Aronian, Anand to participate in Alekhine Memorial Tournament

World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Boris Gelfand of Israel in the ninth and final round to finish third in the Alekhine memorial chess tournament in St Petersburg, Russia. Playing the black side of a Semi-Slav, Anand got nothing to push for as Gelfand played solidly for one of his best performance ever. The Israeli ended as joint first along with Levon Aronian of Armenia who defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagraev of France in his final game. In the other games of the day, Nikita ...

Kramnik, who was a world champion for seven years, believes that age and motivation are the biggest advantages for Carlsen against Anand.

World champion Vishy Anand will defend his title against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in November in a $5 million match in the Hyatt hotel in Chennai. Continuing my series on former World Championship matches, this week's game is one where Vishy came ...

Anand went down with white pieces, something that might be detrimental to the Indians campaign as the tournament progresses further.

Michael Adams, the England No1, has beaten the world champion, Vishy Anand, with the black pieces for the second time in four months. The 41-year-old Cornishman, who scored against the Indian at the London Classic, did it again this week in the ...

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 ...

A chess takeover is occurring in schools around the world. Students in England, India and the US are discovering how the game can improve their concentration, thinking skills and even their chances of a university education. Helen Ward gets on board ...

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 fifth round of the Alekhine Memorial, the last one in Paris, was a good day for France but a bad day for Russia. Laurent Fressinet and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave managed to beat Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler respectively, and both with the ...