Anand ends first leg with a win

in the sixth round that concluded on Monday. Ending the Paris leg on a high with a victory against Ding Liren of China, Anand has every reason to cheer with the result against Kramnik as in the remaining three rounds the Indian ace will get two ...

"Curse" is a thriller about the mysterious murder of the wife of an emotionally unstable radio host (portrayed by Dai Liren) in an aquarium. A mysterious phone call asking for answers is soon made to his radio station. At the same time, the radio ...

CHINESE grandmaster Ding Liren, 20, didn't do well in the recently held Alekhine Memorial in Paris and St. Petersburg, finishing ninth in a field of 10. He lost three games, drew five and won only one — against the eventual tournament co-winner, ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Alexander Alekhine Memorial 2013 kicked off in Paris, with Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian losing to China's Ding Liren. Aronian will face off against Kramnik in the second round. The tournament will run until May 1, with the ...

The Alekhine Memorial International Chess Super-Tournament opened in Paris on April 21. In the first round Armenian GM Levon Aronian lost to Liren Ding. Michael Adams defeated Viswantahn Anand. Nikita Vityugov lost to Vladimir Kramnik. Maxime ...

The Alekhine Memorial started with an amazing first round in many ways. At least a thousand spectators visited the tournament hall on Sunday and saw World Champion Vishy Anand losing with the white pieces to Michael Adams and world's number three ...

Final Standings 1 GM Wang Yue 2706, 7.5/11 2-3. GM Ma Qun 2559, GM Li Chao 2686, 6.0/11 4-9. GM Hou Yifan 2617, GM Xiu Deshun 2534, IM Wei Yi 2530, GM Bu Xiangzhi 2662, GM Zhao Jun 2589, GM Yu Yangyi 2675, 5.5/11 10-11. GM Zhou Weiqi 2590, GM Zhou ...

Every few years somebody discovers the French-American artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), connects him with chess and quotes him:"While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." Duchamp was exaggerating, but he loved chess ...

The split between Paris and St Petersburg has been won jointly by Lev Aronian and Boris Gelfand. The final scores (out of 9) were as follows: Aronian and Gelfand 51/2; Anand 5; Vitiugov, Fressinet, Kramnik, Adams and Vachier-Lagrave 41/2; Ding Liren ...