Hindu (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
NEW DELHI: K. Sasikiran drew with Vladimir Kramnik and P. Hari Krishna stunned Peter Svidler as India matched favourite Russia 1.5-1.5 with one game in progress in the fourth round of the Chess Olympiad at Dresden, Germany, on Sunday. A ...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand known as the "The Tiger from Madras" has retained his world title with victory over Russian Vladimir Kramnik.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
There is a story about Vladimir Kramnik's surprise win over Gary Kasparov back in 2000. The younger K had drawn inspiration from ice hockey matches on TV.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
The sword of Damocles that hung over Vladimir Kramnik's head finally fell as Viswanathan Anand grabbed a draw in the 11th game even as the Russian challenger tried his level best to create imbalances and make something of it and prolong his stay in the title-clash.
EvolutionBlog (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Vladimir Kramnik has announced his intention to fight to the end of the big chess match, and games nine and ten have certainly been his best efforts yet. When last we checked in (pun intended), Kramnik was down three points with four games to go in the big chess match. Playing black in Sunday's Game Nine, Kramnik played the Semi-Slav with black. And why not? It's been working...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
With his back to the wall, Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik won game 10 against world chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India in Germany on Monday to keep their title match going.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
Viswanathan Anand's hopes of winning the title on the eve of Diwali were spectacularly crushed by Vladimir Kramnik
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
Vladimir Kramnik finally won a game today. He played g3 against Anand's Nimzo-Indian and made winning look surprisingly easy. See Chessdom for the moves. Anand now leads 6-4 with two games to play. As Kramnik's comeback shows, 12 games is too few for a world championship match.
BJP (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
Bonn, Oct 27 (IANS) Vladimir Kramnik with his back to the wall finally struck back against defending champion Viswanathan Anand with a confidence-boosting win that still kept him on the edge but gave him chance to stay alive in the 12-game match. Needing to win to stay in the match Kramnik won in 29 moves to [...]
Moscow (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Hold the Coronation: Kramnik Draws Game 9, Wins Game 10 By Dylan Loeb McClain On the brink of retaining the world ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
ChessKramnik fans seek reasons for impending debacle Rakesh Rao CHESS / Russian media flooded with questions BONN: Even as Viswanathan Anand prepares to give a grand Deepavali gift to Indians all over the world, crestfallen Russians are looking for reasons to justify Vladimir Kramnik’s impending debacle.Brilliance In sharp contrast to the expectations of a close contest, Anand’s...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Kramnik shows class in draw Friday , October 24 , 2008 GMSPEAK Pravin Thipsay The seventh game of the World Chess Championship match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and the challenger, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, ended in an exciting draw after three hours and 36 moves in Bonn. Throughout, the game looked like a battle between two real champions with Kramnik...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Careful defense brought Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik a draw against world chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India on Thursday in the seventh game of their championship match.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Bonn: Viswanathan Anand looks all set to retain his World Champion title when the battle against Russian Vladimir Kramnik resumes here Thursday after a rest day.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
India's Viswanathan Anand beat challenger Vladimir Kramnik again on Tuesday to put another nail in the coffin of the Russian challenger's fast-disappearing hopes of reclaiming the chess world championship.
