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WC Press Conference Humor Nov 8th 2013, 01:00, by Chess Daily News Of dry humour & native tongues Nov 08, 2013 - T.N. Raghu Age Correspondent | Chennai Chess may be a serious sport but humour wasn't in short supply at the joint press conference of Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen, here on Thursday ahead of their 12-game World Championship match. From an official's faux pas to repartees between the two contestants in addition to a modicum of Norwegian and Tamil made the press meet anything but mundane. Credit must be given to Carlsen for setting the ball rolling. Not surprisingly, hometown hero Anand opened the proceedings with an elaborate answer. Anand concluded his opening remarks by saying he was looking forward to the match. It was then Carlsen's turn. The Norwegian mimicked Anand with a deadpan expression and a quote longer only by a word: "I'm also looking forward to the match." Anand stumped Carlsen straightaway by revealing his team of seconds. A deathly hush descended on the media hall at Hyatt Regency after the question of seconds had been lobbed at the Norwegian. "Thanks, Anand. I appreciate your openness in revealing seconds, but I'm not returning the favour," Carlsen said, triggering a peal of laughter in the rather small room. A Norwegian TV reporter chose to switch to his native tongue for a question to Carlsen in the midst of English conversations. The World No.1 swatted aside the moderator's request for a translation before his answer and proceeded to speak in Norwegian. The onus was then on Anand to speak in Tamil. He indeed got a chance to do so after a reporter asked a question in Tamil. Anand's Tamil isn't known to be as good as his chess but he passed the public language test with flying colours. Justice was done to Tamil and it was time for someone on the dais to commit a customary slip of the tongue. D.V. Sundar, Fide vice-president and former AICF secretary, suffered a moment of a Freudian slip when he said Anand was a "six-time" world champion. The Tiger from Madras needs to beat the Mozart of Chess to earn his sixth title. Perhaps, Sundar has a hunch that the Indian master will scale the peak in his own backyard. Source: http://www.asianage.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

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