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Mr.Viswanathan &
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Chess King Anand Thanks The AICF
By Arvind Aaron
The New World No.1 ranked player Viswanathan Anand called the AICF
Secretary D.V.Sundar and thanked him personally for the efforts of the All
India Chess
Federation which led FIDE to include the Morelia/Linares Chess Tournament
in the April ratings after it had initially been excluded.
Sushila Viswanathan, Anand's mother who taught him the moves when he was
six also called the All India Chess Federation. She also commended the
AICF for the
promptness with which the AICF brought it to the notice of FIDE. "Had it
been two days late they might not have corrected in this list," she told
AICF Secretary D.V.Sundar.
Aruna Anand, wife of the world rapid champion Viswanathan Anand also
called D.V.Sundar and thanked the All India Chess Federation and said the
AICF is very close to the chess players in this regime. Many would
remember that in the Prague Agreement of 2002, Anand's interest was
overlooked by the AICF of that
time. Also on March 31, 2007 when Anand knew that FIDE had not rated
Morelia/Linares, he showed resilience and won his German League game
against Luke McShane to help his club Baden Baden to a title
triumph.
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Mrs Arun Anand &
Vishy |
"When we look back, these unjust years turned out to be his best years,
1998, 2002, and now" said Aruna Anand. From December first week Anand
slogged his way to the finals from Geoningen in 1997 while Karpov
was waiting for him in Lausanne for the 1998 match. The whole of 1998 went
very well for Anand and won most of the events including Linares for
the first time. When the Prague Agreement was made in 2002, it became
clear that Anand had to wait next five years to play for the world title.
He won that Prague Tournament ahead of the best players there.
However, the AICF fought for inclusion of this premier Morelia/Linares
event and did not allow injustice to our player this time. FIDE had
published the April 2007 ratings on March 31, 2007. Though March 31, 2007
was a bandh in Chennai, and the AICF Office had a holiday on account of
that, D.V.Sundar fought for the inclusion of Morelia/Linares event and
FIDE was brought under tremendous pressure before they decided to rate
Linares on April 1.
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Published on : 16th April, 2007
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