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ANAND TO REGAIN NO. 2 SPOT IN RANKING
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 26: VISWANATHAN Anand, who won the Corus Grandmasters Chess title for the second year in succession, should ascend to the second place in the next rating list.
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Corus sways to the melody of Anand's winning tune
DECCAN HERALD, Jan. 26, 2004 - Wijk Aan Zee: In the end, tie-breaks were not needed at all. It seemed fitting justice that the player who played the best chess won without the aid of calculators.
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ANAND WINS CORUS FOURTH TIME, JOINS ELITE IN CHESS HISTORY
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 26: Viswanathan Anand overtook Garry Kasparov and joined an elite band of chess champions to have won the prestigious Corus Grandmasters chess tournament four times.
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ANAND DRAWS FINAL ROUND, ASSURED TOP SPOT
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 25: Viswanathan Anand made minimum fuss of his last round game against Ivan Sokolov to draw in just 14 moves and ensure that he retained the Corus Grandmasters chess title at the De Moriaan Sports Centre in Wijk Aan Zee.
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ANAND SHOCKED BY TOPALOV, BUT STILL KEEPS LEAD
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 25: Viswanathan Anand’s unbeaten record a Corus since 1998 was brought to an end by Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the penultimate round of the 66th edition of
the Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee.
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RELAXED DRAW KEEPS ANAND IN CLEAR LEAD
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 23: VISWANATHAN Anand comfortably ahead by a full point did not have to exert himself as he played a relaxed draw with Michael Adams in the 10th round of the 66th Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament at the de Moriaan Sports Centre. That half point gleaned from a mere 18 moves of a Sicilian game.
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ANAND HEAVY FAVOURITE TO RETAIN TITLE
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 22: VISWANATHAN Anand, India’s greatest Mind Champion, is well on his way to retaining his Corus Grandmastes Chess title and starting the new year with a bang. Anand, who has shown a perfect blend of aggression, caution and innovation in the nine rounds so far is a clear leader by one point with four more rounds to go.
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ANAND DRAWS WITH KRAMNIK, BUT INCREASES LEAD
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 21: Two of the best chess players of modern times Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik played a highly exciting draw in the ninth round of the 66th Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament.
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ANAND KEEPS SOLE LEAD WITH THIRD SUCCESSIVE WIN
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 20: WITH five more rounds to go, defending champion Viswanathan Anand put himself on the road to retaining his title at the Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament. The Indian star registered his third win in as many rounds, and fourth overall in eight rounds.
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ANAND BEATS ZHANG, MOVES INTO SOLE LEAD
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 19: VISWANATHAN Anand meeting Zhang Zhong for the first time across the board scored a smooth and near effortless win to not only register his first win with black pieces in the 66th edition of the Corus Grandmasters Chess
tournament, but also moved into sole lead at the end of the seventh round, just past the half way mark in the 13-round Category 19 tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
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ANAND MAINTAINS SUPERIORITY OVER SHIROV, SAYS IN LEAD
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 18: Viswanathan Anand and three others of the five men who shared the lead after the previous round duly found the winning lines and cointinued to share the
lead after six rounds in the 66th Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament at the De Moriaan Centre. All four winners, Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams and Veselin Topalov played with white pieces.
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ANAND PLAYS FOURTH STRAIGHT DRAW, STAYS IN JOINT LEAD
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 16: Viswanathan Anand played out his fourth successive draw and continued to share the lead with four others at the end of the fifth round of the 66th Corus Grandmasters chess tournament at the De Moriaan sports centre in Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands.
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ANAND HELD TO A DRAW BY BOLOGAN IN FOURTH ROUND
JANUARY 15, 2004: VISWANATHAN Anand missed out a possible win in the fourth round against
Vioral Bologan at the 66th Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament at the De
Moriaan Centre in this seaside resort of Wjik Aan Zee. Anand, the NIIT Brand
Ambassador, playing with white had a possible chance around the 18th move,
but he overlooked it and in the end had to settle for a draw that took his
tally to 2.5 points from four games.
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ANAND PLAYS QUICK DRAW WITH VAN WELY, STAYS IN LEAD
JANUARY 14, 2004: Viswanathan Anand seeing that he had little chance to press for a win with his black pieces decided to rest content with a draw in his third round game against Dutch champion, Loek Van Wely in the 66th Corus Grandmasters chess tournament.
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I REALLY WANT TO BEAT KASPAROV
JANUARY 13, 2004: It is always a pleasure to interview Viswanathan Anand . The Grandmaster was nursing a sprained back when Special Contributing Correspondent Shobha Warrier met him. After an extremely hectic fortnight in India he was preparing to leave for Spain the next morning. Despite the pain, despite having given umpteen interviews, he was relaxed and patient, and spoke for nearly an hour.
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ANAND EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH CHESS MEDIA IN WIJK
JANUARY 13, 2004: Viswanathan Anand is not just popular champion but also an extremely
likeable person, not just the chess media, but everybody in general.
Currently leading the 66th edition of the Corus Grandmasters Chess
tournament in the Dutch seaside resort of Wjik Aan Zee, Anand, has once
again captivated the local chess followers and the media in Wijk.
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ANAND SCORES OVER AKOPIAN, MOVES INTO LEAD
JANUARY 12, 2004: VISWANATHAN Anand lived up to his style of playing aggressive and dangerously attacking chess to score a full point over the first day’s star, Vladimir Akopian of Armenia, in the second round of the 66th Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament at the De Moriaan Hall at the seaside resort
of Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. The exciting game also earned the NIIT Brand Ambassador, his first Spectator’s Award for the Best Game of the Day in the ongoing tournament.
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THEY'VE GOT GAME
JANUARY 12, 2004: They are the stuff legends are made of. Vishwanathan Anand made a career out of the perfect moves, Sania Mirza hit bull's eye with the perfect shots. The duo spells unalloyed success in their sporting encounters.
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ANAND DRAW AGAINST LEKO IN OPENING GAME
JANUARY 11, 2004: DEFENDING champion Viswanathan Anand opened his campaign in the 66th Corus Grandmasters with a draw against Hungarian Peter Leko in in the opening game. The game lasted 23 moves from a Sicilian Paulsen, an opening that of the Leko seemed to have prepared well for against the Mind Champion Anand had black pieces in this opening game.
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ANAND MEETS LEKO IN OPENING ROUND
JANUARY 10, 2004: DEFENDING CHAMPION Viswanathan Anand of India will take on Hungarian prodigy Peter Leko in the first round of the 66th edition of the Corus Grandmasters Chess Tournament at Wijk Aan Zee. Actual play begins late on Saturday evening in this small but windy, cold and picturesque Dutch seaside town.
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ANAND GETS READY TO DEFEND HIS CORUS CHESS TITLE IN HOLLAND
JANUARY 9, 2004: Mind Champion Viswanathan Anand, who refutes the saying that ‘Nice Guys finish last’ takes on a world class field as he gets reay to defend his Corus Grandmasters Chess title in cold and windy city of Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. The Indian superstar, who spent a few weeks at home in Chennai beides touring India with his sponsors, NIIT, is back in Holland, where he has thrice won this super Grandmasters event.
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