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Written by Mriganka
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Friday, 31 October 2008 |
 India again is in the ruling seat. This time the honour brought you by our own Viswanathan Anand by winning the chess world championship. Anand has claimed the title for the second time in a row by beating Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. Beating him convincingly in the match play format, Anand outsmarted his opponent in every sphere of chess tactics.
This is good news for India, after the gold medal winning performance by Abhinab Brinda in the Beijing Olympics. Despite being the top, one cannot undermine the cricket craze. In India cricket plays a vital role in the life of the Indians. Chess, despite being one of the oldest sports of India, failed to get its due. There are several reasons behind this and one of the notable is lack of media intervention. These days popularity of sports depends heavily on the visibility. More visible the sport is more it is acceptable to the Indian audience.
Take the case of this world championship, except few columns in the newspapers and ten minutes byte on the television, media fell short of reaching audience and creating interest.
Anand's win is a result of passionate teamwork, compiled by his seconds, four players who helped him to make this happen.But nothing special has come out to highlight them, except one or two stray reports.No one took the initiatives to take this sport to the mind and hearts of the crowed. Despite the pool of talent resides in India, no body seems to take the advantage. Although, there are chase schools that gives you the training but mostly its the personal interest that goes to prove the point of merit in this particular sport. Player like Suryasekhar Ganguly, who has national champion to his credit, yet to get his due in the forms of ponsorships.
There are other instances of step-motherly behavior by the media towards chess. It is time, wake up and send some good wishes to our true champion.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 November 2008 )
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