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Viswanathan Anand wins World Rapid Chess Championship ON  DECEMBER 29, 2017  BY  NARESH SAGAR LEAVE A COMMENT EDIT Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand has won the World Rapid Chess Championship in Riyadh. The former world champion remained unbeaten through the tournament and came back strongly to bag the top position on a tie-break after a three-way tie with Russians Vladimir Fedoseev and Ian Nepomniachtchi at 10.5 points from a possible 15. The Chennai ace then defeated Fedoseev 2-0 in a two-game tie-break to win the trophy yesterday. The 48-year-old Anand has thus claimed his first rapid world title since 2003. After winning the title Anand said he entered the tournament in a “pessimistic” frame of mind but managed to surprise himself and the world with an unbeaten campaign. He described the win against Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen as the crucial moment in the tournament. President Ram Nath Kovind has congratulated Viswanathan Anand for winning...

St. Petersburg blast, 8 hospitalized ON  DECEMBER 28, 2017  BY  NARESH SAGAR LEAVE A COMMENT EDIT A total of thirteen people were injured in Wednesday’s explosion in a storage locker at a busy St. Petersburg supermarket in the northeast of Russia, according to the city’s deputy governor Anna Mityanina. The earlier-reported figure of ten injuries proved to be an underestimate. The condition of five of the eight victims remaining in hospital is of intermediate severity, the rest are in a satisfactory condition. The explosion, equivalent to 200 grams of TNT, was caused by a homemade explosive device filled with lethal fragments. An investigation is currently underway. Gunman opens fire on schoolchildren in Turkey ON  DECEMBER 28, 2017  BY  NARESH SAGAR LEAVE A COMMENT EDIT At least seven people, including five children, have been wounded in Gaziantep, Turkey on Wednesday, local media reported. An unidentified gunman, armed...