Viswanathan Anand wins world Chess Championship secon time

Veni, Vidi, Vishy: The mind and method of the maestro in a mad world
30 Oct 2008, 2009 hrs IST ,  Chidanand Rajghatta , TNN   

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WASHINGTON: Vishy Anand must have a soft corner for The Times of India. Why else would he field calls from three correspondents of the same organi Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand during the World ChessChampionship. (AP Photo) More Pictures sation from three corners of the world moments after he won his third world chess title? Our association with him goes back to the late 1980s when he had just become Grandmaster. After meeting him in an Asiad Village apartment in New Delhi for an interview, I hared back to office to announce that a future world champion had arrived, as had a page one story. The raw enthusiasm — or sales pitch — of a callow reporter was viewed dubiously (nice try, Rajghatta), because in those days sports, much less chess, did not make the page one cut.   more