Re: Viswanathan Anand...salute to you!
by Chat on May 14, 2010 09:13 AM
ya , to add more .. Indian media is biased fr ecertain people. Like Tendulkar , SRK etc but true champions like Anand will nver get their credit on media ever.
Anand's true test is only when he plays Magnus Carlsen in a Match. This wonder boy has overtaken and has the highest ELO rating by now. I don't think Anand can defeat this guy and I would rate Magnus above Anand
Re: Anand's true test
by Ramandeep Judge on May 14, 2010 10:44 AM
Elo rating and World championship matches r 2 different things.U r argument doesnot hold because: 1. Anand has better record against him. It is 10 wins to 3 defeats. 2. Tal was not even in top 10 when he became World Champion.
Re: Anand's true test
by baahya on May 14, 2010 03:02 AM
Agree that Magnus is magnificent!! But, matches are different from tournaments. And BTW, Anand's ELO is now 2800 (2799.8) - see live rating.
That said, though I like Magnus a lot, I will die for Anand. And in a match, Magnus may drown in Anand's depth!!! You can watch it as it happens next time. Do you know that Topalov was favorite before this match?
Re: Anand's true test
by madhusudhan mor on May 14, 2010 09:32 AM
Kasparaov is the greatest chess champion ever. The way he trounced Anand in their world championship match was just magical.
Re: Anand's true test
by Yogesh Gupta on May 14, 2010 08:00 AM
Vijay u moron know nothing about chess, your statement proves this...... carlssen has not even qualified so far to play with Anand in a match...
Re: Re: Anand's true test
by Sceptic Critic on May 14, 2010 08:47 AM
At the Corus championship, Anand lost to Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen won the championship and Anand came fourth. Of course, it is possible that Anand lost to Carlsen purposefully to mislead Topalov since he was due to defend his title with Topalov few months later. These kind of match fixes are done in chess also.
About 20 years ago, when I was in standard XI or XII, I qualified to play in a state-level chess tournament for schoolkids in Sholapur. I was part of the Pune contingent, and the school championships covered practically every other sport played in India -- though chess was a first that year. When my team of four players landed up the day before the event began, we were shown into a large hall and told we'd be sleeping there for the night, with many of the other athletes and sportsmen who had shown up. About 60 people could have fit in it in normal circumstances. There were more than 100 of us. No bedding was provided, part of the floor was wet (leakage from somewhere), and sleep didn't come easy.
The next morning, we found that the toilet facilities intended for us amounted to a small shed outside the building that had three or four cubicles in it. Inevitably, fights broke out in the rush to use it. There were judokas, wrestlers, weightlifters and shot-putters around. As you'd expect, we chess players had to learn to control our bowel movements.
I came third, and qualified for the nationals. Bizarrely, it coincided with my final exams, as it must have for many of the schoolkids who qualified. I did not go.
The regular age-group tournaments that the national chess federation organised were not much better. I represented Maharashtra once in the national junior championship (under-20), in 1992 or 1993, and the tournament was held in Vijaywada in the peak of summer.
Re: Anand is the greatest of all times, a step ahead of Kasparov
by Yogesh Gupta on May 13, 2010 08:42 PM
'It is so hot here,' a local friend told me, 'that crows drop down dead in summer.' The electricity, which was variable, went off one day before the round began. I was drawn to play a player I respected hugely for his theoretical knowledge, though I felt that once you leave theory out of it, I was better than him. So, to take him out of his opening repertoire, I played 1. b4 -- the Orangutan opening. He arrived late at the table, took one look at the board and burst out laughing. The sweat poured down my face, and my head throbbed. I lost that game, finished lower in the tournament than I'd expected, and retired from chess at the age of 19.
I don't blame my early departure from the game on outside circumstances. It was evident to me that I wasn't good enough to play the game at a higher level, and I will always cherish the memories I have, including the time I beat a future grandmaster (I was 18, he was 15, but already considered a prodigy; I still remember the spectacular rook sacrifice I unleashed, leading to mate in four.) I also made significant pocket money in college as a chess hustler, but that's a tale for another day.
Why I relate these stories, though, is to give a sense of how hard it was to make it in any Indian sport apart from cricket. Most of those sports are run by the government, and I don't need to elaborate on the inevitable inefficiencies that result, and the hardships and bureaucracy that young sportspeople have to battle.
I always wanted to say this. Indians are different & our Tiger is special. Full credit goes to Anand's parents & ofcourse his better half. India has lot many issues to handle but our heritage & rituals make all difference & even proves in harder times. Do well buddy. You too inspire people.
Some guys can't get out of the cricket world..on the other hand cricket players are greedy.. gamblers. etc.. etc.. Please support others sports too..Cricket is the reason we hardly get any medal in Olympics..If we watch/support other sports..sponsors will jump in.. Please celebrate Anand's victory and what he has achieved. Instead of comparing him with Sachin..Why can't we have 2 greats (or 100 greats..we have thousands of gods) in the country.. Please support other sports and make this nation multi color in sports too like everything else multi language..multi gods..multi culture.. Jai Hind!
Vishvanathan Anand is in line with Sachin for Bharat-Ratna for me. This guys has single handedly brought glory back to the country which gave the world "Chess". That too in a country which is crazy behind Cricket !
Re: Re: Re: Genius
by vettaikaran on May 13, 2010 07:47 PM
He is the highest run scorer in IPL. he should have volunteered to play for the country over IPL . all he wanted was Ambani's to be happy and let the other indians to be in deep sheet
Re: Re: Re: Re: Genius
by Indian Telugu on May 13, 2010 07:49 PM
Nonsense, Sachin did not play even the first WT20, he practically retired much before IPL could start
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Genius
by Cool ChandraThakur on May 14, 2010 12:43 AM
It was Dhobi, who systematically pushed out Seniors from T20, after the 2007 Worldcup debacle. So they chose to be unavailable than be humiliated.
If Dhobi is sacked, Sachin & Rahul will play T20, & thats what India needs Sack DHOBI the manipulator
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Genius
by vettaikaran on May 13, 2010 07:54 PM
Then Why he played in IPL ? he is jealous of dhoni and wanted to prove to the world without him , India cant win . Dhoni made CSK win and he would have prayed for india loss. This is how it works mate . after all he is not god , he is a simple selfish man better termed as Hypocrite
Re: Tamil and Tamilians are the best
by Ravikanth Gottimukkalla on May 13, 2010 11:14 PM
Please go and eat your bucket of Sambar. Why the hell do people bring the regional/state concept in between.
Re: Re: Tamil and Tamilians are the best
by Ravichandran on May 14, 2010 09:06 AM
Because you people bring in regionalism on Vijay/Karthick on their failure, so we produly says Anand is a tamilian. Got the point. Respect is earned not given.
