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Sasikiran, Negi hail Anand’s Moscow show
Indian Grandmasters Parimarjan Negi and Krishnan Sasikaran hailed Viswanathan Anand for his incredible fifth World Chess Championship title after the Indian defeated Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a rapid-chess tie-breaker in Moscow Wednesday.
Updated on: May 31, 2012, 24:51:00 IST
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Indian Grandmasters Parimarjan Negi and Krishnan Sasikaran hailed Viswanathan Anand for his incredible fifth World Chess Championship title after the Indian defeated Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a rapid-chess tie-breaker in Moscow Wednesday.
“It was a great win and I want to congratulate him,” said Negi, India’s youngest GM.
Sasikaran said Anand showed great character in winning the title despite losing the seventh round. “Anand has become a great fighter. After losing a game (seventh) he came back so strongly. He played the match defensively,” said Sasikaran.
“He’s quite a simple and humble person. He is a very easy person to talk to and has a great sense of humour.”
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