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Vodafone launches SuperNetTM4G in Chennai - India.com

Mon, 02/13/2017 - 4:06am

Vodafone launches SuperNetTM4G in Chennai
India.com
Chess legend Viswanathan Anand formally launched the service in city at a function here. As part of the launch, Vodafone unveiled data packs starting from Rs eight for 30MB, 4G wi-fi service that supports connectivity to upto 15 devices among others.

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Vodafone rolls out 4G services in Goa - Outlook India

Mon, 02/13/2017 - 2:25am

Vodafone rolls out 4G services in Goa
Outlook India
Chess legend Viswanathan Anand formally launched the service in city at a function here. As part of the launch, Vodafone unveiled data packs starting from Rs eight for 30MB, 4G wi-fi service that supports connectivity to upto 15 devices among others.

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Tamil teri maa? Even those who don't understand Tamil, can see that the OPS-Sasikala battle is spicier than sambhar - Times of India (blog)

Sun, 02/12/2017 - 2:59pm

Tamil teri maa? Even those who don't understand Tamil, can see that the OPS-Sasikala battle is spicier than sambhar
Times of India (blog)
Not only is Rajnikant India's biggest star but from S Ramanujan to Viswanathan Anand to TN Seshan to C Rajagopalachari to RK Narayan to MS Subbulakshmi, Tamil Nadu rules on culture, brain power and political acumen. No wonder the impatient Tamil is ...

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A piece of sporting history - Livemint

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 7:38am

Livemint

A piece of sporting history
Livemint
A chessboard signed by Viswanathan Anand. Photographs courtesy Kathiwada Arts & Sports. You can buy a Hrubesch sticker on eBay for a little over a dollar now. Only, it's from the 1982 World Cup in Spain. In that tournament, he would score against ...

Chess teaches you more than text and principles: Vishy - Hindu Business Line

Wed, 02/08/2017 - 11:50am

Hindu Business Line

Chess teaches you more than text and principles: Vishy
Hindu Business Line
“Unstructured learning is the best way to learn chess,” says Viswanathan Anand, Indian Chess Grandmaster. In conversation with Venkat Saravanan, International Chess Master, at an event organised by the Chennai International Centre here today, he said ...

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For Viswanathan Anand, chess and computers are a winning pair - Times of India

Wed, 02/08/2017 - 11:03am

For Viswanathan Anand, chess and computers are a winning pair
Times of India
CHENNAI: Chess has traditionally been a sport that is played as much on the board as it is in the mind. Over the years, the advent of machines (read computers) gave a fillip to this sport and five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand has been among ...

Harika's mantra for women's world chess championship: Go for gold - Hindustan Times

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 7:06am

Hindustan Times

Harika's mantra for women's world chess championship: Go for gold
Hindustan Times
The year 2016 was wonderful for women's sports in India. PV Sindhu secured silver in badminton during the 2016 Rio Olympics while Sakshi Malik won bronze in wrestling. In women's chess, 2016 was a year when Harika Dronavalli, India's second woman ...

Black and whites: Yuzvendra Chahal and the many connections between cricket and chess - Firstpost

Mon, 02/06/2017 - 2:28am

Firstpost

Black and whites: Yuzvendra Chahal and the many connections between cricket and chess
Firstpost
Unsurprisingly India's first ever Grandmaster and former world champion, Viswanathan Anand, also has his connections to cricket. He once waded into the debate over Tendulkar playing into his forties, saying the batsman should carry on “as long as he ...

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Viswanathan Anand opens up on hijab controversy - Sportswallah (press release) (blog)

Sun, 02/05/2017 - 9:33am

Sportswallah (press release) (blog)

Viswanathan Anand opens up on hijab controversy
Sportswallah (press release) (blog)
Former world No.1 Viswanathan Anand came up with his own views on the compulsory hijab rule. While talking to India Today, Anand said, “My initial take was it should be up to the women themselves how uncomfortable they feel. But having seen that a lot ...

So stretches unbeaten streak to 60 games - The Standard

Sun, 02/05/2017 - 7:49am

So stretches unbeaten streak to 60 games
The Standard
So is ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (2811), Maxine Vachier Lagrave (2796) and Viswanathan Anand (2786). The Cavite-born So said he felt great after finishing ahead of Carlsen in the Tata Steel competition. “It's a huge thing to finish ahead of Magnus. He's ...

