Interview with the World Champion – Anand on becoming a father, Kazan and more (part 1 of 2)
9 June 2011, 19.49 CET | By Peter Doggers
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After he won his semi-rapid match against Alexei Shirov in León, we managed to get Vishy Anand before the ChessVibes camera once again. The World Champion was cooperative enough to agree to an interview after his dinner with the organizers and sponsors. And so on Sunday night, about an hour after midnight (!), we had a nice talk about becoming a father, about the Candidates matches in Kazan, about cheating in chess, and much more.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Anand is the greatest ever. He’s stronger than Kasparov.
Anand is definitely a great champion.He has handled criticism nonchalantly,he dismantled Kramnik,defeated Topa when all odds were stacked against him,won in all formats etc etc – the list goes on. Admittedly he is not colourful enough for the ‘hoi polloi’ and at times does not get the respect he deserves. He was not psychologically mature enough when he played Kasparov many many moons ago. Kasparov’s boorish behavior then,is unforgivable. There are even silent whispers that all was not above board,during that match!.
Anand is a great champion. Yes!. But the truly greatest ever? Sorry Kasparov,but it has to be Mr Fischer!!