Anand’s hometown of Chennai, India, was in a celebratory mood. The people of Chennai were observing the festivities of Holi with passion. They were also ecstatic. Anand had checkmated a favourite of the Candidates tournament, which was being held to identify a challenger for the current world chess champion. The people of Chennai understood that it was much too early to pinpoint a winner for the Candidates, but learning of their hero Anand’s victory was enough. The dethroned world champion was back!
Since the teaching of chess in schools has been made compulsory in the state of Tamil Nadu of which Chennai is the capital,