CHENNAI, FEBRUARY 2: Viswanathan Anand will participate in the Wydra International Rapid Chess Tournament at Haifa (Israel) from February 3-5. Anand had won the previous edition of the event in 1998.LIC new leadersNAGPUR: LIC took lead over Venus Chess Academy players in the 23rd BPCL National Team Chess Championship.Results (round points followed by cumulative total): Indian Airlines (1.5; 15.5) lost to PSCB (2.5; 16.5); Venus Chess Academy (.5; 14.5); lost to LIC (3.5; 17); Maharashtra (3; 14.5) bt Indian Railways (1; 14); BSB (3.5; 15.5) bt ICF (.5; 12); Tamil Nadu (2.5; 13.5) bt T Nagar Chess Academy (1.5; 11.5); Gujarat (1.5; 12) lost to Nagpur Youth (2.5; 12.5); VCA (3.5; 12.5) bt Gondia (.5; 9.5); Uttar Pradesh (3.5; 10.5) bt Nagpur Chess Academy-II (.5; 8); Champion Chess Academy (0; 3.5) lost to Air Force (4; 12); Nagpur Chess Academy-Kids (1.5; 7.5) lost to Nagpur Chess Academy-I (2.5; 6).
