yoda Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Brilliant. What an accomplishment! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viswanathan Anand capped a wonderful fortnight with not just the title at the Morelia-Linares Super Grandmasters chess tournament but also ensured that he would be listed world number one in the ratings to be released in April. It marked the first time in a decade that Anand, who has been in world's top-3 for last 15 years, that he will officially be rated as No. 1 in the world. He won the World Championships in 2000, but Garry Kasparov was world No.1 then. http://ia.rediff.com/sports/2007/mar/11chess.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apocalypse Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory Great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birbal3 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory Is chess really a sport? Nice acheivement nevertheless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory It is, you need tremendous amount of time spent on it and lots of thinking at that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory yep saw this, a great news this is, and India is proud of him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holysmoke Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory awesome... always wondered how many moves it'd take him to beat some n00b at chess, like me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory awesome... always wondered how many moves it'd take him to beat some n00b at chess, like me I know of 3 move finishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tendulkar Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory :wtg: Although chess is perfect for indian menatality as dont have to move or break sweat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC1981 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory Yods, 3 move-4 move finishes are known as Gambits. They are easy to avoid/couterract if you can recognise the pattern (which is usually after move #2). So no, nomatter how good a chess player you are, be it the new numero uno Anand or the best chess player in history ( Kasparov), you ain't beating even a decent quality amatuer player in 3-4 moves. It'd probably be 10 moves till you realize he has too much advantage and quit or 15 moves to checkmate kind of deal. Kudos to Anand though! one of my favourite passtimes is chess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumble_rocks Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory Kudos to Anand.:wtg: CC , why do you think Garry Kasparov is the best chess player in history . Many consider Bobby Fisher to be the best ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory I personally like Tal the most, Anand played many seemingly reckless games like Tal too, and won at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC1981 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory CC , why do you think Garry Kasparov is the best chess player in history . Many consider Bobby Fisher to be the best ever. Fisher i think gets sensationalized because of his extraordinary story ( came in from nowhere, beat the champ, disappeared for years, came out and beat the champ again and then disappeared again) but i think Kasparov is the best ever. Not only has Kasparov defeated a lot more super chess players like Karpov, Anand, Short, Kramnik, etc. and he just had the Federer-esque consistency. In tennis terms, Fisher was McEnroe and Kasparov is Sampras/Federer/Laver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumble_rocks Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory I think you have a point. I always wondered if Fisher could beat Kasparov. I think he would have beaten Anand, karpov or Short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC1981 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory Short was overrated IMO- best brit of the last century no doubt but not absolute top-notch. Fisher i think would've had problem with Anand- Fisher did not like playing players who could play with tremendous speed and Anand's forte is speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory Yods, 3 move-4 move finishes are known as Gambits. They are easy to avoid/couterract if you can recognise the pattern (which is usually after move #2). So no, nomatter how good a chess player you are, be it the new numero uno Anand or the best chess player in history ( Kasparov), you ain't beating even a decent quality amatuer player in 3-4 moves. It'd probably be 10 moves till you realize he has too much advantage and quit or 15 moves to checkmate kind of deal. Kudos to Anand though! one of my favourite passtimes is chess. shortest recorded chess traps: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/traps.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX_1138 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory man i have followed this bloke's career rather closely and when he lost 8.5-5.5 to kasprov in 1996 i was heart broken. infact the way he lost made me feel that anand was a broken man and he might never recover form the onslaught. but the guy is tuff as bones! he came back and though this no.1 achievement had to wait till kasprov retired, a feather in the cap is a feather in the cap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX_1138 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory Kudos to Anand.:wtg: CC , why do you think Garry Kasparov is the best chess player in history . Many consider Bobby Fisher to be the best ever. ha ha ha ha ha dude i m sorry to trivialize your post as such, but if you think that bobby fisher or anyone who thinks that nut is the best ever needs to have his head screwed on correct. bobby fisher aint got sh*t on garry kasprov. king kong aint got sh*t on garry kasprov. pardon my french. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC1981 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory man i have followed this bloke's career rather closely and when he lost 8.5-5.5 to kasprov in 1996 i was heart broken. I too was heartbroken and followed that series back then (i was living in Kolkata) quite keenly. That series is basically what 're-ignited' my interest in chess, as i had played chess as a 8 year old but i hadnt played it much after i was 10 years old. Anand was quite young back then too i think...mid 20s while Kasparov was in his mid 30s i think. Anand played brilliantly...but lost out to the far far more experienced Kasparov that time. Anand though, is the world's finest Rapid Chess and Advanced Chess player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talksport Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: Anand scales to No 1 after victory I followed every single match online Anand played last year in world championship...disappointing but Topa played like a maniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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