Bastia (France): World champion Viswanathan Anand took an early lead by winning the first game of the rapid match against former World champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in 46 moves here on Sunday.Anand played it safe and got an easy draw with black pieces in the second game to lead the four-game match...
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Ajaccio (France): World Champion Viswanathan Anand tamed former World Champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in successive two encounters to win the rapid four-game chess series 3.5-0.5 here.The Indian, who was leading the series 1.5-0.5 after winning the first game and drawing the second with the Russian at Bastia, beat Karpov in both the remaining games to ensure a spectacular victory.It was a Queen’s...
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World Champion Viswanathan Anand tamed former World Champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in successive two encounters to win the rapid four-game chess series 3.5-0.5 here.The Indian, who was leading the series 1.5-0.5 after winning the first game and drawing the second with the Russian at Bastia, beat Karpov in both the remaining games to ensure a spectacular victory.It was a Queen's gambit declined by...
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former world champion Kimi Raikkonen has confirmed he will take a one-year sabbatical from Formula One next season and says it is uncertain whether he will return in 2011.The Finnish driver, the 2007 champion, was replaced by Fernando Alonso at Ferrari and says he prefers to take a year off and wait for a place with a competitive team after failing to reach a deal with McLaren, who opted to sign the...
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cueists were on the top with former world champion Pankaj Advani leading the Indian challenge at the ISBF World Snooker Championship crushing Australian Daniel Thorp 4-0 while veteran Geet Sethi also open his campaign in style in the master section here today.The only shock on the opening day of 10-day event was the stunning defeat of Indian number one women Meenal Thakur. But her compatriot number...
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a day of mixed fortunes for Indian cuiests, former World Champion Pankaj Advani, Veteran Geet Sethi and former Asian Champ Yasin Merchant alongwith the Indian eves Vidya Pillai, Chitra Magimairaj and Praveena, kept up their momentum posting their second victory in the 35th IBSF world snooker championship-2009 here today.But the India's national Champion Meenal Thakur and Suniti Damani, faltered while...
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: On a day of mixed fortunes for Indian cuiests, former World Champion Pankaj Advani, Veteran Geet Sethi and former Asian Champ Yasin Merchant alongwith the Indian eves Vidya Pillai, Chitra Magimairaj and Praveena, kept up their momentum posting their second victory in the 35th IBSF world snooker championship-2009 here today.But India's national Champion Meenal Thakur and Suniti Damani, faltered while...
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size="2"> Bastia, France: World champion Viswanathan Anand took an early lead by winning the first game of the rapid match against former world champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia here.
Anand played it safe and got an easy draw with black pieces in the second game to lead the four-game match 1.5-0.5. The remaining two games of the match will be played at Ajaccio on Monday....
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21: Formula One champion Jenson Button may have been forced out of Brawn GP to make way for Michael Schumacher. The possible reason why Button opted to partner Lewis Hamilton at McLaren became clear after seven-time former world champion’s comeback talks with Brawn were revealed.
Schumacher met old friend Ross Brawn at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this month. He is set to...
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Amid a record 106 break in the third frame, former World Champion Pankaj Advani, the Indian favourite, had to garner all his skills to down Philip Williams of Wales 4-3 to move into the knock-out stage in the 35th IBSF World Snooker Championships here on the third day, as host India had mixed luck with the shock defeat of veteran cueist Geet Sethi.Pankaj took the first frame 66-48, only to be equalled...
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