Pearl Spring Chess Tournament

• Anand held by Gashimov; Carlsen claims title

  World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in the ninth and penultimate round of the Pearl Spring Chess tournament.

• Anand draws with Topalov, remains joint second

  World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria to remain in joint second position after end of the eighth round of Pearl Spring Chess tournament.

• Anand salvages draw against Carlsen, in joint second

  World champion Viswanathan Anand salvaged a draw from a losing position against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the seventh round to occupy joint second spot in the Pearl Spring Chess tournament here.

• Anand crushes Wang Yue, back in contention

  World Champion Viswanathan Anand struck back with vengeance and outclassed Wang Yue of China with black pieces in the sixth round of the Pearl Spring Chess tournament.

• Anand to meet Wang Yue in Pearl Spring Chess

  World Champion Viswanathan Anand will take on Wang Yue of China in the first round of the second half of Pearl Spring Chess tournament.

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  Shock defeat for Viswanathan Anand in Pearl Spring Chess

  World Champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Etienne Bacrot of France in the fourth round of the Pearl Spring Chess tournament in Na

• Anand outplays Topalov with black pieces

  World Champion Viswanathan Anand put up a superlative display to outplay former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the third round of Pearl Spring Chess tournament.

• Viswanathan Anand favourite at Pearl Spring Chess tournament

  World champion Viswanathan Anand starts as the favourite to win his maiden Grand Slam of the year in the Pearl Spring Chess tournament that gets underway in China.Following his decent performance in the recent Bilbao Final Masters that saw him regain the number one ranking in terms of ELO rating in the unofficial live rating list, the Indian ace wi...

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  Viswanathan Anand favourite at Pearl Spring Chess tournament

  World champion Viswanathan Anand starts as the favourite to win his maiden Grand Slam of the year in the Pearl Spring Chess tournament that gets underway in Chi