Sasikiran wins at Qingdao July 8
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran (2650) added one more feather to his cap with an emphatic title triumph at the GM tournament in Qingdao, China ahead of many big names... More |GameViewer |PGN

Bareev-Topalov 1-1, Leko-Shirov 1.5-0.5 @ Dortmund
Know the Indian Knight @ Times of India
Complete Indian FIDE Rating List July 2002

Deepan and Tania Champs, India sweeps all medals July 5
Deepan Chakravarthy and Tania Sachdev of India clinched the Asian Junior Boys and Girls  titles and in an unique result, India swept all the six medals in the two sections...Photos |Games

Viswanathan Anand Interview
Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik played a six game match in Advance Chess at Leon recently, and our special correspondent Vijay Kumar spoke to Vishy immediately after the match...

Day 3 - Kramnik wins 3.5-2.5
Playing for the first time in an Advanced Chess Match, Vladimir Kramnik come out the winner after holding to his over night lead of one point with two draws on the third and final day. After a well fought draw with Black pieces in game five, Anand needed a win with white, to stay in the match...but then we had a Berlin Wall again.

Day 2 - Kramnik takes lead 2.5-1.5
Vladimir Kramnik won the third game with white pieces to take a one-point lead in this six game match.  Anand  who was  on full aggression  in the fourth encounter, however had to be content with just a draw after a tenacious defence by black. View games

Day 1 - Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik battle it out again. This time with aid of computers in the Spanish city of Leon. At the end of the first day's play, they were evenly locked 1-1 with two draws. This is what happened...

Chess Aspirants June 21
Another Youngster, sixteen year old, Anuj Pandit from Mumbai, has something to offer the chess aspirants who walk the web. Tournaments to play, Problems to solve and prizes to win, at his very own Chessaspirants.com where a 14-player round robin is in already in progress.

Indian Chess software June 18
Suneet Singh, a student of CRSCE Murthal, Haryana has developed a chess playing software. Suneet who has named his software Chaturangam (!) is already at the second version and would like to hear suggestions on improving the program. You would find the freeware here

Russians again June 17
The might of the Russians take on the Rest of the World again. Russia which won the earlier encounters in 1970 and 1984 (as USSR) has a formidable lineup with four World Champions...but strike three won't be easy with Vishy Anand leading the Rest of the World!...

Anand, Sandipan in Bundesliga June 14
We may not be a part of the Football frenzy but sure we have set foot in the other league!...Thanks to Vishy Anand and Sandipan Chanda who are to play in the coming season of the Bundesliga. Our friend Oliver Kniest writes from Deutschland!

Kasparov awarded Chess Oscar for 2001 June 11
World No. 1 Garry Kasparov of Russia took the Chess Oscar for 2001 ahead of Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov, Vassily Ivanchuk and Viswanathan Anand with a points tally of 3943 points including 260 first place votes...

FIDE may invite Anand, India to bid for Olympiad 2006 June 10
Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who was left out of the FIDE reunification treaty signed at Prague, is likely to be included in the World Championship cycle. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has given an in-principle nod to take up the matter in the FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Doha early next month ...

Mickey Aigner on the Champion duo from Pune

Abhijit Kunte
"It’s difficult to become like Anand," Kunte admits "but nevertheless one can definitely reach the level where he is." and concludes "I’d rather take it one step at a time,"...

Prathmesh Mokal
"I was never expecting the IM Norm," Mokal informs, "The Norm sooner or later was to come. Normally, nothing can be planned,"  and adds, "I got to know my potential"... 

Rohit emerges Champion June 16
Young Gogineni Rohith of AP emerged champion with 9.5 points ahead of M Srinivasa Rao, Himanshu Sharma, K Ratnakaran and top seed International Master Sudhakar Babu...

Humpy finishes fifth June 13
Grandmaster Elect Koneru Humpy Humpy defeated Sergei Erenburg of Israel in the final round finishing in the fifth place with 7.5 points, here today...

Meet the nine year old Asian Under 10 Champion June 09
Meet this baby faced champion from the Capital city of New Delhi. Heard of someone who spends more time watching lines and variations than under television and cartoons. That's the Champion - Parimarjan Negi, the nine year old from Amity International School, New Delhi...

PSCB and Tamil Nadu emerge Champions June 08
PSCB with a clinical 3-1 win over Tamil Nadu took the men's title for the sixth year in a row, while Tamil Nadu clinched the women's title ahead of  Buddhibal Krida Trust, here today. The talk of the tournament was the impressive show of Calcutta lad and double Grandmaster Norm holder Sandipan Chanda who finished with a whopping 9/9 score...K Visweswaran reports

Kasparov wins title June 05
Top seed Gary Kasparov defeated fellow Azerbaijan Grandmaster Teimour Radjabov 1.5-0.5 in the two game finals, clinching the Moscow Grand Prix 2002 title. Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman took the third spot defeating Slovenian Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky 1.5-0.5, here today....Game Viewer | PGN | Round 5 Results

Kunte Champion, Ganguly & Venkatesh share the second spot
Subodh Lakhey and Ramya Krishna emerge champions
Vijayalakshmi champion, Aarthie finishes second
Anand wins Eurotel trophy
Priya  and Poobesh Anand emerge Champions
Laxman Champion, Meenakshi second
Leko emerges Champion
Challenger tourney for Kramnik announced
Humpy becomes the youngest woman ever to become a Grandmaster, Budapest
Shivananda edges Neelotpal and Soman for Sangli title
Surajit Saha Inter Railways Champion, Allahabad

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