Chess coach Venkatachalam Kameswaran shares his recollections of a young Viswanathan Anand with Liffy Thomas Published - June 29, 2013 02:35 pm IST - Chennai: Liffy Thomas ...

Viswanathan Anand last competed at the chess World Championship a decade ago. These days, he's not a regular player on the FIDE circuit either. Yet, in the first week of the World Championships in ...

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India retained his title on Wednesday, defeating Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand 2.5-1.5 in a rapid tiebreaker round.

Viswanathan Anand broke the Soviet/Russian dominance of chess in 2000 by becoming world champion, fourteen years after becoming India's no.1 as a sixteen-year-old.

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Viswanathan Anand of India retained his world chess title today by winning with black against Bulgarian challenger Veselin Topalov. The score was 5.5-5.5 before the last game ...

Indian chess legends, including Viswanathan Anand and D Gukesh, celebrated Pongal with traditional dance at Anand's Tamil Nadu residence. The gathering highlighted the camaraderie among top ...

Viswanathan Anand married Aruna in 1996 and in 2011, the couple had a son named Anand Akhil. His journey from a young boy learning chess in Chennai to becoming a global icon is nothing short of ...