TWO moves arose in a black and white board, And sorry I could not move both And be one player, long I paused And looked down one as far as I could To where mind went back and forth; 5
Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better sense, Because it was dicey and felt a better square; Though as for that the passing there It really made me fear about future tense, 10
And both that morning equally lay In square no move had trodden back. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever play black. 15
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two moves arose in a back and white board, and I— I took the move one less executed by, And that has made all the difference.
Re: The Move not taken
by Ram Alegavi on Nov 24, 2014 11:57 AM
If you do not understand chess and your knowledge is less you should not try to mess for you will fail to impress
Re: Re: The Move not taken
by Dhantannan on Nov 24, 2014 12:25 PM
Mr younis(in photo), Its clear that have not read robert frost otherwise you would not have felt like mind lost just analyse game six you shall understand why anand was in fix.
Re: Re: Re: The Move not taken
by Ram Alegavi on Nov 25, 2014 10:59 AM
In game six Anand was in a fix And his mind was a confused mix on move twenty six carlsen made a mistake And Anand could have eaten the e5 cake But he was not very wise And could not capitalise
He should retire now and pass on all his tricks and traps to his younger son akhil or akshay so that when he grows up he can challenge carlsen and bring back the crown to india
Carlsen was a better player, rating wise, and also the younger one. Vishy gave him all that he had but of no avail. Age has a bigger role in mental alertness and fatigue and all World Champions have to give way to younger players, always.
Even before the matches started, I had predicted that Anand will lose and Carlsen will retain his title. Hence I'm not surprised. I had also predicted last year that Anand will lose the title in Chennai. Anand had his days. It's time that he decifers the writing on the wall and retire graciously.
Re: My predictions.
by Ramaswamy Ekambaram on Nov 24, 2014 07:00 AM
My only interest in chess is Anand but that did not blind me to the reality. But about this 'writing on the wall', there was a time when they said about Indian cricket that the 'Indian tail' begins at no. 1.
And as to retiring, the most celebrated Indian batsmen have performed well ONLY against inept bowling sides and / or on dead pitches - they should have retired even before they started. Anand is the greatest Indian sportsman after Dhyan Chand and the first Asian to breach the Russian stronghold.
Re: My predictions.
by attacker on Nov 24, 2014 09:45 AM
we, the chess lovers enjoy Vishy-Carlsen match from all over the world.. Anand gave a tough fight.. all gms and chess expert praise Vishy.. and people like u who dont understand anything abt chess are asking Vishy to retire.. Vishy is a fighter, and passionate abt chess.. he won't give up.. he has revolutionalised chess in india.. and is india's no. 1 sportsperson ever.. u better resign from ur work and take retirement..
Re: My predictions.
by attacker on Nov 24, 2014 09:53 AM
ur prediction goes totally wrong. u have predicted Carlse to retain title in less than 9 games on 10th Nov, when Vishy lost his game:
Anand's defeat. by Sceptic Critic on Nov 10, 2014 02:01 AM Permalink | Hide replies
I expect Carlsen to retain the title in less than 9 games. The first time it took him 10 games.
Anand played well this time round, from an Indian perspective. He has however, made more mistakes than Magnus. Congrats to Magnus for a well-deserved victory.
Magnus being young, was more tenacious and Anand must have acknowledged it. Time, Anand retired from competitive chess and started an academy to help India produce more GMs..
He has been a colossal achiever and made all Indians proud. Well Done Anand!
Re: Anand is only 5th in terms of ELO
by kartikeya on Nov 25, 2014 04:54 PM
Not bad for someone about whom Gary Kasparov commented thus," Imagine if Anand had been born in the Soviet Union; how much more dangerous he would have become."
Re: Re: Anand is only 5th in terms of ELO
by piri on Nov 25, 2014 10:41 PM
If Mr. Kasparov really said that, it can only be seen as an ornamental homily.
The fact is that Anand enjoyed every benefit that accrues to great chess players even before he entered his teens (from the time his potential began to be noticed) !
His own mother has written and spoken extensively about this fact.
Re: Re: Re: Anand is only 5th in terms of ELO
by kartikeya on Nov 26, 2014 05:29 PM
Kasparov really have said that.
Do you have any idea of the kind of intense training chess players in their pre-teens get in the Soviet Union !!
They are selected from the best and gone through a rigorous training regimen under the supervision of experienced grandmasters,dietitians and trainers.
Anand by contrast, learned chess at a late age, that too by his own mother, not by grandmaster experts. It was at a very late age that he started taking chess seriously. Carlsen was a grandmaster at the age of 14, while Anand became just an international master at the same age.
He himself was the first Indian grandmaster, and there were no Indian grandmasters before him to show him the ropes.
He was the first Indian grandmaster and the first Indian world champion.
Do compare this to the russian, american and european players who have a long tradition of grandmasters behind them. Also the condition of India's chess facilities, infrastructure and coaches , were quite poor and no comparison whatsoever to the Russian,American and European ones.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Anand is only 5th in terms of ELO
by kartikeya on Nov 26, 2014 05:32 PM
Also Anand even played his international matches in the early stages without a dietitian, and a psychologists, advantages which his western and russian opponents enjoyed, but still they were beaten by Anand, except for Kasparov.
Considering the fact that Anand conquered the world 5 times with such limited training and resources, is the reason why Kasparov made such a remark.
