Vishwanathan Anand

India placed alongside France & Belarus in Pool B of the online FIDE Chess Olympiad

India has been placed alongside France, Belarus and Azerbaijan among others in Pool B of the top division in the second-ever online FIDE Chess Olympiad that will start from the 8th of September and will end on the 15th of September 2021.

Indian team will be led by Viswanathan Anand in the online Chess Olympiad

Anand, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, P Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, R Pragganandhaa, Koneru Humpy, D Harika, Tania Sachdev, Bhakti Kulkarni, R Vaishali, and B Savitha Shri are among the members of the team.

Vladimir Kramnik held Viswanathan Anand to a draw in No-Castling chess

The match is part of the Russian GM's creation of "No-Castling" chess.

Viswanathan Anand returns to action after a year

Aamir Khan reveals that he would be honoured to play Vishwanathan Anand in Chess Grandmaster’s biopic

Aamir Khan announced that he would be honoured to play the lead in the much-anticipated biopic on Indian Chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, which is presently under production and will be co-produced by Aanand L Rai and Mahaveer Jain.