2016 Champions Showdown

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
Karjakin and Carlsen showed very good form throughout the 21-round event, dominating it till the end. Karjakin lost only one game, to Hikaru Nakamura, and even managed to beat Carlsen in their head-to-head. Carlsen played solid, for blitz that is ...

Chess Could Become India's Global Sport
High on Sports (blog)
The feats of Leander Paes and Viswanathan Anand remained consigned to the background as the Sachin Tendulkar era loomed large. However, with cricket being confined to a few nations, the quest for superstars who would bring laurels in a truly ...

Ramesh Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov race to break world record
The Guardian
The opening, a Sicilian Defence Richter Attack, is significant since Karjakin also used it in another decisive game, against Fabiano Caruana in the final round of the 2016 candidates. The result here is effectively settled in a single move when ...

World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship: Vidit Gujarathi shines, Harika, Anand disappoint
Firstpost
Viswanathan Anand finished tenth in the final ranking list. As the five-time World Champion mentioned, “The recovery time for each game is very low at the blitz event. Usually when you lose a game in classical events you have time to recover before ...

Magnus Review
Empire
Which means there must be a modern Amadeus to be made from his life-story (though Viswanathan Anand, who Carlsen faced for the World Chess Championship title, might have something to say about being given the Salieri role). But for now this insightful, ...

PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Jan 5
Daily Mail
Former chess world champion Veselin Topalov is not going to take part in tournaments of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the European Chess Union (ECU) unless the leaderships of the two organizations have been replaced, his manager Silvio ...

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Viswanathan Anand heaps praise on 11-year-old prodigy R Praggnanandhaa
Sportskeeda
Apart from winning the Champions Showdown chess tournament held in St. Louis, United States and the Leon Masters Rapid tournament, he didn't have much success. “It was a slightly disappointing end of the year for me, but it's a very tough tournament.

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Viswanathan Anand heaps praise on 11-year-old prodigy R Praggnanandhaa
Sportskeeda
Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand lauded young Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, earlier on Tuesday at a press conference in Mumbai. The former world chess champion, Anand, heaped praise on the 11-year-old as he said, “He's attracted ...
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Viswanathan Anand heaps praise on 11-year-old prodigy R Praggnanandhaa
Sportskeeda
Apart from winning the Champions Showdown chess tournament held in St. Louis, United States and the Leon Masters Rapid tournament, he didn't have much success. “It was a slightly disappointing end of the year for me, but it's a very tough tournament.

Viswanathan Anand heaps praise on 11-year-old prodigy R Praggnanandhaa
Sportskeeda
Apart from winning the Champions Showdown chess tournament held in St. Louis, United States and the Leon Masters Rapid tournament, he didn't have much success. “It was a slightly disappointing end of the year for me, but it's a very tough tournament.

and more »

EXCL: Time To Reform Sports Bodies, Says Viswanathan Anand
Times Now
In an exclusive interview with TIMES NOW, Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday said that it's time to reform sports bodies now. The statement comes after Indian Olympic Association was suspended by the Sports Ministry on December 30, ...

Viswanathan Anand says he is proud of next generation
Daily News & Analysis
It's hard to think of chess beyond Viswanathan Anand in India. But, the legendary Grandmaster himself is not too worried about it. Young Indian Grandmasters made waves at the recently-concluded FIDE World Rapid Championship held in Doha, Qatar, ...

Anand looks to improve rating and ranking
Ahmedabad Mirror
Viswanathan Anand did not take part in the recent World Championship match (between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin), for the first time in over 10 years, but it was not a bad year for him. The former five-time world champion gained in Elo points ...

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Good in theory, devil in detail, Viswanathan Anand on Lodha reforms
India Today
But Viswanathan Anand has been such a world beater in chess that being bestowed with nation's second highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan before any other sportsman comes as no surprise. In between all the chess talk, knowing he is a keen cricket ...
Viswanathan Anand says he had a satisfactory year in 2016 and aims to build on itFirstpost
I was disappointed with my show in World Rapid: Viswanathan AnandTimes of India
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Viswanathan Anand heaps praise on 11-year-old prodigy R Praggnanandhaa
Deccan Chronicle
Mumbai: Ace chess player Viswanathan Anand heaped praise on young Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, in Mumbai, on Tuesday. Earlier this year, Praggnanandhaa, who hails from Chennai, became the youngest International Master (IM) at the age of 10, ...