Vishy is good only in rapid games where "intuition" takes over deep analysis.I believe if Vishy thinks, he may not be able to make a better move than what he would have had it been a rapid game. But, we all know that intuition is developed after years of experience which means the moves played by intuition has had millions of hours of study as compared to classical games of 2-4 hours. So my point is Anand should consider every game as a blitz or rapid game and play his intuitions and stop thinking deeply. :-)
There are quite a few players of comparable playing strength. Anand is still one of the best. Many experts are suspecting Anand does not want to show his preparation for World Championship which will follow this tournament. Anand is neither past his heydays nor a born loser, as some of us want to label him
Re: Madrasi
by Iyyappa on Sep 10, 2008 01:36 PM
Dude.. there is no place for religious jingoist here... he represent India... may be u scribble something in ur kannada website... Also, ur comment shows u dont have any general knowledge...
Anand was great during his heydays... i remember how he made India proud when he won against Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, and many others. Maybe he's getting old and loosing his Mojo. We've seen it once too many times with all the great names. Maybe Anand should retire and go with glory. He can ably guide our youngsters now.
Re: Mojo
by balachandran on Sep 10, 2008 01:45 PM
You seem to be under very wrong notions. Anand is world no 1 and present world champion, He has been in top 3 for the last 15 or so years. He has shown as much consistency as Kasparov or Karpov, though may have lacke dthe brilliance of Kasparov. Can't you forget one of his average tournaments. Question of heyday does not arise here.
Re: Mojo
by Manoj K on Sep 10, 2008 01:31 PM
i'm sorry.. Anand didn't play Fischer. Fischer said he wanted one last match with Anand or Kasparov... my bad...
Re: Re: Mojo
by Manoj K on Sep 10, 2008 01:44 PM
i tried posing a link, but it was reported as abuse immediately... so u might have to search in google. SO, i copy-paste from what i read
A story from the Iceland’s Morgunbladid has stated that Bobby Fischer desired one last match with Garry Kasparov and/or Viswanathan Anand. This is a very interesting development since Fischer has disassociated himself with the chess world since his 1992 match in Yugoslavia. In interviews he stated that he would only play Fischer Random, but there was keen interest in a match with a top player.
The contest would have taken place in India which gave no doubt as to who his opponent would be. Fischer has developed an deep sensitivity to people of developing nations and perhaps had some admiration for the current World Champion, India’s Viswanathan Anand. Actually, Anand met with Fischer two years ago in Iceland and fondly recounted the conversation and the analysis of games with him.
Anand had been asked about a match with Fischer and expressed keen interest in the possibility. Neither match occurred due to Anand’s tournament schedule and Kasparov’s political campaign. Either match would have caused a euphoric, seismic reaction in the chess world. I wrote a story about the possibility of a Fischer-Kasparov match some time ago after the idea was tossed around.
Re: Indians are born losers.
by Prakash Nair on Sep 10, 2008 12:59 PM
where were you when Anand kept his rank 1 for a long time... You type of idiots know only one thing. Abuse india.... If you want to abuse then do it on your family and parents,ok ? Not to this great nation and it's people.
Re: Indians are born losers.
by Santosh Abraham on Sep 10, 2008 01:16 PM
some indians, especially trolls like you, who whine and do nothing are born losers!
it certainly does not apply to anand, who is one of the few winners we have -- he has been ranked in the top 3 players for the last 13 years -- this consistency is phenomenal.
He is likely to rank amongst the top 10 greatest chess players of all time, once his career is over.
