The Indian Grandmaster - Anand..!

  • Whenever you hear the word Chess, the name "VISWANATHAN ANAND" will flash in your mind.


  •  Anand has been the undisputed world chess champion since 2007 and has proved his class over the years against the experienced as well as the young promising opponents.



  • On Friday, the Indian Grandmaster was finally dethroned by Norway’s 22 year old, Magnus Carlsen.


  • Carlsen dominated this world championship throughout and played to his strengths while Anand was forced to play to his weakness.


  • Carlsen picked up a draw on Friday thus making a tally of the required 6.5 points over Anand’s 3.5. He won the game 5, game 6 and game 9.


  • Anand needed three wins in a row and was going for the kill in game 10 but Carlsen showed his master class and held the game to a draw.


  • Carlsen is now the second youngest Chess Champion, just 5 months elder to the youngest Chess Champion Garry Kasparov who won in 1985.



  • Anand’s world championship might have been gone but nevertheless Anand has been the best Grandmaster India has ever produced.


Chess and Vishy:

  • Anand started to play chess right from the age of 5 and has single handedly propelled India to the top of the chess world.


  • In 1984, he became the youngest Indian to win world junior chess championship at the age of 14 and showed the world that Indians can play Chess.


  • At just 18, he became India’s first Grandmaster and was awarded Padma Shri.


  • He has won Chess Oscar (given to the best player of the year worldwide) six times – 1997,1998,2003,2004,2007 and 2008.



  • He won the world chess championship five times – 2000,2007,2008,2010,2012.


  • He even became one of the six ever to break the 2800 mark on the FIDE rating list.


  • He was awarded Khel ratna in 1991 and voices have been raised for conferring him with Bharat Ratna.


  • He is a legend and will always be remembered as the "Sachin Tendulkar" of Indian chess. Such was his dominance.



  • His carrer is not only an inspiration for Indian Chess but also taught how to chase a dream and achieve it.

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Virat – The Future :

  •  Virat Kohli scored a match winning 86 yesterday against the Carribeans and in the process crossed the 5000 run landmark with a massive six.


  • He is now the joint-fastest batsmen to reach 5000 run mark along with Sir Vivian Richards.


  • Both Kohli and Richards played 114 innings although the West Indian Legend featured in 126 matches, six more than Kohli.



  • During this record, he also surpassed Sourav Ganguly’s record of fastest 5000 by an Indian (126 innings).


  • He could have surpassed Sir Vivian Richards’s record in his previous match itself but was unfortunately run out without troubling the scorers.


  • He also holds the record for most ODI hundreds scored with 5000 runs or less.


  • Kohli now tops the ICC ranking for ODI batsmen with 857 rating points, 8 points ahead of AB de Villiers.


  • He has established himself in all the formats especially in the shorter formats of the game.


  • He has shown the world that he is capable of scoring either a blitzkrieg innings or an anchoring innings.


  • He is averaging 68.98 in winning cause in ODIs and 65.54 while chasing, which is the highest in ODIs.


  • He has got that aggressive attitude, determination and appetite for runs, which has kept him going.


  • Though he has a lot of haters because of his arrogant attitude, he has kept them silenced with his performances.


  • He is just 25 and has already scored 17 centuries.


  • If anybody could surpass Sachin’s record of most centuries in ODIs, then it could well be this young sensation.


  • He along with Rohit Sharma has formed the backbone of Team India.



  • Certainly, the future of Indian batting is in the
    safe hands.

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Mangalyaan - "the ISRO baby"...!

  • India today has successfully launched its first mission to Mars "Mangalyaan", a Rs 450 crore mission.




    • Mangalyaan means "Mars craft" in Hindi.

    • It is the size of a small car and is meant to make a 300-day journey to study the Martian atmosphere.

    • It has been in the making for 15 months started at once after China's Mars missile failed in 2011.

    • Over 500 scientists worked with sleepless nights.

    • The launch has put India in the group of four countries that includes America, Russia and Europe.

    • The mission is aimed at establishing the country's capability to reach the Red Planet.

    • And focussing on looking for the presence of methane, an indicator of life, in Mars.

    • It was launched at 2.38 pm, entering orbit around Earth 44 minutes after blast-off.

    • It will reach Mars orbit by September 2014.

    • This mission will undoubtedly make India,  a nation to be reckoned with space research and exploration.




    • This mission is comparatively cheap yet critics have questioned whether a country with poverty like ours can afford to spend this huge amount in Mangalyaan.

    • On the other hand, optimists say that this mission will in turn reflect in the development of economy of the country and could possibly reduce poverty.


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