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Top Of The World!

Posted by LINUS FERNANDES ⋅ May 12, 2010

Though India was expectedly knocked out of the World T20 tourney late yesterday evening, Indian sports fans had much to cheer about with Viswanathan Anand retaining his world chess championship title by defeating Veselin Topalov in the 12th and final game of the match series with black pieces.

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something clever, when they are only wasting time. – G B Shaw, Playwright.

Long Journey For Anand

It has been a long journey for Anand from child prodigy to being the best chess player in the world. This was his 4th world title with victories in all 3 formats of the world championships: 2000 (knock out), 2007 (double round robin tournament), and 2008 & 2010 (match play).

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