Anand held to a draw by Kasimdzhanov - Sify.com

Anand held to a draw by Kasimdzhanov - Sify.com: Anand held to a draw by Kasimdzhanov

Linares (Spain): India's Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by FIDE World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan in the fourth round of the 22nd Linares Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.

In other matches, World championship finalist Michael Adams of England defeated local hope Francisco Pons Vallejo for his first victory and Bulgarian Veselin Topalov split points with Corus champion Peter Leko in a keenly contested game.

After four rounds, Anand and Russian Garry Kasparov are at the top of the table on 2.5 points from four games. They are followed by Kasimdzhanov, Topalov, Leko and Adams with 2 points each from as many games. Francisco Pons Vallejo has so far managed just half-a-point from three games.

Anand, Leko split point

Anand, Leko split point: "Anand, Leko split point:

[Sports India]: Linares (Spain), Feb 26 : Viswanathan Anand played a safe game and settled for a quick draw against Hungarian Peter Leko in a second round tie of the 22nd Linares Super Grandmasters chess tournament here."

Chess: Anand begins with a bang

Chess: Anand begins with a bang: "
Chess: Anand begins with a bang -PTINEWS" Linares (Spain), Feb 25 (PTI) Viswanathan Anand kicked off his campaign in the 22nd Linares super Grandmasters chess tournament with a scintillating victory over Grandmaster Veselin Topalov of Bulgarian in the second round here.
The Indian, who had a bye in the first round, now share the lead with four other on one point each but is technically well placed as he has played one game less in this Category-20, Euros 297000 prize money event being played on a double round-robin basis between seven players.

XXII Torneo "Ciudad de Linares"

XXII Torneo "Ciudad de Linares" Official website for Linares Tournament, check out games.

Sasikiran finishes with a win

Sasikiran finishes with a win: "Sasikiran finishes with a win" - Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran finished his campaign with a finely crafted victory in the Aeroflot International Open Chess tournament which was won by Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky of Israel.

Anand-Kasparov blockbuster at Linares- The Times of India

Anand-Kasparov blockbuster at Linares- The Times of India: "Anand-Kasparov blockbuster at Linares" Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand will be looking to settle a few scores against world number one Garry Kasparov when the two meet in the Linares Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.

Sasikiran suffers shocking loss- The Times of India

Sasikiran suffers shocking loss- The Times of India: "Sasikiran suffers shocking loss" GM K Sasikiran suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Chinese GM Bu Xiangzhi in the penultimate round and fell out of contention for a decent finish in the Aeroflot International Open chess tournament.

Chess: Sasikiran wins Round 4 match at Aeroflot Open in Moscow

Chess: Sasikiran wins Round 4 match at Aeroflot Open in Moscow: "Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran finally managed to score a much awaited victory against GM Tomasz Markowski of Poland in the fourth round of the Aeroflot International Open Chess tournament.

Grandmaster Andrei Kharlov of Russia created the biggest upset of the event defeating second seed and hot favourite Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine."

Sasikiran goes down

Sasikiran goes down- The Times of India: "MOSCOW: Grandmaster Tejas Bakre emerged as the only winner on an otherwise average day for Indians in the second round of the Aeroflot International open chess tournament here.

In the top group christened 'A1' Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran suffered his second straight loss against Ukrainian Grandmaster Alexander Areshchenko in under two weeks time after going down against the latter in the final round of the recently concluded Gibraltar chess festival. "

AEROFLOT OPEN 2005:

AEROFLOT OPEN 2005 Official Home Page

Though Krishnan Sasikiran is ranked joint 16th (AEROFLOT OPEN 2005: Pairings & Results: List of players) , it would be good to see him performing much better than that.

Only a few shocks felt at Aeroflot tilt

ABS-CBNNEWS.COM: "Most of the top seeds hurdled their first assignments in the Aeroflot International Open chess tournament at the Hotel Rossija in Moscow on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila)."

Chess: Sasikiran off to winning start

Chennai Online News Service - View News: "Moscow, Feb 16: Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran took off with a lucky victory over veteran GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky of Russia in the opening round of the Aeroflot International Open chess tournament here."

After a break

There has been lot going on the Indian Chess Screen recently. I made this block several months ago but not been able to update it regularly. There were lot of things going on with me too. Never mind, will try to keep this blog updated from now on. As I won't be finding time to write, most of the posts will be clippings from the web. I want to trace not only GMs but also local events too.

Will certainly appriciate comments on the articles. Email me if you want to contribute to this blog.