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Viswanathan Anand reunited with his family in Chennai after completing a seven-day institutional quarantine in Bengaluru.

Viswanathan Anand finally returned to India on Saturday after being stuck in Germany for over three months due to the travel restrictions imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

India played out a 2-2 draw against Europe in Online Nations Cup chess tournament in the eighth round, a setback after their first win in the event notched up against the Rest of the World.

Viswanathan Anand's wife is relieved that the Indian embassy is in constant touch with him and he is doing fine.

Organised by the International Chess Federation and Chess.com, the six-team event is touted to be the richest online team tournament with a prize money of USD 180,000.

The online chess charity event raised Rs 8.8 lakh for the waste pickers' community fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Viswanathan Anand reflected on sports amid the worldwide coronavirus lockdown and said chess seems to have coped well so far.

Five leading players Vidit Gujrathi, P Harikrishna and B Adhiban, Koneru Humpy and Dharika, alongside Viswanathan Anand had participated in an online chess exhibition and helped raise Rs 4.5 lakh for the PM-CARES Fund.

The prestigious Candidates tournament was stopped after seven rounds after the hosts Russia decided to ban all flights into and out of the country owing to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Viswanathan Anand had gone to Germany to take part in the Bundesliga Chess tournament and was slated to return on March 16.

Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy will lead India's men's and women's teams respectively in the Chess Olympiad to be held in Moscow.

World rapid champion Koneru Humpy and fellow Indian Dronavalli Harika settled for contrasting draws in the fourth round of the Cairns Cup chess tournament.

Anand and world champion Magnus Carlsen rang the bell at Eden Gardens on the second day of India's first-ever pink ball Test against Bangladesh in November last year.

Viswanathan Anand was held to an easy draw by Dutch hopeful Jorden Van Foreest in the sixth round of Tata Steel Masters.

Viswanathan Anand remained winless for the fourth round running, while world champion Magnus Carlsen registered his 111th game without losing, surpassing a 15-year-old record.

Koneru Humpy said it was a dream to win a world title but the triumph in the blitz format surprised even herself.

Koneru Humpy, who had claimed the World Women's Rapid Chess Championship title on Saturday, lost the final three games on Day 2 to bow out of the Blitz competition.

The Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy outwitted China's Lei Tingjie in a dramatic Armageddon battle to win the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship.