Glad he won. The third rapid game was drawn but Gelfand could have won it. Anand miscalculated and exchanged minor pieces in a drawish rook endgame. But then Gelfand under serious time trouble made a bad move with his rook which helped Anand neutralize the threat. Vishy's endgame skills with the rook are spectacular - three of the 4 rapid were rook endgames.
Re: Anand
by Ram Alegavi on Jun 01, 2012 12:12 AM
Frenchie I read that anand won the second rapid game by making a lacuna bridge in the endgame any idea what is that
Re: Anand
by Count Men on May 31, 2012 07:04 AM
Hey wonderful. Your have seriously good understanding of the game. We are just proud of Vishy. You understand what he is worth!
Re: Re: chessy
by Face Dude on May 31, 2012 12:28 PM
Chess is a game, but it does not in any way reduce ones achievements purely because it is strategy based (not luck based) and has a tremendous following world over with a lot of history.
No one can fool around in Chess. It can be considered an indoor sport in that respect.
Re: Re: Re: chessy
by joel jeysingh on May 31, 2012 01:43 AM
There r 2 games in the world which are closely associated with LIFE.... 1st is Boxing , 2nd is Chess...u will understand it oneday...
Re: Re: Re: chessy
by Vaidhy Narayanan on May 31, 2012 06:58 AM
Mahesh, it looks boring if you don't involve yourself. Any game for that matter is like that, just like cricket or football if you sit in a bar with friends who understand the game and can pass comments (even if its silly) u'll enjoy. I'm not saying chess games are watched like that and neither do i watch. But the point is one need to get involved and analyze the next 6-8 moves ahead after every move, that'll make it interesting. Try it, play the game u'll enjoy it.
Re: Re: Re: chessy
by adalrich kauffman on May 31, 2012 09:51 AM
Just the way People sit for 5 Days and watch 22 Men running around behing a Leather Ball in Red...
Re: vishy the role model
by Mahesh V on May 31, 2012 12:49 AM
Chess is not a spectator sport. On a weekend with family will u watch chess or cricket or football. I would definitely choose to watch cricket or football.
Re: Re: vishy the role model
by Happy Friday on May 31, 2012 03:31 AM
To watch: Football, tennis, Volleyball, Cricket... To Play: A lot, Chess is one of it.
Re: KKR
by attacker on May 30, 2012 10:08 PM
cricket is a sluggish sports played mostly by weak and corrupt sporting nations like india, pakistan, bangladesh, sri-lanka... cricket is not a power sports like football or tennis thats why not included in olympics.
Re: KKR
by Vaidhy Narayanan on May 31, 2012 06:25 AM
Sameer,
Chess is a mind game that involves lot of use of brain power. Its uncommon in most parts of india and south Indians(especially Chennai) are a jewel within India in the game.
However there are some exceptions like Surya S Ganguly (not sourav who is also brilliant in cricket and mind games).
Kudos to V Anand he's a legend and proud feather in Chennai's cap. Let the celebrations begin. Even Chennai super kings didnt win 3 IPL, our great V Anand won 3 world championship.
Many people do not understand the gravity of Vishy's feat.. a world champion five times over..an unknown guy named Bisla who slammed a few runs in one T20 cricket innings is a household name, but the modest Vishy who is a world champion many times over does not get even a bit of the adullation that such cricketer's get.. Vishy truly deserves the Bharat Ratna
