Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Hail the Champion

Here is another Anand for you.
 Current World Chess Champion

Prior to the World Chess Championship 2010, Anand, who had booked on the flight Frankfurt-Sofia on April 16, was stranded due to the cancellation of all flights following the volcano ash cloud from Eyjafjallajökull. Anand asked for a three day postponement, which the Bulgarian organisers refused on April 19, even though they had promised neutrality when bidding to host the event. Anand eventually reached Sofia on April 20, after an exhausting 40-hour road journey. Consequently, the first game was delayed by one day.

The match consisted of 12 games. After 11 games the score was tied at 5½-5½. Anand won game 12 on the Black side of a Queen's Gambit Declined to win the match and retain the World Championship. Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is quite simply, the greatest sportsman India has ever produced.