Leon: World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan put up a splendid show to beat Alexei Shirov of Spain 3-1 in the first semifinal of the 18th Magistral Ciudad de Leon chess tournament here.

Kasimdzhanov struck another major surprise of the championship and now leads the six-game match 1.5-0.5. It may be recalled that coming to the finals, the Uzbek had shown the exit door to three of the ...

Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of FIDE World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan in the first game of the final. LEON: Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocking defeat at ...

Grandmaster B Adhiban continued to stay in joint lead after holding former world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan to an easy draw in the fourth round of the Asian Chess Championship. The day ...

Defending champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov handed Viswanathan Anand [Images] a crushing defeat in the fourth round of the World Chess Championship being played in San Luis, Argentina. The loss proved ...

Bonn, Germany: Indian ace Viswanathan Anand named former world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov as one of his seconds for the high-profile World Championship match against Russian Grandmaster Vladimir ...

Top seed Grandmaster Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria made his exit from the World Chess Championship after a second straight defeat against GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan in the semi-final ...

World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand will go into the World Chess Championship 2013 without two of his main team members: Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan and Peter Heine Nielsen of Denmark. Rustam ...