Anand wins Leon Chess (http://www.advancedchessleon.com/ingles/inicio.htm) for 7th time in last 12 years.
News Links:
* Deccan Herald - Anand win Leon Chess for 7th time (http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul92007/sports2007070911845.asp?section=updatenews)
* ChessBase - Viswanathan Anand wins León for the seventh time (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3977)
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Sunday, July 01, 2007
The Hindu: Anand consolidates position at the top
Published at The Hindu- "Anand consolidates position at the top"
According to this news article -
World (top-10): 1. Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 2792), 2. Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 2769), 3. Veselin Topalov (Bul, 2768), 4. Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 2762), 5. Alexander Morozevich (Rus, 2758), 6. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 2755), 7. Peter Le ko (Hun, 2751), 8. Levon Aronian (Arm, 2750), 9. Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 2746), 10. Dmitry Jakovenko (Rus, 2735).
India (top-20): 1. Viswanathan Anand (2792), 2. K. Sasikiran (2674), 3. P. Hari Krishna (2664), 4. Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2586), 5. K. Humpy (2572), 6 Sandipan Chanda (2563), 7. Parimarjan Negi (2529), 8. Abhijit Kunte (2519), 9. P. Ma gesh Chandran (2486), 10. Neelotpal Das (2485), 11. G.N. Gopal (2480), 12. J. Deepan Chakkravarthy (2479), 13. D. Harika (2478), 14. Abhijeet Gupta (2472), 15-17. R. B. Ramesh (2470), G. Rohit (2470) and Pravin Thipsay (2470), 18. S. Vijayalakshmi (2464), 19-20. Dibyendu Barua (2462) and Diwakar Prasad Singh (2462).
India’s leading ladies: 1. K. Humpy (2572), 2. D. Harika (2478), 3. S. Vijayalakshmi (2464), 4. Tania Sachdev (2393), 5. Eesha Karavade (2367), 6. Nisha Mohota (2332), 7. S. Meenakshi (2327), 8. Swati Ghate (2317).
India overall is 16th in the list of countries, with 124 listed players, 52 IMs, 15GMs and 2587 average points.
Official FIDE List :
MEN : http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml?list=men
WOMEN : http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml?list=women
COUNTRY : http://www.fide.com/ratings/topfed.phtml
According to this news article -
World (top-10): 1. Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 2792), 2. Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 2769), 3. Veselin Topalov (Bul, 2768), 4. Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 2762), 5. Alexander Morozevich (Rus, 2758), 6. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 2755), 7. Peter Le ko (Hun, 2751), 8. Levon Aronian (Arm, 2750), 9. Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 2746), 10. Dmitry Jakovenko (Rus, 2735).
India (top-20): 1. Viswanathan Anand (2792), 2. K. Sasikiran (2674), 3. P. Hari Krishna (2664), 4. Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2586), 5. K. Humpy (2572), 6 Sandipan Chanda (2563), 7. Parimarjan Negi (2529), 8. Abhijit Kunte (2519), 9. P. Ma gesh Chandran (2486), 10. Neelotpal Das (2485), 11. G.N. Gopal (2480), 12. J. Deepan Chakkravarthy (2479), 13. D. Harika (2478), 14. Abhijeet Gupta (2472), 15-17. R. B. Ramesh (2470), G. Rohit (2470) and Pravin Thipsay (2470), 18. S. Vijayalakshmi (2464), 19-20. Dibyendu Barua (2462) and Diwakar Prasad Singh (2462).
India’s leading ladies: 1. K. Humpy (2572), 2. D. Harika (2478), 3. S. Vijayalakshmi (2464), 4. Tania Sachdev (2393), 5. Eesha Karavade (2367), 6. Nisha Mohota (2332), 7. S. Meenakshi (2327), 8. Swati Ghate (2317).
India overall is 16th in the list of countries, with 124 listed players, 52 IMs, 15GMs and 2587 average points.
Official FIDE List :
MEN : http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml?list=men
WOMEN : http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml?list=women
COUNTRY : http://www.fide.com/ratings/topfed.phtml
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Chess prodigy Mehar Chinna Reddy from Guntur
Siasat.com report "Guntur produces yet another prodigy" points to chess prodigy Mehar Chinna Reddy from Guntur. Some facts about him:
* Born in 1995
* Current ELO rating 2145
* Finished 20th in National B tournament organised recently at Dindigul
* Selected for All India National A Chess Championship at Chennai in November
* Devotes more than 10 hours a day playing chess
* Coached by J. Malleshwara Rao
* Born in 1995
* Current ELO rating 2145
* Finished 20th in National B tournament organised recently at Dindigul
* Selected for All India National A Chess Championship at Chennai in November
* Devotes more than 10 hours a day playing chess
* Coached by J. Malleshwara Rao
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