CHESS CHAMP ANAND ACKNOWLEDGES HELP FROM FORMER PLAYERS

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Chess champ Anand acknowledges help from former players.

After winning the FIDE World Chess championship for the fourth time, Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand says he acknowledges help from former chess players.

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KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (JUNE 14, 2010) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)

1. VISWANATHAN ANAND, INDIAN CHESS GRANDMASTER AT A PRESS CONFERENCE

2. CLOSE UP OF ANAND SITTING AT A CONFERENCE

3. MEDIA PERSONS SITTING

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VISWANATHAN ANAND, WORLD CHESS CHAMPION, SAYING: “Well I think I have already reacted to it by accepting the help. Actually his was reaction and we start reacting on reaction and it just goes on forever, I mean I accepted the help of some of the best players, I did it so gladly and I will do it again.”

5. AUDIENCE SITTING

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VISWANATHAN ANAND, WORLD CHESS CHAMPION, SAYING: “I think Argentina and Spain are sort of favourites now and I follow all of them but I will watch Brazil and others and I think it fun where you have so much football going.”

7. REPORTERS

8. ANAND SIITING WITH OTHERS

STORY: Fresh from his win in the FIDE World Chess championship for the fourth time, Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand on Monday (June 11) acknowledged help from former chess players like Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik.

Admitting that the match Topalov was the toughest in his life, the 40-year-old Anand said that he would not shy away from seeking their tips.

“Well I think I have already reacted to it by accepting the help. Actually his was reaction and we start reacting on reaction and it just goes on forever, I mean I accepted the help of some of the best players, I did it so gladly and I will do it again,” said Anand, addressing a press conference in India’s eastern Kolkata city.

Anand also expressed his interest in soccer and said that he was keenly following the ongoing World Cup.

“I think Argentina and Spain are sort of favourites now and I follow all of them but I will watch Brazil and others and I think it fun where you have so much football going,” said Anand.

Anand retained the World Chess Championship on May 11, defeating Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria by a score of 6.5-5.5 in Sofia. The decisive win came in the 12th game of the match.

Anand had previously won the world crown in 2000, 2007 and 2008.