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http://www.chessmexico.com/es/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=455&Itemid=114 ...... .............. Anand captivates, Kramnik dissapoints PDF Print E-mail
LEONTXO GARCIA
The eleven round of the World Chess Championship was a true demonstration of how chess should always be: a long, interesting and beautiful battle between two players motivated by different reasons, Viswanathan Anand and Alexander Morozevich. It also demonstrated what should never happen, two uninspired players with no courage at all to fight, Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk, and the problem is that the first one still is the actual champion. Everything indicates that Anand will take his place on Saturday.
During the press conference we heard Kramnik's saying: "If I didn't accept the draw offered by Grischuk [after only 13 moves!], I would have offended him". That phrase outraged the veteran journalist Arturo Xicot%uFFFDncatl, who replied to the champion: "Don't you think that you are the one offending the crowd of fans that follow you on the Internet?" The Russian explained once more the supposed balance of the position, but the truth is that he convinces no one. Only a severe sickness could justify such behaviour, but Kramnik has no signs for it throughout this Championship.
The second leader (up to now) of the competition, Boris Gelfand, also quit easily after 22 moves in a position full of life against Peter Svidler. How many more
RE:great anand!
by t games on Sep 27, 2007 11:46 AM
The second leader (up to now) of the competition, Boris Gelfand, also quit easily after 22 moves in a position full of life against Peter Svidler. How many more examples will FIDE and the elite tournament organizers need to prohibit the draw offers?
Fortunately for the dignity of chess, Anand and Morozevich played a good and interesting duel right from the start. The Indian knew that winning this game would leave him very near from the crown; therefore he worked consequently, squeezing the position to the maximum, moving his knight from an ineffective square into a magnificent one. On the other hand, Morozevich, always creative and fearless, tried by his counterplay to stop and difficulty Anand's attack as much as possible. Meanwhile Peter Leko and Levon Aronian got involved into a combat worthy of respect, but less attractive, that concluded as a draw.
Anand's valiant knight arrived to his golden area, but Morozevich found a way to create serious doubts on his opponent, emphasized due to the perspective of having the title just around the block. "There were several moments where I didn't understand what was happening on the board", recognized Anand, who will be Black in the next two rounds, vs. Gelfand and Svidler. The ending could not be more exciting: Anand sacrificed his Queen, and offered his Rook in order to allow his valiant Knight to give the mortal step that assured the crowning of a pawn. Morozevich, who contributed to produce the beauty, had no more choice but to
RE:RE:great anand!
by t games on Sep 27, 2007 11:46 AM
The ending could not be more exciting: Anand sacrificed his Queen, and offered his Rook in order to allow his valiant Knight to give the mortal step that assured the crowning of a pawn. Morozevich, who contributed to produce the beauty, had no more choice but to accept his defeat with all the dignity which Kramnik, Grischuk, Gelfand and Svidler didn't show on this Tuesday.
Fortunately, humans forget more easily bad moments and hold on to good times. We shall never forget Anand's performance on the 11th round of the World Chess Championship in Mexico.
Anand doesn't require anybody's adulation or the media coverage or any appreciation from Ministers and low class politicians . He is "a cut above " all, a Gem of India.
away from the hypes and bustles of worldcup cricket win, Vishy anand goes on and on his victory laps silently in the backstage of indian sports scene without bothering at all about the adulations of the kind received by his cricket crazy fans knowing fully well that he is on the top of the world and rules there for long, adored by the whole world for his skills and artistry in the brain game, he is truly a silent killer and silent thriller sukalp
Ok so come Sunday we will most probably know for sure that V Anand is the new World Chess Champion. He already is the #1 player in the World as per FIDE rating points. He is currently leading the World Championship with 3 rounds to go and has a great chance of winning the World Cup.
There will be no politicians holding felicitation ceremonies for him. There will be no ticker tape procession for him. There will be no cash awards announced, no sports car, no house. I trust there will be a few mandatory congratulatory messages from the PM, etc.
The media will make a small mention of it somewhere in passing between their massive coverage of Shah Rukh Khan's latest and MS Dhoni being felicitated by Jharkhand politicians.
And the blissfully ignorant Indian Sports Fan will let this moment of glory for Anand and India blow away in the wind while he chases after a Sreesanth wide or after Sania Mirza's skirt.
Thankfully guys like Anand are too resourceful to let that bother them. They have learned to be satisfied with the adulation the Chess community and a few sports fans give them. Why - he does not even stay in India any more. Yes he might feel a tinge bad that he has achieved much more than the overhyped cricket team yet gets a fraction of the treatment, but then he is too mature to let that bother him. Well done Anand - some day history will list you as one of the pioneers who laid the foundation of a sporting culture in India. Go man Go - you rock!!!
i onnly hope that you guyz will apprecaite my feelings here plz dont think am some spoil sport ....my throat went dry when misbah hit last six in last over and then they say rest is history !!!! but please apprecaite tthat V annd also is on cusp of something great this week even if 10 people dont come to recevie him for me he is greatest indian sportsman free india has seen in last 60 years i dont think there can any one else ratfied by india's best sportsmag "sportstar " even he wins the " WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP I HOPE IN MIDST OF COVERING THE NEXT USELESS ODI you guyz will find some time to cover that INDIA has world champion in sport played by 150 nations i am sure "The Hindu " and "Deccan Herald" and "rediff"will cover it if that happens touch wood ....touch wood but i dono abt news channels lets hope this becomes Indian sports greatest week ever !!!! jai hind
