Indian and British players in World Chess semi-final

Chess: Viswanathan Anand of India and Nigel Short of Britain have reached the semi-finals of the World Chess Championships in Holland.

In the quarter-finals, Short beat his Polish rival Michal Krasenkov two-nil.

Viswanathan Anand followed up his win over Spain's Alexei Shirov in the first game with a draw in the second.

He is expected to play his semi-final match on Tuesday.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service