Sify (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
World champion Viswanathan Anand ended the opening day of the Mainz Chess Classic on a positive note defeating Russian Alexander Morozevich to emerge as the joint leader in the Grenkeleasing rapid world championship.
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kramnik, who lost to Morozevich in round 3, is looking to rebound against Ponomariov in round 4. Round 4 - Tal Memorial Peter Leko - Alexander Morozevich Vladimir Kramnik - Ruslan Ponomariov S. Mamedyarov - Vassily Ivanchuk Evgeny Alekseev - Gata Kamsky Alexei Shirov - Boris Gelfand Chess news from Susan Polgar
Hindu (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
NEW DELHI: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand overpowered Alexander Morozevich in the crucial sixth league game to join Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in the final of the 13th Grenkeleasing rapid world championship at Mainz, Germany, on ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
NEW DELHI: Aiming for an eighth straight title, World champion Viswanathan Anand pulled off a 48-move victory over Russia’s Alexander Morozevich to share the lead with Norwegian sensation Magnus Carlsen after three rounds of the 13th ...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Viswanathan Anand ended the first day of the Chess Classic of Mainz with a fine win over Alexander Morozevich to take a share of the lead in the Grenkeleasing Rapid Rorld championship.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
... the rest for a score of 39-1. Anand is due to defend his rapid title against three challengers, Alexander Morozevich, Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar in the rapid tournament beginning on August 1. Meanwhile, in the Biel Masters in Biel, Switzerland, youngster N. Srinath drew with seventh seeded Serbian Grandmaster Aleksandar Kovacevic in the eighth round. R. B. Ramesh won to join...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
... just required correct technique and Anand romped home in 50 moves. In the fight for the 3rd place, Alexander Morozevich of Russia and Judit Polgar of Hungary fought hard but the end result was in favour of the former.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... Vladimir Kramnik (2001), Ruslan Ponomariov (2002), Judit Polgar (2003), Alexei Shirov (2004), Alexander Grischuk (2005), Teimour Radjabov (2006), Levon Aronian (2007) and added Carlsen to the list this year. On Sunday, Anand punished the teenager in the first game that followed the opening moves of Sicilian Defence. In the middle game, Carlsen chose to give up his queen for a rook but that...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... with Carlsen and the world’s highest rated woman player, Judit Polgar of Hungary, and defeated Alexander Morozevich of Russia to reach four points out of a possible six which proved enough for him to top the standings.For the records Anand scored two victories against Morozevich and drew the remaining four games to reach four points in all. Carlsen came a close second a half...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... stage with four points, as he achieved his second win, once again at the expense of World No. 2 Alexander Morozevich.While Anand took three exciting games, two drawn and one win, to qualify for the final, Carlsen was lucky to survive against Morozevich.Against Anand, Carlsen chose a fashionable pawn of the Queen’s Indian involving a pawn sacrifice. In return he received active...
Sify (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... with Carlsen and the world's highest rated woman player, Judit Polgar of Hungary, and defeated Alexander Morozevich of Russia to reach 4 points out of a possible 6, which proved enough for him to top the standings. For the record, Anand scored two victories against Morozevich and drew the remaining four games to reach 4 points in all. | Carlsen came a close second a half point...
merinews - citizen powered media (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... the entire competition, the time for each move was 20.5 minutes. The third position was won by Alexander Morozevich, who outplayed Judit Polgar. Anand, the sole brand ambassador of NIIT Computer Education in India, looked quite pleased after such a landmark victory. Winning the same title for the 11th time is a conspicuous symbol of his consistency in the world of chess. Meanwhile,...
rockport | 08/04/2008
... top two - Anand and Carlsen - qualified for the final.In the league, Anand scored two wins over Alexander Morozevich and drew twice each against Carlsen and Judit Polgar in the four-player tournament. World No. 2 Morozevich won the final game of his match against Judit Polgar to take 3rd place. The 15th Ordix Open, which also took place at the same time, was won by rising star
Sify (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... top two - Anand and Carlsen - qualified for the final.In the league, Anand scored two wins over Alexander Morozevich and drew twice each against Carlsen and Judit Polgar in the four-player tournament. World No. 2 Morozevich won the final game of his match against Judit Polgar to take 3rd place. The 15th Ordix Open, which also took place at the same time, was won by rising star...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
... drew both in the Bundesliga. These results saw Anand slip from 2803 to 2798 Elo rating.Russia’s Alexander Morozevich gained 14 points to catch up compatriot Vladimir Kramnik for a share of the second spot at 2788. K. Sasikiran replaced P. Hari Krishna as the second strongest Indian player at present. Sasikiran (2684) gained five points and as many places to be 38th in the world. In...
