Excellent Anand. We Indians are so hyper about other sports and pay little respect to World No. 2 GM. Rediff should showcase these games by a JScript environment.
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by chaitanya Sardeshpande on Feb 26, 2007 03:04 PM Permalink
well said Deb, Anand shows his class since decade ... Truly champion ..... but never in limelight nor in Advertisements , one of the all time great Sports Person India ever produced.Remarkable Consistency.
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by S Ramanathan on Feb 26, 2007 09:45 PM Permalink
I am happy at Anand winning but... sorry guys, Anand is not quite in form. His only "regular" win was against Carlsen. His other wins- against Morozevich, he was outplayed for the first half of the game but came back after errors. In this game, Leko missed a clear win (but not easy to see over the board) and Anand punished him. Point is, Anand is not in form but is fighting. Hopefully, he will be back to his old self by winning by force and not unforced errors.
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by approximate boy on Feb 26, 2007 11:07 PM Permalink
But that is very much a part of Anand's strength. He plays fast and puts the opponent in time pressure. Positions may look promising for opponents, but with the limited time they have its tough. Good strategy I would say. Only game I'm upset is Anand - Aronian which looked like a blitz and had too many blunders
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by S Ramanathan on Feb 27, 2007 09:56 PM Permalink
Of course rapid is Anand's strength but blitzing opponents is addictive (Karpov almost lost a few to Korchnoi this way). Consider Corus '06. Anand's wins were classical. He was not in trouble at all and did not need to blitz them. With fast changing theory (if the first 20 moves are theory anyway, the time advantage by blitzing would be reduced), lean opening repertoire and advancing age, Anand cannot let quick play to be a strategy in itself. Once or twice OK but not always. If this is so, someone like Radjabov, Morozevich or Aronian who are quick thinkers (and young) too would overtake Anand fast.
