Bilindiği gibi, geçen aylarda oynanan aday maçları sonucunda Boris Gelfand (2746, ISR), 2012 dünya birinciliği maçında, dünya şampiyonu Hindistanlı Vishy Anand (2817, IND) ile oynama hakkını kazanmıştı. Şu sıralarda bu maçın nerede oynanacağı belirlenmeye çalışılıyor. Anand, "Bu maç Chennai'da oynanırsa, Hindistan'da satranç sporunun gelişimini hızlandıracaktır." dedi.
Anand will be happy to play World Chess in India
PTI – July 7th
Nagpur, Jul 7 (PTI) World chess champion Vishwanathan Anand will be more than happy to play for the country in the World Chess Championship being planned in Chennai. "I will be very happy to represent India before a home crowd in Chennai which is bidding to host the World Chess event. Though spectators play no role in cheering up the players but certainly their presence is required," Anand told reporters here. "If Chennai hosts the World Chess, it will be a great boost to the sport across the country," he added. Among the top players in India, Anand felt that P Harikrishna was the most talented of the lot. To a question on cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, a soft spoken Anand, who was here to promote Chess, said there cannot be any comparison between cricket and chess and their respective popularity. Cricket is number one sport in the country and Sachin is doing good, he said. He interacted with students of a local educational institute as part of his campaign to promote Chess.
