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Legends of Chess: Viswanathan Anand crashes to seventh defeat; Magnus Carlsen overcomes Ian Nepomniachtchi's challenge
4 years, 5 months ago

Legends of Chess: Viswanathan Anand crashes to seventh defeat; Magnus Carlsen overcomes Ian Nepomniachtchi's challenge

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Viswanathan Anand lies last in the Legends of Chess table with six points with Ding Liren and Peter Leko. Chennai: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand crashed to his seventh defeat in the USD 150,000 Legends of Chess online tournament, going down 0.5-2.5 to world No.3 Ding Liren in the eighth round. World No.1 Magnus Carlsen overcame the challenge of Russian …

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Legends of Chess: Anand faces must-win situation
4 years, 5 months ago

Legends of Chess: Anand faces must-win situation

The Hindu  

Following a tame surrender in the second game, Viswanathan Anand was staring at a must-win situation in Game Four after Ian Nepomniachtchi took a 2-1 lead in their sixth-round clash in chess24 Legends of Chess on Sunday. After Peter Leko bounced back to beat Anand 3-2 in the fifth round, the struggling Indian came up with a series of fine …

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Legends of Chess: Leko draws level as Anand falters in fourth game
4 years, 5 months ago

Legends of Chess: Leko draws level as Anand falters in fourth game

The Hindu  

Viswanathan Anand finally tasted victory after Peter Leko walked into a checkmating net in the first game but a serious blunder in the fourth game left the scores level at 2-2 in the fourth round of chess24 Legends of Chess on Saturday. In an all Russia-clash, Nepomniachtchi led Peter Svidler after winning the third game. After a draw in the …

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Anand runs out of time to leave Giri as the winner
4 years, 5 months ago

Anand runs out of time to leave Giri as the winner

The Hindu  

After objectively gaining a position of strength, Viswanathan Anand ran out of time in the tie-breaking Armageddon game and that gave Anish Giri a 3-2 victory in the fourth round of chess.com Legends of Chess on Friday. READ| Earlier, Magnus Carlsen blanked Boris Gelfand 3-0, a first result of this kind, to stay ahead with 12 points. Another interesting battle …

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Legends of Chess: Legends of Chess: Anand, Giri level after three games
4 years, 5 months ago

Legends of Chess: Legends of Chess: Anand, Giri level after three games

The Hindu  

A day after Viswanathan Anand and Anish Giri lost their matches in three straight games, the duo was involved in a battle of equals over the first three games of the fourth round of chess24 Legends of Chess on Friday. Even as joint overnight leader Magnus Carlsen brushed aside Boris Gelfand 3-0 after the veteran committed uncharacteristic blunders in the …

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Legends of Chess: Carlsen tames Anand, Giri trumps Kramnik
4 years, 5 months ago

Legends of Chess: Carlsen tames Anand, Giri trumps Kramnik

The Hindu  

Viswanathan Anand kept pace with World champion Magnus Carlsen at 1.5-1.5 after three drawn encounters in the second round of the chess24 Legends of Chess on Wednesday. Second round final results: Magnus Carlsen 2.5-1.5 Viswanathan Anand ; Ian Nepomniachtchi 2.5-0.5 Ding Liren ; Vassily Ivanchuk 1.5-2.5 Boris Gelfand ; Peter Svidler 2.5-1.5 Peter Leko ; Vladimir Kramnik 1.5-2.5 Anish Giri …

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Legends of Chess: Anand goes down to Svidler in opening round
4 years, 5 months ago

Legends of Chess: Anand goes down to Svidler in opening round

The Hindu  

In mutual time-trouble, Viswanathan Anand's one-move blunder in a winning position cost him the match against Peter Svidler in the opening round of chess24 Legends of Chess online event on Tuesday. After the first three games ended in draws, Anand moved into an advantageous position in the fourth but blundered away a bishop soon to resign immediately after Svidler had …

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Legends of Chess: Anand and Svidler draw first three games
4 years, 5 months ago

Legends of Chess: Anand and Svidler draw first three games

The Hindu  

Viswanathan Anand and Peter Svidler drew the first three games of their best-of-four first round encounter in the chess24 Legends of Chess online event on Tuesday. The results: Round One: Game One: Viswanathan Anand drew with Peter Svidler ; Anish Giri drew with Magnus Carlsen ; Vladimir Kramnik drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi ; Peter Leko drew with Vassily Ivanchuk ; …

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Kick It Out says it did reach out to Jonathan Leko after Kiko Casilla racist abuse
4 years, 10 months ago

Kick It Out says it did reach out to Jonathan Leko after Kiko Casilla racist abuse

Daily Mail  

Kick It Out chief Troy Townsend admitted he had let Jonathan Leko down after the West Brom winger said he was not properly supported after suffering racial abuse. Jonathan Leko said he received 'no support at all' from Kick It Out after he was racially abused by Leeds United goalkeeper Kiko Casilla - something refuted by the anti-racism organisation Casilla …

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Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla banned for eight games for racially abusing Jonathan Leko
4 years, 10 months ago

Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla banned for eight games for racially abusing Jonathan Leko

Daily Mail  

Leeds keeper Kiko Casillas has been banned for eight games following a five month investigation into allegations he called Charlton striker Jonathan Leko the N-word. Leeds United goalkeeper Kiko Casilla has been found guilty of racially abusing Jonathan Leko Casilla has been banned for eight games and fined £60,000 for abusing Leko in September Sportsmail revealed at the time that …

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FA investigating alleged racist abuse of Charlton's Leko
5 years, 3 months ago

FA investigating alleged racist abuse of Charlton's Leko

The Hindu  

The Football Association is investigating an allegation that Charlton Athletic's Jonathan Leko suffered racist abuse from an opposition player in Saturday's match against Leeds United. Referee John Brooks was notified during the fixture at The Valley, which Charlton won 1-0, and both clubs have confirmed the Football Association is looking at the matter. Charlton stated on its official website: "Charlton …

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