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White to move and mate in two #651 - Vishy Anand: World Chess Champion [1]
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Date: 2025-04-10
Life and Games
After the text-move, I left the stage. The situation is hopeless for Black, so when I came back Alexei graciously congratulated me on becoming World Champion.
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Winning the world championship was the highlight of my career so far. The knockout format used in the FIDE championship is relatively new, but I think that it is a legitimate format and anyone who wins this event deserves the title of World Champion.
The impact of my victory in the world championship was extraordinary. Chess has become steadily more popular in India over the past few years, and the media coverage of the world championship was excellent even during the New Delhi segment, but it reached a whole new level after I won the final. On my return from Teheran to Delhi, I was met at the airport by thousands of people and had a motorcade through the city, with banners hanging everywhere. In Chennai (Madras), my hometown, I was taken in a horse-carriage through the city and also honoured by the State Government. The publicity was not confined to India; there was also plenty of press coverage in other Asian countries such as Malaysia, while on my return to Spain I was, for the first time, met by a media corps. I think the game can only benefit from the development of chess in India and other countries which are not currently considered major chess nations. I am sure that chess will continue to make progress in India and we may well see a new generation of players emerging there.
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