A sit down with the World Champ
Two days after Viswanathan Anand retained his world title against Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany, ICC's Macauley Peterson did a one-on-one interview with the world champion. We thank the ICC for sharing it with the ChessVibes readers. Enjoy more than 19 minutes of Anand, talking about his choice of 1.d4, about the meaning of a match victory, and more.For Internet Explorer 7 users not seeing the playlist below: I will notify blip about this issue. In the meantime, the playlist can also be found at the blip source page.
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