today on air with kenny jones – the gang celebrated the crowning of a new…chess champion. he’s viswanathan anand! he’s a product of the our neighbors to the east chennai. he retained his world chess championship title by defeating local challenger vaselin topalov in sofia, bulgaria.
here’s what sports minister m s gill said about the win…
“i am delighted at anand’s win at wcc. i congratulate him. he is a great credit to india,”
playing with black pieces in the 12th and final game of the competition, anand 
achieved an improbable win over topalov to retain the world title by 6.5-5.5 margin. now i don’t know what all tha means, but it must be pretty good.
anand became the first official world champion in recent history to win two back-to-back matches in world championships against different opponents. his achievements span back several years. earlier, in 2008 anand had won the world title in a match against russian vladimir kramnik, in 2006 he had won the world championship match tournament ahead of almost all top players in the world and in the year 2000 he had won the championship when it was held on a knockout basis.
on the program i also learned that chess originated in the subcontinent – so listening to on air with kenny jones can be quite educational…okay, that may be a bit of a stretch, but it was slightly interesting you have to admit.
this got the crew talking about game…more specifically – board games. here’s what the on air contingent had to say about their favorite board games, rules and cheating…
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if you’re game didn’t make the list please feel free to post in the comment section below. here’s the results of a survey done by www.the-top-ten.com, they’ve pinpointed
the top ten board games of all time
10.) trivial pursuit
9.) scene it?
8.) checkers
7.) scrabble
6.) clue or cluedo (depending on where you’re from)
5.) battleship
4.) risk
3.) life
2.) chess
1.) monopoly
hands off the thimble! i got dibbs on that game peice.
i was gutted to see that pop o matic trouble & operation (the wacky doctors game) didn’t make the list. so put away the x-box, playstation and wii, dig into the closet and dust off thos old board games. and please play responsibly…remember
RULES ARE RULES!
catch on air with kenny jones weekday mornings from 7-11a, exclusively on radio indigo 91.9.
May 12, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Thank you for this very nice post. I used to play snakes and ladders for hours with my sisters. That was years ago though.
Thank you for a very nice show Kenny.
May 12, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Congrats Vishy!!! I like speed chess! You have to have with a timer. Way more fun than sitting hours to play one game. but i appreciate the game.
May 12, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I’m a huge scrabble fan…I challenge you and and the on-air team to a game of scrabble!!!!
r you guys ready for that?
May 19, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Never learned Chess before. Watched my father play many times. congrats on a job well done Vishy!
June 3, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Thank you for this very nice post. I used to play snakes and ladders for hours with my sisters. That was years ago though.
Thank you for a very nice show Kenny.