BONN, Germany — World chess champion Viswanathan Anand inched closer to retaining his title with a draw Friday against Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik in the eighth game of their championship ...

BONN, Germany — India’s Viswanathan Anand beat challenger Vladimir Kramnik again on Tuesday to put another nail in the coffin of the Russian challenger’s fading hope of reclaiming the world chess ...

Vishy Anand is the best player in the world, playing vibrant and exciting chess. In the past two years, the results of the top two Russians, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, are pale in comparison ...

CHESS THE world championship tournament of 2007 shaped up as a battle of eight relative equals. Champion Vladimir Kramnik had the best record against his rivals – but it was only 53½ percent in more ...

Viswanathan Anand of India retained his world chess title Wednesday by drawing with the white pieces against Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik. The 24-move draw came in the 11th of a possible 12 ...

Way back in the day, it was a very rare sighting: a game pitting two ex-world champions. Morphy hardly played a serious game after winning the crown. Steinitz and Lasker hogged the title for decades.

Anand has seen the chess evolution from close quarters. Ever since his breakthrough in the 1980s, he has remained a leading ...