Chess

Anand strikes back to level scores at Worlds

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Defending champion GM Viswanathan Anand of India levelled the scores at 4-4 by defeating Israeli GM Boris Gelfand in 17 moves in the eighth game of the world chess championship at the State Tretyakov

Anand shocked by Gelfand in seventh game

Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand suffered a jolt in his title defence as he lost to his Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in the seventh game of the World Chess Championship here on Sunday.

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Viswanathan Anand has lost motivation: Garry Kasparov

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Chess legend Garry Kasparov believes that reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand has lost motivation and the Indian, who is defending his title against Boris Gelfand right now, has been 'sliding do

Chess World Championship: Anand to play white in fifth game against Boris Gelfand

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Defending champion Viswanathan Anand holds the edge going into the fifth game as white in his World Championship match against Boris Gelfand at the State Tretyakov Gallery.

The fourth game was anothe

No breakthrough yet in world chess championship

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The fourth game in the world chess championship between Indian GM Viswanathan Anand and Israeli GM Boris Gelfand also ended in a draw at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow on Tuesday.

The series

Third draw in a row at Moscow

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After two quick draws, the world chess championship gained momentum with Indian GM Viswanathan Anand and Israeli GM Boris Gelfand playing an exiting third game at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow

As a self-confessed hardliner, I must admit that being a part of the team engaged in Indo-Pak Track 2 dialogue has been very interesting.

In June 2012, world leaders along with thousands of participants from governments, NGOs and environmental groups as well as the private sector will come together in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for Rio+20