Anand will be happy to play World Chess in India
PTI | 11:07 PM,Jul 07,2011
Nagpur, Jul 7 (PTI) World chess champion Vishwanathan Anand will be more than happy to play for the country in the World Chess Championship being planned in Chennai. “I will be very happy to represent India before a home crowd in Chennai which is bidding to host the World Chess event. Though spectators play no role in cheering up the players but certainly their presence is required,” Anand told reporters here. “If Chennai hosts the World Chess, it will be a great boost to the sport across the country,” he added. Among the top players in India, Anand felt that P Harikrishna was the most talented of the lot. To a question on cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, a soft spoken Anand, who was here to promote Chess, said there cannot be any comparison between cricket and chess and their respective popularity. Cricket is number one sport in the country and Sachin is doing good, he said. He interacted with students of a local educational institute as part of his campaign to promote Chess.
Source: http://ibnlive.in.com
| Who will win the World Championship match? | |
| V. Anand | |
| B. Gelfand | |
I’ve always been against having a championship match being played in the native country of either player unless they both come from the same country. Making Gelfand play the match in India, especially in summer, is absurd and completely unfair. Because of this alone, I hope Gelfand pulls off the upset – but I wouldn’t bet anything more than a dollar on it.
If Gelfand does win and Anand earns a rematch, I hope it’s played in Minsk in the winter.
Of course he is. He stands to make a lot of money.
At chennai, we are in the wake of summer (it even occasionally rains now), so the above assertion is fallacious
A small note : I am from chennai
Perhaps Boris Gelfand will be remembered more for the Gelfand variation of the Grunfeld defense rather than for this match.
(1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3
6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1!?)
Maybe… but has not yet been said the last word… 🙂
Best regards
Stef