Gollum Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) Almost unthinkable that he is still part of the elite, amazing longevity, India's 1st GM, 1st non-Soviet since Bobby Fischer to break USSR/Russian domination, 5 time classical WC and rapid GOAT, 6 Chess Oscars. Gem of India and one of the nicest people around, during Chennai floods of 2015 he opened his door to slum children in his area. 1st GM in a country with zero chess culture, today we have 66 GMs growing at a frightening rate with the best juniors since 80s USSR. Vishy put us on the map, taught us how we could fight the world's best in the most competitive game. Before him we didn't have an aukat before Bangladesh, now more than double the titled players of China !!! Some memorable images...career spanning from duels against Tal/Spassky to Carlsen and now even Gen Z has come into the picture....includes various championship triumphs. From being seen as an outsider threat to becoming the most loved/respected Indian in Russia and other Eastern European countries....they never loved Fischer but Anand's sportsmanship cum gentlemanly nature was so rare at the elite level. Though he was responsible for Russia losing its most prized crown, he was bestowed with the Order of Friendship by Putin and status as lifelong Presidential adviser in FIDE. Edited December 11, 2019 by Gollum velu, Real McCoy and The Dark Horse 3
Gollum Posted December 11, 2019 Author Posted December 11, 2019 "No player of 2019 masters was born when Vishy Anand won Wijk Aan Zee for the 1st time in 1989!
velu Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 today is bharatis birthday as well .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subramania_Bharati Gollum and Real McCoy 2
Gollum Posted December 11, 2019 Author Posted December 11, 2019 11 minutes ago, velu said: today is bharatis birthday as well .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subramania_Bharati Also Dilip Kumar and Pranab da. velu 1
Gollum Posted December 11, 2019 Author Posted December 11, 2019 @velu how famous is Mahakavi Bharathiyar in TN? Is he cited frequently by Dravidian politicians?
velu Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 41 minutes ago, Gollum said: @velu how famous is Mahakavi Bharathiyar in TN? Is he cited frequently by Dravidian politicians? He is the most popular among the freedom fighter poets .. University named after him as well .. everyone quotes his lines for one liners related to freedom struggle .. DMK can't include him in dravadian politics because he is a staunch believer of God though he is against caste divisions in Hinduism . Gollum and Real McCoy 1 1
velu Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) @Gollum I came to know That today is Bharatiars birthday from modi's tweet only Edited December 11, 2019 by velu The Dark Horse, coffee_rules and Real McCoy 3
maniac Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 Could have been Srini Mama’s son in law instead Of that crook Meyappan . Wonder whose at loss here
maniac Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Gollum said: @velu how famous is Mahakavi Bharathiyar in TN? Is he cited frequently by Dravidian politicians? Baharatiyar was a Bhramin if I am not wrong .Doesn’t fit in with the whole Dravidian political agenda. velu 1
Gollum Posted December 11, 2019 Author Posted December 11, 2019 Likes of Vladimir Kramnik, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (“Congratulations on being the Federer of chess!”), Alexei Shirov, Arkady Dvorkovich, Mickey Adams and Garry Kasparov (“You are braver than me, continuing to battle the youngsters rather than teaching them!”) paying tribute to Vishy....awesome !!!! Mariyam and Real McCoy 2
Gollum Posted December 11, 2019 Author Posted December 11, 2019 1 hour ago, maniac said: Could have been Srini Mama’s son in law instead Of that crook Meyappan . Wonder whose at loss here India's gain , Aruna Anand has been a pillar of support for him, she was his manager for majority of his career, he also stopped choking after marriage . So relieved he didn't enter the family of that crook Mama, those antics and family drama (gay son?) would have been too much for him to handle.
Gollum Posted December 11, 2019 Author Posted December 11, 2019 Dunno if he is a BJP supporter of Congie bhakt ...one of the GOAT Indians nonetheless.
velu Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 2 hours ago, maniac said: Baharatiyar was a Bhramin if I am not wrong .Doesn’t fit in with the whole Dravidian political agenda. yeah , he is a bramhim and also he was totally against caste system ( dravidian parties can use only this) .. he did convert dalits to brahmins by performing sacred thread ceremony for them .. way ahead of his time dravidan parties cant take his credits because he is a staunch believer of god ( goddess shakthi ) maniac 1
velu Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 2 hours ago, maniac said: Could have been Srini Mama’s son in law instead Of that crook Meyappan . Wonder whose at loss here meyappan = 10x than what vishy has
maniac Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 1 minute ago, velu said: meyappan = 10x than what vishy has And Vishy 1000x times the respect, credibility,integrity,honor,intelligence and accomplishments. Not that Vishy is some pauper himself Turning_track and sarcastic 1 1
velu Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 1 minute ago, maniac said: And Vishy 1000x times the respect, credibility,integrity,honor,intelligence and accomplishments. Not that Vishy is some pauper himself every industrialist is corrupt to some extent .. but they are still better than our politicians, and they create jobs .. meyappan and srini are made for each other .. infact sreeni was not happy that her daughter is in love with meyappan.. don mama is quite involved in chess .. served as india chess federation chief or something like that for sometime don mamas younger brotehr is the chariman of indian olympic association Real McCoy and maniac 1 1
Real McCoy Posted December 12, 2019 Posted December 12, 2019 18 hours ago, velu said: every industrialist is corrupt to some extent .. but they are still better than our politicians, and they create jobs .. meyappan and srini are made for each other .. infact sreeni was not happy that her daughter is in love with meyappan.. don mama is quite involved in chess .. served as india chess federation chief or something like that for sometime don mamas younger brotehr is the chariman of indian olympic association Mama got everything covered velu 1
Real McCoy Posted December 12, 2019 Posted December 12, 2019 Happy 50th Birthday to Vishy you legend. Wish you many more happy returns of the day and keep playing chess until you are a grandpa sarcastic 1
Real McCoy Posted December 12, 2019 Posted December 12, 2019 18 hours ago, velu said: every industrialist is corrupt to some extent .. but they are still better than our politicians, and they create jobs .. meyappan and srini are made for each other .. infact sreeni was not happy that her daughter is in love with meyappan.. don mama is quite involved in chess .. served as india chess federation chief or something like that for sometime don mamas younger brotehr is the chariman of indian olympic association That is the message of the right wing. The leftists are about the worker and increase in pay because they have to do the job. Both the industrilaist and worker need each other and they settle for a rate. So its not like one of them is more wholesome than the other. Politicians work on top of them and drive a wedge between the two.
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