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World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand interacts with the media on his arrival at the Chennai airport on Monday.
The Tiger of Madras Viswanathan Anand returned to his hometown of Chennai after being crowned World Chess Champion for the fourth time earlier this month with a hard-fought victory that was unexpectedly sealed with the black pieces in game 12.
Anand, who defeated Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in Sofia, was greeted by his parents, adoring fans, airport officials, and fellow passengers, besides of course the omnipresent media, as he arrived late on Sunday night.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Anand is of course better than Kasparov, Fischer and Karpov. He’s an all-time great.
to anon May 24 8:40 PM CDT
Listen you moron. All the greats you listed were the greatest at their peak. Anand is certainly an all time great,but he does not dominate as ruthlessly and convincingly as did Kasparov,Karpov and wow! that guy Bobby F.