of Italy hung on to get his draw with Boris Gelfand of Israel in the other games of this six-player round-robin tournament.
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Viswanathan Anand to take on Magnus Carlsen in Zurich Chess Challenge
World number two Levon Aronian of Armenia, Fabiano Caruana of Italy, Hikaru Nakamura of United States and former world championship challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel complete the lineup of what is the highest category tournament ever in the history of the game.
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Tal Memorial chess tournament : Viswanathan Anand draws with Boris Gelfand in 4th round
World champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fourth round of Tal Memorial chess tournament in Moscow.
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Viswanathan Anand shocked by Fabiano Caruana in Tal Memorial opener
With eight rounds still to come in the strongest super-tournament of the year, Mamedyarov, Carlsen and Caruana nosed ahead with victories and the Russian trio of Sergey Karjakin, Dmitry Andreikin and Alexander Morozevich remain closed behind half a point adrift along with Boris Gelfand of Israel.
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Boris Gelfand, placed third in Alekhine memorial chess
Both Gelfand and Aronian ended on 5.5 points and Anand was sole third at the time of winning with five points in all. After a shocking first-round loss, it was a good comeback by Anand who started winning only in the fifth round of the tournament.
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Viswanathan Anand beats Frenchman Laurent Fressinet in Round 7 of Russia chess
Anand's challenger in the last World Championship, Boris Gelfand of Israel continued with his impressive run and defeated Ding Liren of China to join overnight leader Maxime Vachier-Lagraev.
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Viswanathan Anand draws with Boris Gelfand, stays last in Zurich Chess
With just one round to come, the Fabiano Caruana remained at the top on three points in this four-player double round-robin tournament and he continued to be followed by Kramnik and Gelfand a half point behind. Anand on two points stands last in the tournament.
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Zurich Chess: Viswanathan Anand to meet Fabiano Caruana in round four
Anand shares the top spot on 1.5 points along with other competitors Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, Boris Gelfand of Israel and Caruana.
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Israel's Prime Minister vows to turn country into chess superpower
Encouraged by Boris Gelfand's heroic battle against India's Viswanathan Anand, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to make the Jewish state a "chess superpower".
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No plans to retire: Viswanathan Anand
He has been the undisputed world champion for the past five years but Indian chess veteran Viswanathan Anand has no plans of calling it quits just yet as he says his morale is on a high after beating a "complicated" Boris Gelfand to notch up his fifth world title.
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Russian president Putin meets chess king Viswanathan Anand for tea
Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and runner-up Boris Gelfand over a cup of tea in his residence on Thursday. Mr Putin lauded both players for "an outstanding game."
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A gold medal and $1.4 million for Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand received a gold medal, prize money of USD 1.4 million (around Rs. 7.9 crores), a memento and a piece of contemporary art displaying him and challenger Boris Gelfand, for his world chess championship win at a ceremony here on Thursday.
