There is only one answer to the claim that kasparov is a boring player: the game kasparov- topalov, wijk aan zee 1999 !! in fact, kasparov has to be the greatest attacking player since alekhine. anand is fantastic and its a pity that he is kasparov's contemporary (as would be the case for anyone but kramnik). a slightly different era and he would have been the best player in the world.
I have followed Anands career and I am sure that he will top 2800. The loss against Kasparov was just because he wasnt prepared in the openings. I think that Anand is the most exciting chess player today. Kramnik, Kasparov are have very boring playing styles. Noone is as exciting as Anand and hes the best rapid chess player in the world. Noone can challenge Anands superiority in rapid chess not even Kasparov!!
RE:Anand will top 2800
by rajendra prasad on Oct 24, 2004 01:06 AM
1999 kasparov-topalov may figure in the top 10 games of the century but it is not the best.go back to 1912.what abt the marshall's game? how many of capa's games have you seen. you do that and i am sure you will change your opinion.
Just what the writer means by "After a bad year which saw him drop to world No. 2" ? When on earth WAS Anand No 1 in the world? For the last three years or so he has been number 3, and that is where he stays now. Before that too, he was only number 2 on ratings list.
These articles are often linked in various chess-sites of the world and make laughing stock of the chess-knowledge of our journalists.
Can't some more knowledgeable journalists be commissioned for the interviews?
