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A última edição da revista francesa de xadrez 'Europe Echecs' dedica-se ao triunfo de Anand em Bona e ao desenvolvimento do xadrez na India.
A só a capa é espectacular - desenhada em estilo Hollywoodesco, mostra o campeão do mundo
« From Sissa to Anand
Chess in India: religion of chess starts up!
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Production details
| Genre: | Chess at the highest level |
| Movie type: | Epic World Championship |
| Theme: | Gentlemen sometimes turning into tigers or wolves |
| Director: | Josef Resch UEP |
| Main Cast: | Winner of multiple Chess Oscar Anand, Aruna, former World Champion Kramnik from Russia, German manager Carsten Hensel |
| Film director: | Aruna & the “Fab Four” IGM Nielsen, Kasimdzhanov, Wojtaszek and Ganguly |
| Screenwriters: | Aruna & Vishy Anand |
| Run Time: | eleven rounds and nearly fifteen centuries |
| Producer: | Europe Echecs |
| Included as bonus: | From the origins of Chess in India to Anand and nowadays with youngsters Gupta, Harika, Negi and all young Indians covered with gold during world Junior and Youth championships 2008. The legend of Sissa. Annotated games by Anand and his second Nielsen + Negi. Exclusive interviews with Humpy and Ashok Alexander. Appearances of IGM Harikrishna and Indian journalist from Mumbai Manisha Mohite. |
| Cover photo | ChessBase » |
Interview Humpy – Extracto da Entrevista
World number two female player Koneru Humpy was born in the State of Tamil Nadu, just like Anand…
“I work with the oil company ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) as Deputy Manager. I didn’t study for that, it’s only because of chess I got this. In fact I was first under level but then I got promotions and now I’m Deputy Manager. If I reach my goals in chess I will be promoted. They support me when I play in international events like Wijk aan Zee. It depends up on the conditions I get in the tournament. If I don’t get conditions they pay my expenses. It’s a job so every month I get a salary. It’s the top oil company in India. There are other chess players working for the company. It’s a big team with Sasikiran (2694), Sandipan Chanda (2579), Neelotpal Das (2477), Konguvel Ponnuswamy (2463), Lanka Ravi (2371) and Koshy Varugeese (2284). I have to wear their logo whenever I play and I have to play two petroleum sports meets each year: a team event and an individual section.”
« Note: we have been reminded by numerous Indian readers that Humpy was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, which is a neighbouring state to Anand's Tamil Nadu. »
Parimarjan Negi – Extracto da Entrevista
Parimarjan is fifteen and, at the age of 13 years and seven months became the second youngest grandmaster in history.
"Since Vishy Anand's ascent to the top, chess has been steadily gaining popularity in India. Until just a few years ago, a medal or two in World Youths was the best we could achieve. Now, though, that has changed, along with the growing popularity of chess, there has also been considerable increase in corporate support for young players in India. For instance I have been sponsored by the TATA group for last few years. And with that now Indians are also getting many more opportunities to come and play strong events in Europe. And I guess with a billion people, there's got to be talent somewhere."
« Sissa, the purported inventor of chess
According to a popular myth chess was invented by a Brahmin called Sissa, who made up the game in order to teach his king that he could not rule without the help of his subjects. The king asked Sissa what reward he wanted for such a fine game, and he replied: one grain of rice for the first square of the board, two for the second, four for the third, eight for the fourth, and so on to the 64th square. That number turns out to be 18,445,744,073,709,551,615 grains, which in normal language is 18 billion billion grains, weighing around 450 billion tons – more than the current world production (400 million tons per year) for over 1000 years.
The first treatise of chess with occidental rules titled “Essays on Chess” was published in India two centuries ago by Trevangadacharya Shastree – in Mumbai 1814. »
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