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... in 2000, when I defeated Alexei Shirov at the World Chess Championship in Teheran to become the first Indian ever to win the title.
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When I started out, Indians did not have much interest in chess…Now India seems to spawn new chess academies every day.
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One of the things I bring to my play is my Indian identity – my ability to shrug off a loss as destiny and hope for better tomorrow. I am often described as a natural or intuitive player.
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I have what I think is an extremely Indian relationship with God.... In Moscow before the tie breaker of the World Championship in May 2012, I again entreated God: Just stay on my side of the board.
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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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December 11, 1969
(age 54)
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