Unless there is a concerted effort chess will die in this country. India was no 1 in hockey in world,no 1 in football in the world. Both have died and both Indian football and hockey have fallen behind the world by miles. Reason is the lack of infrastructure and financial support.
US produced one Bobby Fischer - at that time popularity of chess peaked and after than it again slowly declined. But US always had a chess culture starting from Morphy and has consistently produced strong GMs.
India has produced good GMs but Anand remains the only superGM from India. People like Anand comes once in a century but the country should still consistently produce GMs.
There is absolutely no coverage of this sport by media apart from small efforts by DoorDarshan and very little access to chess books for kids.
After Anand goes from the scene Indian chess will decline unless there is a more concerted effort to promote the sport.
I saw some posts supporting Bharat Ratna for this guy. He may have achieved unimaginable for an Indian guy due to his early life in a foreign country and also now living in Spain, I guess. But Bharat Ratna if at all given to sports person, they need to give to someone like Dhyan Chand but not to him. It already became a joke, when it is given to Rajiv Gandhi.
Re: No Bharat Ratna for this guy, please!!!
by rajatk on Jun 01, 2012 02:15 PM
wt ever u mentioned is wrong , from is childhood is playing for india, unlike other games he needs to travel many countries to make it more compartable he has purchased home in spain,our indian celebraties and poltical,business people ball got foreign houses ur message shows only jealous,
Re: No Bharat Ratna for this guy, please!!!
by Ram lak on Jun 01, 2012 08:19 AM
all your information is correct, whether the RG is good or bad ; he was killed on behalf of country. He took final decision to send IPKF to avoid the influence of china and US in srilanka. If a war base by these countries will be a permanent trouble for the country. Posthumas Bharat Ratana is given for that not for the individual RG
Re: No Bharat Ratna for this guy, please!!!
by joseph george on Jun 01, 2012 08:29 AM
Get your facts right. He grew up in India only. He is from my school. College also he studied in India only. Yes he was rich though. He lives in Spain because its easy to train and play matches there. If at all any sports person deserves Bharath Ratna its Anand only and not some non World Cup winner
Re: No Bharat Ratna for this guy, please!!!
by attacker on Jun 01, 2012 08:50 AM
Anand has revolutionalised chess in india.. there are 2 eras in indian chess.. before anand era and after anand era... in before anand era we were as bad in chess as we are today in football... before anand era, there was not a single gm.. Anand motivates indians.. and now we have world champions in each and every age group, gender and other categories.. we have won many gold medals in Asian games in chess... All credit goes to Vishy! today, chess is the only sports india can dominate the whole world.. and Anand have refused Spanish citizanship offered by Spain many times.
Re: No Bharat Ratna for this guy, please!!!
by French Cuisine on Jun 01, 2012 09:12 AM
Please notice that most of the leading Indian sportsmen take training abroad - that includes Somdev, Poonia, Sania, Bindra and so on. There is some good training in boxing available here. Apart from that none of the international sports are done here.
Anand represents our country and he richly deserves the B Ratna.
Re: No Bharat Ratna for this guy, please!!!
by sivanandam lakshmanan on Jun 03, 2012 01:43 PM
You are right Mr. Jagdish.Bharat Rathna has been given to Politicall dogs,Sportsmen who has been paid to play for INDIA. So giving BR to Anand is only belittling him. Only Bharat Ratna will get name & recognition. So no need of BR to Anand & he is also such a simple & humble person not in crave of it.
that the matches were very even and that he was lucky to retain the championship !
But lakhs of common Indians (chiefly middle class) choose to ignore this fact and keep braying out that he remains unmatched in world chess !!
As in many other matters, the Indian middle class is so unsure with its self-esteem that it must engage in hyperbole of every kind with regard to the achievement of India and Indians !
Re: V.Anand is frank enough to admit
by sivanandam lakshmanan on Jun 03, 2012 01:50 PM
You are right Mr.Piri.You could have been some useless north Indian who will lick the feet of Corrupt polliticaal dogs & goondas for personal gain. The Indian middle class are the honest people who is paying IT from which the bahus & industrialists,corrupt doogs are enjoying. Middle class is having morals & want to emulate the deeds of real Sports person. I am sure you are one of the north Inddian ba--------d who is jealous of a Tamil nadu sports person who achieved more than others with honesty & humbleness against all odds.
