Viswanathan Anand in quarters of London Classics

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 17:22

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand found his way to the knockout stage in the London Chess Classic with an easy draw against tailender Andrei Istratescu of France in the fifth round of the preliminaries that concluded here at the Olympia.

`Birthday boy` Anand back in the London Classic

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 19:28

Shrugging off the disappointment of losing the World Championship to Magnus Carlsen, Indian GM Viswanathan Anand is all set to be back in competitive circuit taking part in the prestigious London Chess Classics, which is currently underway here.

Old classics are national heritage, should be restored: Farooque Sheikh

Last Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013, 12:56

Restoring classics is like "restoring heritage", says seasoned actor Farooque Shiekh, who rues that many good films perished but is happy over steps being taken to save other masterpieces like his ‘Chashme Buddoor’.

Literary classics now in Braille

Last Updated: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 21:19

The Chennai-based Third Eye Charitable Trust has transcribed 19 popular classics in Bengali and English into Braille.

Kulraj enjoyed Hollywood classics during `...Chandni` shoot

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 19:01

Kulraj Randhawa made good use of her free time while shooting ‘Chaar Din Ki Chandni’.

Bollywood goes looking for a hit in old remakes

Last Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 13:29

Success of Karan Johar`s `Agneepath` and Shah Rukh Khan`s `Don` has opened door for many more remakes of old hits in Bollywood.

Anand draws with Aronian in Chess Classics

Last Updated: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 20:28

Viswanathan Anand`s hopes of catching up with his rivals has almost ended after he played out a draw with Levon Aronian.

Anand draws with Kramnik in Chess Classics

Last Updated: Saturday, December 10, 2011, 09:39

World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with former challenger Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the seventh round of London Chess Classics here.