Veni,vidi,vishy:Part II
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chessbibliophile on Sat, 12/19/2009 at 7:17pm.
The whiz kid was learning fast and enjoying himself. Anand captained Madras ‘A’ Team that scored 16.5 points out of 20 in the Tamil Nadu Inter District Schools Chess Tournament. There was a tie between Madras ‘A’ Team and Madras ‘B’ Team for the first place. It was, however, Ebenezer Jospeh leading the Madras ‘B’ Team who got the prize for the best result on the first board.Anand did not participate in the Kasturi Cup. But the 11-year-old shone in the blitz tournament held at the conclusion of the main event. He scored 5.5 points out of 7, tying for first place with the former National Champion, Nasir Ali.In August the Tal Chess Club Madras held the D. B. Madan Silver Cup Tournament. The nine- round Swiss event was won by K.V. Shantaram with 7.5 points. Anand shared 2-6th place with four other players, Ebenezer Joseph,M.J.Ismail,Paul Arokiaraj and T. Swaminathan, scoring 7 ponts out of 9.In October he participated in the Tamil Nadu Junior( U-19) Championship. It was a 7-round Swiss with 42 players. This time he emerged victorious with 6 points. The next three places were taken by Ebenezer Joseph, Ashok Aaron and Paul Arokiaraj, all of whom scored 5.5 points.The following game appeared with brief notes by 12-year-old Anand in Chess India magazine:
What followed next month was even more remarkable.The T.N. Inter District Team Championship held in November turned out to be a close affair.Madras fielded its normal quota of 2 teams plus a Junior team consisting of Anand, Ebenezer Joseph, Ashok Aaron,T.S.Ravi and P.Gopalkrishna. The average age of this team was only 15! The sensation of the tournament was Anand’s victory over Manuel Aaron, former National Champion, captaining the Indian Bank.
The Madras Juniors would have beaten Indian Bank 3-1(instead of actually drawing 2-2), had Ebenezer Joseph beaten FIDE-rated V.Hariharan on Board 2.Ebenezer paid the penalty for letting his attention wander too long over Anand’s victory on the top board! Manuel Aaron happened to be the Editor of Chess India (The forerunner of Chess Mate monthly published by the Aarons today) magazine.He published the game in the December issue with a laconic note that it was the Editor's only loss.
Understandably, the kid was excited by this result. When the Madras District Championship commenced on 24th November, he eagerly took part. This was an 8-round Swiss with 99 players.S.Ganesan, K.V.Shantaram and Paul Arokiaraj scored 6.5 out of 8 with a tie for the first place.Anand shared 8th-10th place with M.J.Ismail and V.Subramanian with 5 points. A bit deflating for our little hero, you would think.No, now he knew that he was among the top ten in the city.
To be continued
http://www.chess.com/article/view/venividivishy
(Courtesy:Chess Mate Magazine, India)
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