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Efim Geller vs Viswanathan Anand
Coimbatore (1987), Coimbatore IND, Dec-??
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Variation (C42)  ·  0-1

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Jul-11-08  thathwamasi: This seems to be a good game. Surprising that no kibitzing on an Anand Petroff win as black, given that we might see a lot of it in the near future.
Sep-20-09  Udit Narayan: clutch performance from Vishy here
Jul-21-10  Abdooss: In 1988, Soviet grandmaster Efim Geller went to the southern Indian city of Coimbatore to play in a tournament. Geller was a legend and in the twilight of his career of four decades during which he had beaten other greats such as Bobby Fischer. But in Coimbatore, he lost to a little-known 18-year-old boy. When he went back to Moscow Chess Club, his peers teased him asking, “So we hear that you lost to a boy in India?” Geller replied, “Boy? I think I lost to a world champion.” That boy was Viswanathan Anand.

From Forbes: http://business.in.com/article/boar...

Jun-03-12  IRONCASTLEVINAY: Gellers was not alive to see anand as a world champion, as he predicted
Jun-18-12  BishopTakes: What a wonderful prediction by legendary Geller! It is mysterious that Geller would travel to an unknown town in south India to play the future champion!!
Jun-18-12  Call Me TC: Be nice to find a contemporary reference to Geller's prediction. Sounds like something a journalist could readily cook up.
Jun-18-12  BishopTakes: I kind of liked the story though :)
Jun-18-12  Call Me TC: 'It makes a nice story...' is everything (well, almost) that Edward Winter has been fighting against.
Jun-25-13  Estoc: In the book Russian Silhouettes, author Genna Sosonko says he was the one that asked Geller about losing to a little boy in India. Geller's reply in the book was, "A little boy? I may have lost to a future world champion."

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