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Sportshour: Viswanathan Anand and the art of chess commentary

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29/04/2023 GMT

Viswanathan Anand and the art of chess commentary

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Viswanathan Anand and the art of chess commentary

The five times world champion – Viswanathan Anand – explains his approach to commentating on chess during the World Chess Championship.  Anand believes that a fan’s experience of watching a chess game is equivalent to watching a marathon while flying in a helicopter and he aims to fill in the blanks. He also believes the battle between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren is among the best matches of the last twenty years.

We speak to Birmingham Bulls player Dan Booth about how joining the inclusive rugby club has helped him and about the importance of the Union Cup. The tournament is the UK’s biggest LGBTQ+ rugby tournament, featuring over 47 teams and 1400 players from more than 18 countries in a four day event.  Booth discusses the issues he faced when he first revealed his sexuality to former team-mates and recalls how hearing homophobic abuse directed at the Bulls, while he was playing for another team led him to leave that team and join the Bulls.

And – Royale Union Saint-Gilloise defender Christian Burgess tells us about his work with refugees in Calais. Burgess is involved with the charity Care4Calais and he says his aim is to help provide some dignity for people living in the temporary settlements in northern France.

Image:  Viswanathan Anand of India competes against Jeffery Xiong of China during the 82nd Tata Steel Chess Tournament held at the home of PSV football club, Philips Stadion on January 16, 2020 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

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