Alekhine Memorial Chess: Anand holds Kramnik for an easy draw

Checkmate? Indias world champion Viswanathan Anand and Russias Vladimir Kramnik play during a round 6 game of the Alekhine Memorial chess tournament in St. Petersburg on Sunday. The tournament is a 10-player single round competition, with the first half held ...

It took all of eight rounds, but former world champion Vladimir Kramnik finally claimed his first win of the Candidates tournament to cut the lead at the top to a point. After leaders Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian (5.5 pts) settled for a quick ...

YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. The Former world champion of chess Vladimir Kramnik is sure that he and Levon Aronyan are equal competitors for Magnus Carlsen. Armenpress informs that the Russian ÐезавиÑÐ¸Ð¼Ð°Ñ ...

The elite of the chess world will be among the participants, including Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Gelfand from Israel, and Chinese GM Ding Liren.

As reports Armenpress after the 11th tour Levon Aronian occupies the third position with 6,5 points. Magnus Carlsen solely tops tournament table. The leader has scored 7,5 points. Russia's Vladimir Kramnik climbed up to the second position. The ...

1. GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2872, 8.5/142. GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2810, 8.5/143. GM Peter Svidler RUS 2747, 8.0/144. GM Levon Aronian ARM 2809, 8.0/145. GM Alexander Grischuk RUS 2761, 6.5/146. GM Boris Gelfand ISR 2740, 6.5/147. GM Vassily Ivanchuk ...

Victory eluded world champion Viswanathan Anand for the second successive day as he played out a draw with Russian Nikita Vituigov in the second round of the here at the Louvre. After a shocking loss at the hands of English Michael Adams, Anand ...

Viswanathan Anand seen in action in the Alekhine Memorial Chess Tournament in St. Petersburg. () St. PETERSBURG,Russia Peaking at the right time, World champion Viswanathan Anand scored a facile victory over Laurent Fressinet of France to be joint ...

Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen's moonwalking gambit getting ahead while moving backward inspires some thoughts on some of the game's most famous losses over the years. As we noted here last week, the FIDE Candidates Tournament in London ended in ...