chess is such a boring game. even so, i think this is a great achievement. the govt should give at least 50thousand or 1 lakh prize for this at least. hockey players can be given more, maybe 2 or 3 lakhs. cricket is a more difficult game. they should get more.
at least the IAS officer from the sports ministry should receive anand at the airport. since he lives in spain, he might not be returning to india soon.
is it true that no major player took part this year, and that's why Anand won?
RE:chess is boring
by Ram Chauthariya on Sep 30, 2007 05:35 PM
All the best active players were there. Those who did not make it like Topalov failed to qualify
RE:chess is boring
by aditya parihar on Sep 30, 2007 05:37 PM
what a crap you are. he beat kramnik, leko for the title. infact he won it in 2000 also, but due to absence of major players, the victory wasn't credited that much.
RE:chess is boring
by Ram Chauthariya on Sep 30, 2007 05:39 PM
This Bhagwat guy is some India hating Muslim or Sikh somewhere in Canada. Ignore this hate mongerer.
RE:chess is boring
by Sameer Bhagwat on Sep 30, 2007 05:48 PM
friends, dont get offended when some one asks a question. i was watching the india australia cricket match while this was happening. I heard some one say that anand didnt beat any major player and in fact he only had draws. what is the achievement in draws? for people who dont know chess, others should explain. i agree that anand deserves at least rs 50,000 or 1 lakh prize from govt. but karunanidhi is busy with hunger strike in TN. he wont give prize to anand.
RE:chess is boring
by Sameer Bhagwat on Sep 30, 2007 08:30 PM
in real life, dhoni has more bucks and bigger job than anand. even mandira bedi has more bucks than anand. he he.
RE:chess is boring
by Sameer Bhagwat on Sep 30, 2007 05:43 PM
friends, dont get offended when some one asks a question. i was watching the india australia cricket match while this was happening. I heard some one say that anand didnt beat any major player and in fact he only had draws. what is the achievement in draws? for people who dont know chess, others should explain. i agree that anand deserves at least rs 50,000 or 1 lakh prize from govt. but karunanidhi is busy with hunger strike in TN. he wont give prize to anand.
right from my childhood have i seen anand winning major tournaments for our country. he gets big publicity or not, there are a lot of Indians who salute him for all he has achieved
Isn't it a great feeling that an Indian is the World Chess Champion! Anand's garnering of this title for the second time is a record of its own! This surely will have its positive effects in India. I hope we will see more such Anand's in future.
Vishy Anand can easily lay claim to the title of the "greatest Indian sportsman" ever. He is truly world-class. Congratulations to him, and may he win many more titles.
RE:Great job, Keep india Dazzling
by Vivek Pai on Sep 30, 2007 05:35 PM
Why should Sharad Pawar give any money to Anand? Anand is a great sportsman,a world champ in chess.Why drag Sharad Pawar and cricket into this? Anand must be honoured and rewarded but dont quantify or compare with cricket.
avoid cricket or kill all games......why there was no live telecast when Anand was Playing for india world championship, media needs to grow up now, its better if they start promoting all players who are playing outside the country to make all of us proud and inform us with the latest news rather than just wasting all the time on cricket & Cinema. Infact Media is making us fool by serving the things to which public demands, it should creat new awareness in indians about other games aswell rahter than just focusing on its TRP. GROW UP MEDIA...............
RE:Grow Up Media
by Vikrant Tomar on Sep 30, 2007 05:16 PM
and see this rediff, giving this big news at fourth position. this should be the Top on the stack......sift this....he deserve for this...
how, its possible in india... indian public is commenting on a sports news! then my eyes goes to the country frm whr they r commenting... i found hardly 10% of the commentors r indians.
isnt it shame that anand's win is praise in all over the world far more than in india... when we will wake-up?
RE:RE:TOI most commented
by Vikrant Tomar on Sep 30, 2007 05:13 PM
Well Said.......Media is Responsible for this..... Now Grow up Media..... and we know that there will be no cheers for him when he will come back to india no live telecast will be there on any of our news chanels....this will be the third headline of the day.....poor media....
