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Grenke Chess Classic Round 4: Viswanathan Anand plays out another draw; Fabiano Caruana new joint leaders
Aditya Pai •Had it not been for Fabiano Caruana to change gears and pull out victory in the final stages of the round, all games would have ended in a draw. With his win, Caruana has joined the leaders, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nikita Vitiugov at 3.0/4.

Grenke Chess Classic Round 3: Viswanathan Anand holds Levon Aronian; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave joins Nikita Vitiugov in the lead
Aditya Pai •For the only Indian in the fray, Viswanathan Anand, after his loss in the previous round, went for a solid but tepid draw against GM Levon Aronian of Armenia.

Grenke Chess Classic, Round 2: Viswanathan Anand loses to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave; Nikita Vitiugov on top
Aditya Pai •While the round per se was spectacular, it brought disappointment to Indian fans as Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand lost to the French number one Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

Tata Steel Chess Round 5: 'Embarrassed' Viswanathan Anand draws with Wei Yi; Vidit Gujrathi slips to joint 2nd
Aditya Pai •For Viswanathan Anand, it was a tough day at the office. His 18-year-old opponent Wei Yi from China caught him in a deeply prepared line of the Petroff Defence.

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand's superior tactics stand out in victory over Hou Yifan
Aditya Pai •Viswanathan Anand wasn't the only Indian who made his countrymen proud with his performance in Douglas as Swapnil Dhopade and Vidit Gujrathi were also impressive in the tournament.

Isle of Man Open: Viswanathan Anand finishes joint-second after win over Hou Yifan in final round
•Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand capped his impressive run with another victory over Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan in the ninth and final round to sign off joint-second at the Isle Of Man Chess Championship in Douglas on Monday.

Biel International Chess Festival: Pentala Harikrishna plays out a hard-fought draw in fifth round
Ians •Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna played out a hard-fought draw against Peter Leko of Hungary in the fifth round of the 50th Biel chess festival here.

Geneva Grand Prix, Round 4: P Harikrishna stays second after 20-move draw against Teimur Radjabov
Aditya Pai •Shortly after the first hour of play in their Round 4 clash of the Geneva Grand Prix, P Harikrishna and Teimur Radjabov shook hands, having played only 20 moves.

Humpy draws, Yifan is world champion again
Fp Archives •Grandmaster Koneru Humpy settled for a draw in the must-win eighth-round game as defending champion Yifan Hou became the women's world champion by triumphing 5.5-2.5 against the Indian.

'Out of form' Humpy loses again, title chances bleak
Fp Archives •Grandmaster Koneru Humpy's title prospects suffered a near decisive blow when she lost the seventh-round game against Yifan Hou of China in the World Women's Chess Championship. Humpy now trails 2-5 n the 10-game match.



