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Chess news: Anand and Carlsen Triumphant -- Last week was a busy time for some of the world's top chess players, most of them being involved in rapid chess exhibition matches. Yesterday, the world chess champion Vishy Anand of India defeated Peter Leko in an eight-game match in Miskolc, Hungary, with the score 5-3. Magnus Carlsen of Norway won yesterday's dramatic final of the XXII Magistral Ciudad de Leon in Leon, Spain, against one of the world's most active chess players, Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, with a 4-3 score. Ivanchuk came to Leon directly from Prague, where he participated in the CEZ Trophy eight-game rapid chess match at the end of May against the top Czech grandmaster David Navara ... Favorites Win in Hungary, Spain and Sweden, but Not in China -- The expected results materialized in three chess events that ended in Europe on Sunday, but in the Chinese chess championship, there was an unlikely, and unheralded champion after a favorite faltered. In Hungary, Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, beat Peter Leko, Hungary’s top chess player, in an eight-game rapid match. The final score was 5 to 3. The match between Leko and a hand-picked opponent has become an annual tradition since 2005. This year, Leko did not manage to make any dent in his formidable opponent. Anand won the second and fifth games and the rest were drawn. Anand’s wins, one with each color, were in Grunfeld Defenses ... Larry Evans on Chess: Colossal egos -- "Chess is vanity," observed former world chess champion Alexander Alekhine. Indeed, humility is a rare affliction among chess experts. Efim Bogoljubov was a born optimist unperturbed by losses, and Alekhine used him as a punching bag in two title matches while ducking his arch rival, Jose Capablanca. (Capa refused to pose with a film star, saying, "Why should I give her publicity?") In his heyday, Bogoljubov boasted, "When I am white, I win because I have the first move. When I am black, I win because I am Bogoljubov." He claimed that Alekhine hypnotized him and blithely explained away his steady losses to the new generation: "The young demons ... | |