World chess championship is being held at Bonn in Germany.Viswanathan Anand is just half a point away from his World Champion title,for a second time.It would be a stupendous feat by an Indian Sports person by any standards.He is playing a 12 game match against Valdimir Karminik.Anand is already having a 6-3 lead.If Anand manages, even a draw on the 10th game he would become the World Champion.In fact Anand won the first world championship in 2000.But at that time the world body was divided and there was another rival championship(PCA) and that title was held by Karminik.But when the world body became unified in 2007 Anand became the Champion and thus became the undisputed World Champion.No doubt,Anand is one of the five, all time greats of the game.The others being Bobby Fischer,Karpov,Kasparov and Karminik.With the first three not in contention any more,it is a tussle between Anand and Karminik for the world title.Only 4 players have crossed the FIDE ELO rating of 2800 points and Anand is one among them.It is a matter of pride that the First Indian InternationalMaster(Manuel Araon) and First Grandmaster(V.Anand) are from Tamilnadu.In fact Tamil nadu has been a nursery for budding chess talent in India.As a mater of fact,out of the 14 GM's of India,four are from Tamilnadu.The others being Sashikiran,Mageshchandran and R.B.Ramesh.To top it all,the first woman grand master of India Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman is also from Tamilnadu.The National deaf and dumb Champion M.K.Alaguraja is also from Tamilnadu.The Asian under 10 Champion title was held some years ago byDeepan Chakravarthy,again from Tamilnadu.He is currently preparing for under 19 world championship.Other promising under 10 talents from Tamilnadu doing Indian colours are Jerome,Ashwini and Mugil Jayavel.Chess Academy's are sprouting everywhere and it is a treat to watch young boys and girls form the age of 5 and above playing intense chess in international tournament conditions using clocks and noting down moves.All these because of one man,Vishwanathan Anand.Though historically,chess is a game of Indian origin,Vishwanathan Anand only made it popular in Inida.This is an undisputed fact.Anand is also adept in Rapid chess and also blindfold chess.
Anand holds a commerce degree.The chennai boy now lives in Collado Mediano in Spain with his wife Aruna.Anand is popularly known as Vishy in international chess circuit.Ironically Vishwanathan is his dad's name.By some queer mistake, in his passport his name was recorded as Vishwanathan Anand against Anand Vishwanathan.Thus he became Vishy to everyone.In 2007 Anand was awarded Padmavibhushan and he is also the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna award in 1991-92.Indian Chess fraternity owes a great to Anand for popularising chess in India and also making many turn as chess professionals.Let many more Anand's come and give a stiff fight to end the supremacy of Russian Grandmasters in chess.
Anand holds a commerce degree.The chennai boy now lives in Collado Mediano in Spain with his wife Aruna.Anand is popularly known as Vishy in international chess circuit.Ironically Vishwanathan is his dad's name.By some queer mistake, in his passport his name was recorded as Vishwanathan Anand against Anand Vishwanathan.Thus he became Vishy to everyone.In 2007 Anand was awarded Padmavibhushan and he is also the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna award in 1991-92.Indian Chess fraternity owes a great to Anand for popularising chess in India and also making many turn as chess professionals.Let many more Anand's come and give a stiff fight to end the supremacy of Russian Grandmasters in chess.
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