Big Two start with draws

available here (Ruy Sposati/CIMI) Altamira, Brazil Some 200 indigenous people affected by the construction of large hydroelectric dams in the Amazon launched an occupation today on one of the main construction sites of the Belo Monte dam complex on ...

After losing to world number one and world crown challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the previous round, Anand's loss against Nakamura only added to the woes of the Indian. The loss proved extremely costly in fact as Anand was pushed to eighth ...

Anand started of with a loss against the red-hot Fabiano Caruana, and could only manage a draw in the next round against Andreikin. The Indian however bounced back with a win in the third round against Alexander Morozevich after punishing the ...

Moscow: World champion Viswanathan Anand bounced back from the disappointing results of the past two rounds to defeat Russian Alexander Morozevich in a positional skirmish in the third round of the Tal Memorial chess tournament. After a loss against Fabiano ...

It may be the best result by a Cuban star since the great world champion Jose Raoul Capablanca departed the scene: Cuban GM Lenier Dominguez Perez, a solid but not spectacular player on the elite scene, took sole first earlier this month at the FIDE ...

India News: Albena (Bulgaria): Winning his fourth game of the trot, the unassuming V Vishnu Prasanna shares the podium with Sandro Mareco of Argentina with a perfect score. Having crossed the 2500 rating barrier required to become a Grandmaster as ...

Albena (Bulgaria): Grandmaster-in-waiting scored a fine victory over compatriot Anurag Mahamal to maintain a clean slate after the end of the third round of the here.With his third victory in as many games, Prasanna remained a part of the six-player ...

Source: Supplied FOUR firefighters have been killed while trying to battle a fire that engulfed a Houston motel. The Houston mayor's office released a statement saying the four firefighters died on Friday after battling a blaze at the Southwest Inn.

Six firefighters have been injured fighting a five-alarm blaze that broke out at a restaurant Friday afternoon along U.S. 59 in southwest Houston. Two of the injured are in critical condition and all six have been taken to hospitals. Initial reports ...