Re: V.Anand is frank enough to admit
by desi twist on May 31, 2012 10:19 PM
Do you wear glasses that enable you to only read selected comments? There are many who have said that he was quite lucky in this edition, or that the games were boring. They give credit to Anand mainly for keeping himself motivated and maintaining his calm to win the tourney. I am not sure why and how, the self esteem of middle class comes into the picture. Get out of your middle class bashing attitude.
Re: TN people known for corruption
by madanmohan siddhanthi on Jun 01, 2012 05:37 AM
Please do not take away all the glory - we have Andhra ,Karnataka , Maharashtra which are as corrupt as the TN .Matter of fact Karuna and family have masters or doctorates in corruption. Rest are not far behind. Each state produced great artists , but they are all far and few compared to looting scums in the country.
Re: TN people known for corruption
by attacker on May 31, 2012 11:22 PM
i am following discussion on Anand's victory on various international sites... on those sites, some are discussing moves.. some are discusssing anand's nerves, and many intelligent talks.. but indian version of comments are pathetic.. its apparent that indians are non-sportive and can't talk abt sports... and they r good only in regional talks...
Re: Re: TN people known for corruption
by chappathi on May 31, 2012 11:36 PM
Well said!! People like Meena have peanut size brain to comment about chess...
Re: a true BHARAT Ratna
by raghu reddy on Jun 01, 2012 05:23 AM
you are right dear, V. Anand deserves more than any else in the sports. He is the only deserving candidature for Bharat Ratna, and not Sachin also.
Kudos to the WC (world champion) But age is catching up so before he retires he should coach his own son Akhil and pass on all the chess secrets to him so that he can also become world champion and keep Indian flag on top of the chess world
Re: Kudos
by apurva singh on May 31, 2012 06:19 PM
pass on to son!! again dynastyvaad! what is wrong with you indians?
btw.. anand is not likely to do anything for india. he has not been participating for india chess team or for that matter, even training them or kids. i guess the best he can do after this is to train his pilla.
Re: Re: Kudos
by desi twist on May 31, 2012 09:34 PM
Actually Anand does quite a bit for India. Just that not all of it is public knowledge. India Chess team. You talk as if you are aware of Indian Chess team play chess day in and out without Anand. Chess is played very less along national lines, and when Anand does play, he represents India since he is an Indian citizen.
Re: Anand Iyer, keep it up
by rajatk on Jun 03, 2012 01:08 PM
hello ggvenkatraman temple begger, india still remains same only because of you kind of people , first try respect all human being for their character
Re: Re: i dont congrats
by kapil on May 31, 2012 03:15 PM
i agree but at least we can watch that game know??? but in Chess who knows what happened to game?
Re: Re: Re: i dont congrats
by Ashok Tandon on May 31, 2012 03:45 PM
Kapil it is not Anand's fault if media is giving less coverage to chess so why blame Anand ? He stays abroad but he played with Indian flag so it is a victory for every Indian
Re: i dont congrats
by kapil on May 31, 2012 03:14 PM
sorry to say, i know many dont agree me. Sachin made more than 5000 crores from Cricket and he still want tax free things.. He joined politics to hide his income.
Re: Re: Re: i dont congrats
by kapil on May 31, 2012 03:20 PM
in Cricket at least money rolling from one pocket to another pocket.. small vendors also get some money on that days.. in Chess money come to his pocket again and again..
Re: Re: Re: Re: i dont congrats
by French Cuisine on May 31, 2012 03:25 PM
So what is any other sport worth - for example swimming, athletics and specially shooting and archery? In none of these money flows from pocket to pocket like cricket football and basketball?
Re: i dont congrats
by Nachiket on May 31, 2012 03:34 PM
if u have guts why don't u beat him and put those money in ur pocket..and by the way what have you contributed to this nation, u loser..losers don't have any right to comment against the Champions...take some burnol and apply on ur A
Re: Re: i dont congrats
by divine on May 31, 2012 04:54 PM
Appreciate your aggressive feeling from the flame coming out from your mind. Most indians does not have appreciative attitude and are up to finding fault with others.
Re: i dont congrats
by acommentor on Nov 14, 2013 09:51 AM
Yes, chess is not like spectator game cricket or tennis. Sachin Tendulkar is like a cricket Mahathma. I think before questioning about Vishwanathan Anand's 'payback' first ask Sachin.