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Meet Kanishka Gupta, a top deal maker in the Indian publishing world - The News Minute

Fri, 02/03/2017 - 5:44am

The News Minute

Meet Kanishka Gupta, a top deal maker in the Indian publishing world
The News Minute
The deals made include chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, celebrity hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani, Aamir Khan's nutritionist Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar and celebrated anti-acid activist Reshma Qureshi. Other memorable non-fiction ...

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Levon Aronian to participate in Grand Chess Tour - Panorama.am

Thu, 02/02/2017 - 8:11am

Panorama.am

Levon Aronian to participate in Grand Chess Tour
Panorama.am
Chess Federation of Armenia reports, Levon Aronian, Magnus, Carlsen, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Viswanathan Anand are among the participants of the tournament.
Grand Chess Tour: Levon Aronian to replace Vladimir KramnikPanARMENIAN.Net

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I try to have a 60 per cent equity and 40 per cent debt ratio in my portfolio: Viswanathan Anand - Economic Times

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 11:51pm

I try to have a 60 per cent equity and 40 per cent debt ratio in my portfolio: Viswanathan Anand
Economic Times
"I wanted to see the tax proposals especially with the churn we saw in the financial world this year. The government got a lot of money through demonetisation, which gives them a lot of flexibility in other areas. I'm also curious about electronic ...

Adhiban catapults to World No. 58 - The Hindu

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 6:37pm

The Hindu

Adhiban catapults to World No. 58
The Hindu
The Indians in the top-100 list are, five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand who retained his sixth spot with a rating of 2786, P. Hari Krishna (14th, 2758), Adhiban (58th, 2682), K. Sasikiran (70th, 2674), Vidit Gujrathi (71st, 2673), Parimarjan ...

I-League: Willis Plaza guides East Bengal FC to 2-0 victory over Mumbai FC - Hindustan Times

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 10:05am

Hindustan Times

I-League: Willis Plaza guides East Bengal FC to 2-0 victory over Mumbai FC
Hindustan Times
When East Bengal FC last beat Mumbai FC, Barrack Obama hadn't yet been sworn in for his second term as president of the USA, Magnus Carlsen was not even a challenger to Viswanathan Anand and Spain were still the world's football champions.

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Wesley emerges No. 2 in the world - The Manila Times

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 8:51am

Wesley emerges No. 2 in the world
The Manila Times
GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia was at fourth spot with 2811.0 followed by GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France (2798.7), GM Hikaru Nakamura of the US (2792.9), GM Viswanathan Anand of India (2786.0), GM Levon Aronian of Armenia (2784.5), GM ...

Adhiban jumps 43 places, catapults to World No. 58 - Sportstarlive

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 8:02am

Sportstarlive

Adhiban jumps 43 places, catapults to World No. 58
Sportstarlive
The Indians in the top-100 list are, five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand who retained his sixth spot with a rating of 2786, P. Hari Krishna (14th, 2758), Adhiban (58th, 2682), K. Sasikiran (70th, 2674), Vidit Gujrathi (71st, 2673), Parimarjan ...

Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines - Chess.com

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 4:01am

Chess.com

Carlsen, So In Grand Chess Tour; Kramnik Declines
Chess.com
Besides Carlsen and So, they are Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, and Levon Aronian. These nine players will all compete in the 2017 Sinquefield Cup (31 July-12 ...

When the Australian Open match led Viswanathan Anand to pitch for a proposal - Economic Times

Tue, 01/31/2017 - 4:49am

When the Australian Open match led Viswanathan Anand to pitch for a proposal
Economic Times
Nerve-racking moments from the Australian Open are still buzzing in tennis fans' minds. And as Roger Federer lifted the cup as the new champion, his comment on tennis not having draws had another champ, Viswanathan Anand, pitch for a proposal.

Youngsters should know history of Indian sport: Sachin - Gulf Times

Mon, 01/30/2017 - 2:21pm

Gulf Times

Youngsters should know history of Indian sport: Sachin
Gulf Times
... has Brazilian football legend Pele's 1970 World Cup-winning shirt, the 2010 World Cup match football, India's first Test cricket captain CK Nayudu's Allahabad Bank passbook with a bank balance of Rs 346, and chess ace Viswanathan Anand's used board ...

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